Rob the Geek

Category: Geek Stuff

  • Debian Sarge and Cacti

    As my network at home has got busier, I�ve been finding weird things are going on and so have needed to implement a degree of monitoring on my network (if only to keep tabs on where all my hard drive space is going), I looked at a number of possibilities but have settled on SNMP monitoring via �Cacti�, running on a Debian 3.1 �Sarge� linux server�

  • Where’s *my* honey monkey?

    Not to be confused with the well known “squadron of flying butt-monkeys” (who seem to be the ones enlisted to attempt to deliver anything important and requiring both timelyness and robust creation), Microsoft are deploying web-bots they’ve named ‘Honey monkeys’ to attempt to discover and interpret new attack vectors against their operating systems.

  • The Power of Contactability

    Wow – The very same day as I create a link to let people email me, I get some feedback on one of my HOWTO documents, all the way from Kansas!

  • Setting up Sarge

    I’m finding more and more need for a large amount of ‘always on’ storage to be available on my home network and, the recent release of Debian 3.1 (Sarge) has enticed me to repurpose a box I had around the house and get it up and running…

  • My Media Center Setup

    I’m currently running a Silverstone ST-LC10B (with the iMon VFD software in conjunction with FrontView for MCE it’s sweet!) Full specs are: Mainboard: ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe (with a Zalman ZM-NB47J) Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Skt 939) Memory: 1x 512MB Kingmax DDR400 Graphics: GeCube Radeon X700 (SilentCool) Tuners: 2x Hauppauge 150MCE (Though, I’d probably go […]

  • Danger danger Will Robinson…

    This is pretty cool, a definate starter for inclusion into my carputer…

  • Aaaargh – the pain… THE PAIN!

    I’m moving servers after many years and the transition hasn’t been a comfortable experience…

  • HOWTO: Upgrading the Firmware on your Nokia M1122 / MW1122

    It’s a frightening prospect, knowingly starting a process which you KNOW could result in you losing you beloved connection to the Internet – but when you’ve got an old, old Nokia MW1122 which needs a firmware update, it’s just one of those things which needs to be done. After all, if it all goes pear-shaped, […]

  • HOWTO: MythTV in NZ

    There’s a page I wrote ages back here which covers off my early experience with MythTV on Fedora – I’ve chosen to just link to it from here as, well – Google knows the old location and I really don’t want to re-edit everything to suit this new blogging template (ahh, the flexibility of flat […]

  • Ahh… The Helpful Internet

    Years and years (and years) ago, I bought a CodeAlarm 2000.This was pretty much the flashest car alarm you could get in New Zealand at the time and it even allowed keyless entry via remote door locking/unlocking (a feature that I know have difficulty living without). Imagine my horror then, when I learned that CodeAlarm […]