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Installing Logstalgia on Raspberry Pi (and other Debian systems)

Author: | May 1st, 2013 | Category : References, Software

AS OF NOW THIS PROJECT IS A NO-GO FOR THE RASPBERRY PI, as the Pi doesn’t support OpenGL adequately. However, the steps below will work on other architectures. This post will be updated if the project ever does become viable on the Raspberry Pi. Logstalgia is an open-source project that aims to display your web server’s log files as a pong-like visualization. It can be pretty mesmerizing during high-traffic times … Read more »

How to patch an ESXi 4.1 Hypervisor Host

Author: | April 13th, 2013 | Category : References, Software

Today I’m running a ESXi, 4.1.0, 800380 on a baremetal server and want to keep it current. Here are the steps I took to successfully update my VMWare ESXi host. Enable SSH on the host. You can do this one of two ways, either via the vSphere Client on the host configuration tab or via the physical console. If you use the physical console, you’ll log in and change the Troubleshooting … Read more »

One Way to Utilize Static Routing in Windows

Author: | May 26th, 2011 | Category : References, Software

One of my friends was having an issue passing specific traffic on a network he was using and came to me for assistance (all web traffic was allowed, but certain ports were blocked to specific hosts). I couldn’t duplicate the problem on my home network so we went over the various options that were successful in passing the traffic as desired. Connecting via an Open Wireless network in the area … Read more »

Changing Your Windows 7 Boot Drive

Author: | April 20th, 2011 | Category : Software


If you followed the methods in my earlier post, upon unplugging the hard drive from the computer’s USB port you would have been unable to boot to the newly installed Operating System. Keeping the drive tethered to your computer is probably not what you had intended. There’s a simple procedure that fixes this! In my example, the USB Installer is on Drive D:\, and the operating system is installed  to … Read more »

Creating a Windows 7 Bootable Hard-drive Installer

Author: | March 2nd, 2011 | Category : Software

If you don’t have a DVD drive in your computer you might have a hard time converting that .ISO into a usable method to install Windows 7. Fortunately, I have a method that works using a USB-connected Hard Drive. Step 1 – Collect the iso images. Step 2 – Install Virtual Drive that can read .iso images. I use VirtualCloneDrive from Elaborate Bytes. Freeware that works well. I’ve also used … Read more »