Ok, I've just updated my Fedora Planet config so that only stuff in the Linux category (and sub-categories, like "Red Hat") will show up on Planet. Sorry if you felt I was spamming Planet with non-Linuxy stuff, I wasn't really thinking about breaking it down further to just having on-topic …

Last week's mac TechMail is Use The Hit List to get things done with Mac, which talks about using The Hit List as a task manager. It works quite well with the GTD methodology, although it's not necessarily geared towards it (you can use THL without following GTD). It's a …

No, I'm not throwing one although it would be amusing... sad thing is, I'm geekish and all my friends know it, and a large majority of them (also sadly) use Windows yet I think if I threw a Windows 7 house party... no one would show. I'm quite certain all …

This week's TechMail is Get network versatility with SSH tunneling and netcat which talks about using netcat as a proxy tool to bounce transparently through a bastion host to a secure end point. It's not something that you may use a lot, but if you need to be able to …

Blogging has been on my short list the last two weeks. Yesterday the contractor we hired finally finished putting up new insulation and vinyl siding on the house, and I have to admit he did a fantastic job and it looks bloody sharp. Pics to come (the eavestrough isn't up …

This week's TechMail is Configuring VOIP in Twinkle which talkes about how to setup Twinkle, a SIP softphone, for VOIP. It's ugly, but it works really well. =)

So I am now also writing for TechRepublic's new Mac blog. Same format as with the Linux tips, but they're geared towards "macs in business". Should be interesting and give me something else to write about as well. So my first foray here is Lay the groundwork for a smooth …

This week's TechMail is Save time on downloads with delta RPMs in Fedora 11 which discusses the delta RPM feature in Fedora, how to set it up and use it, and why you would want to. Delta RPMs don't make sense for everyone, but they will for quite a few …

Last month I got Kerberos working quite nicely on my macs, thank-you-very-much. This week Apple wrecked it by making Kerberos an absolute nuisance. It wasn't bad in OS X 10.5.. a bit annoying to setup but the tools were adequate. In 10.6 they threw away the half-decent GUI …

My Flickr account now has pictures of the work I got done last Saturday. The sleeve is getting close to completion! Yikes... three sittings in 2 weeks. What was I thinking? Feels like as soon as the burning and peeling and itching settle down I'm off to do it again …