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For a friend

Just helping a friend with his blog. He's testing a link-to feature.

Check out his blog:
HERE

2 Purchases Today

Went to take a test on-campus today, so, I decided to stop by Goodwill on the way home.

I got 2 things:
1. Netgear Prosafe JF524 LINK This is the rackmount version - the one I got wasn't.
2. Another copy of Section 8 for my brother. (brand new and unopened)

Why is this so significant?
1. I no longer have to hear the constant LOUD fans on my old 24 port switch
2. I got roughly 135/145 dollars worth of stuff....for 11 bucks!
3. The section 8 box - well - just look at the pictures

They also had a few VPN Firewalls there...2 were wireless ...but... really don't need that

49.99 - 12.99 - 9.99 - 7.99 - 4.99 - 3.99 - 2.99

My Social Network

So, I was bored this afternoon. So, I made a spreadsheet/flowchart showing my social network.

Opera 10.50

I am a pretty die-hard Firefox fan, but, Opera 10.50 in combination with the Z-1 Glass theme - it looks awesome...and its FAST.

The theme utilizes Vista/7 Aero - so - Mac and xp users....m'sorry.

Here are some pics of the "speed dial" page with various backgrounds

Privacy Tips For Google Buzz

So, alot of people are worried about Buzz'z privacy.

Basically:
Unless you select "private" then anyone can see your buzzes!

So here are a few things you should consider changing:

In your google profile:
1. Go into settings (top right - edit profile - about me tab) and uncheck the "show followers/following"
2. At the bottom of that same tab...it give you the option to change your page link - it will basically change it from your gmail user name to a bunch of random numbers
3. In the "Contact Info" tab go ahead and add some info in there - just be sure to change who can see that info.

When posting Buzzes:
1. Select private! when it says "public" it means it. When you select "private" you need to select groups to post it too. I usually just select "my contacts" because it posts it to everyone. Everyone includes everyone I am following and who are following me (as their Buzz contact info - but not email address - is added to your contacts automatically). I pretty much now know who will be seeing the post - as I can block and add people to my follower/following list as well as delete them from my contact list (it requires you to keep an eye on who you have in your contacts - but you should really be doing that anyway)

Thats all for now!

All Done (mostly)

Well, it only took me a few hours...I guess I under-estimated myself

The new server is up and running. All of the sites hosted (www.ke7dux.com, www.gollehonstree.com) are all back up.

With one exception: cw.ke7dux.com. I am in the process of setting our clan site up using Joomla, a CMS . I ahve never used a CMS before..so its gonna take awhile. But, when its done, Imagine a good-looking site with amazing phpbb integration, as well as live game server and TeamSpeak stats.

Old Server Specs:

AMD Athlon 1.1Ghz + 512mb PC133 - Socket A

New Server Specs:

Intel Celeron 2.7GHz + 512 (maybe 768)mb DDR3200 - Socket 478

I know, I know...nothing amazing...but it IS a pretty huge step up from the old server

In other server news:

Clanmembers Rejoice! (maybe)

(dual xeon skt771 - eATX magic!) (maybe)