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What Device Is My Serial Port In FreeBSD?

Wow. I thought it would be easy to configure my new (to me) APC SmartUPS to be connected to my FreeBSD server on the serial port. The install of apcupsd went quite well but when it came time to set the device to be used in the config file I couldn’t figure out which device […]

Interesting Idea In Free Culture — CCTV For Filmmaking

Reading through Digg this morning I found this interesting article about people using CCTV footage to create short films. In the film The Duellists, two young men take part in free running around a shopping center and actually have access to the control room to move some of the cameras around. In another, simpler, film […]

Updating My FreeBSD Installation — Automatically

My APC Smart-UPS 700XL arrived yesterday so I decided to do the first step in relocating my server from next to my TV in my bedroom to inside my closet. The server is just a desktop PC size and isn’t extremely loud but it is noticeable when sleeping. I actually think it took me a […]

Net Neutrality Depicted In A Photo

Sometimes a picture does say it all. I could easily see this happening if we don’t stand up for net neutrality!

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Skype Cuts Out With 100 Percent Processor Usage

About few weeks ago I was having a recurring problem with Skype. I would be talking just fine and then every minute or every couple minutes I suddenly could not hear the person on the other end. I could tell when it was happening because it would literally be silence, not even background noise. The […]