Category Archives: Tech

Do I really need this level of connectivity?

Posted on December 17, 2009 by mythokia

If Linus Torvalds can still rely on a text-based email client as his primary form of communication, and yet achieve so much, do I really need all these new medium of communications that has been offered to us in the … Continue reading →

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Setting up vsftpd on Ubuntu

Posted on October 4, 2009 by mythokia

Yet another adventure in Linux land. This time, it was largely due to issues with iptables. First of all, installing vsftpd was rather easy. Issuing aptitude install vsftpd with superuser privileges was all. Configuration didn’t take all that much work … Continue reading →

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Teaching an old dog new tricks

Posted on August 29, 2009 by mythokia

My Dell Inspirion 6000 is an aging laptop dating back about 4 years. It runs on an Intel Pentium 1.6 GHz processor with 2 GB of DDR2-667 RAM, an ATI Radeon Mobility X300 and a 5400RPM 80 GB hard drive. … Continue reading →

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Test-Signing Drivers

Posted on August 26, 2009 by mythokia

Previously, I wrote about how not having signed drivers can be quite a pain on a 64-bit Windows system. I remedied that and made it less of a pain today. Microsoft provides a set of tools in it’s Windows Driver … Continue reading →

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Win 2008 R2 and signed drivers

Posted on August 22, 2009 by mythokia

After replacing yet another failed disk in my raid array this weekend, I replaced the Windows Vista installation on it with Windows Server 2008 R2, released last week. I overlooked one important factor before installing Server 2008 R2 on it … Continue reading →

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High-tech manual labor

Posted on August 19, 2009 by mythokia

I had the opportunity of doing some work in a HR-like department recently which handles the manpower administration for a military unit. It is one of those rare places in the military where you get see technology, in the form … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 initial impressions

Posted on August 7, 2009 by mythokia

There’s no denying that I’m a geek. I took leave today just so I could be there to install Windows 7 when it is released on TechNet. Windows 7′s installation is largely similar to Vista’s. It has been ages since … Continue reading →

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I am such a Microsoft fanboy

Posted on July 29, 2009 by mythokia

Windows 7 was officially RTM’d and released to OEM’s on July 24, but consumers won’t get their hands on it until October 22. However, certain other special groups are able to eat it earlier, such as MSDN and Technet subscribers, … Continue reading →

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