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Linux LVM Snapshot Backups

I’ve used UFS2 snapshots on FreeBSD by means of the dump command to make stateful filesystem backups in the past, so I recently wanted to take a similar …

FreeBSD watch command is not GNU/Linux watch command

Having done Linux administration for over 10 years now, I use the watch command almost every day. On Linux, watch will run a command every couple seconds. …

Dreamweaver crashes every day

I use Adobe Creative Suite 3 (CS3) Web Premium every day, Flash, Fireworks, Photoshop, but most of all Dreamweaver. I consider Dreamweaver CS3 to be the best …

Bidirectional LocalConnections in Actionscript 3 (Flex 2 / Flex 3 / Flash CS3)

Although I use AMFPHP RemoteObjects with the Cairngorm Framework everyday, I never had a need for a simple LocalConnection. LocalConnections let you …

Deleting tons of files in Linux (Argument list too long)

Quick Linux Tip:

If you’re trying to delete a very large number of files at one time (I deleted a directory with 485,000+ today), you will probably run …

Flex 2 DataGrid ItemRenderers are re-used! Warning!!!

After battling with Flex 2’s DataGrid ItemRenderer for a few hours, I have finally figured out how they really work.

The Scenario

Let’s say you want …

My desk gets another monitor :D

NVIDIA SLI Zone Giveaway

I happened to be browsing around tonight and noticed that NVIDIA has been giving away 1 prize per day for a year! Here's the catch - you need to visit the site …

Ubuntu 64 with desktop effects!

I recently installed ubuntu 7.10 (feisty fawn) on my Compaq R3000. Since this laptop has an AMD Athlon 64 (3500+), I decided to use the AMD64 version of …

Tera-WURFL Goes Stable!

Thanks to everyone who helped me test Beta 1.4.5RC1 - this pre-release was the stepping stone to version Stable 1.5.0. I was lucky to get some help testing …