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Written by bsdman on 07.26.2010 | Linux, Miscellaneous

I had to install a wordpress theme for a customer. I’m not a web developer by any means, so lucky for me wordpress is pretty straight forward. The theme they wanted to use was “free”, but had a footer with links to the theme’s developer site. Unfortunately the developer’s site was no longer functioning. A [...]

Send Text Messages Via Email

Written by bsdman on 07.07.2010 | Miscellaneous

AT&T: number@txt.att.net Boost Mobile: number@myboostmobile.com Verizon: number@vtext.com T-Mobile: number@tmomail.net Sprint: @messaging.sprintpcs.com

OpenVPN, Mac OSX, Static Routes

Written by bsdman on 07.06.2010 | Linux, Networking

Companies usually use Windows machines on a Windows network – everything is pretty much the same flavor of Windows, and all updates are forced upon the users. It’s actually very easy to maintain a Windows environment, provided the company allows the IT department to lock everything down on the end users. Ah, but I had [...]

In-Wall Cable Ratings

Written by bsdman on 07.06.2010 | Miscellaneous, Networking

When installing some coaxial (RG6) cable in a home, you really don’t have too many things to worry about. No fire marshal is going to fine you for having the wrong type of cable installed. At a business, on the other hand, you have quite a few things to worry about: Is the cable going [...]

Installing SNORT on Ubuntu 10.04

Written by bsdman on 06.18.2010 | Linux

My company recently removed a Cisco IPS device (pile of crap) along with a Microsoft 2006 ISA Server (more of a pile of crap) from the network infrastructure. It cost too much to maintain licensing, and it was starting to become a huge headache for company growth. However, the director of IT requested that we [...]

Drag and Drop Stops Working

Written by bsdman on 06.15.2010 | Microsoft, Troubleshooting

I used to have this issue on my Vista 64-bit system: I’d go to drag a file from the desktop to another location either on the desktop or in a nested folder on the computer. In any case, I could not drag the icons. It seemed as though as soon as I’d try to drag [...]