I like Newegg.comand have been using them for many of my tech purchases for several years. But my recent order for Windows XP Home took an interesting route to get to me. I can’t help but wonder if the drive to lower costs can actually be wasteful at times. To be clear, NewEgg delivered as promised, just not exceeding their promises as they have in the past. I ordered the software on Monday, taking the free shipping and no special processing, and on Tuesday the package was in the DHL [...] Read the rest »
Windows Home Server Power Pack 2
Windows Home Server Power Pack 2 has been released and is in the wild. I installed it on my two Windows Home Servers without incident. The first was my 12TB Windows Home Server , the second was my HP Mediasmart Windows Home Server. Both took only a few minutes, including the reboot. Both installs went without incident. As expected, a server reboot was required. After the upgrade I was prompted to upgrade the connector on my Windows PCs. One of those also required a reboot while the others did not. [...] Read the rest »
Windows Home Server on MSI Wind Barebones
I needed to do some PC work and swapping for my parents. To do this I needed a place to store files and backups. I decided a Windows Home Server was ideal for this although the cost of one would be a problem since the need was temporary. So I looked for a solution that would be low cost by using what I already had available or could use elsewhere once I was done. I decided to base the Windows Home Server on the MSI Wind PC Intel 945GC 1 [...] Read the rest »
Disabling WordPress Post Revisions
Sometimes it takes awhile for things to sink in through my skull. WordPress added post revisions back in version 2.6. So after months of seeing those post revisions listed, and those messages about there being a newer version than what I had posted I decided to do something about them. Since it’s introduction I haven’t used the post revision feature so the decision to turn it off was a no-brainer. This is done by adding the following line to the wp-config.php file: define('WP_POST_REVISIONS', false); This doesn’t delete the existing post [...] Read the rest »
The OS Quest Trail Log #39: Site Tweak Edition
It’s been about a month since the last trail log. While I had a few posts since then they’ve been a bit lacking in depth. My day job, the one that pays the bills, has been keeping me busy. But I’ve also been trying to expand my web and WordPress knowledge if I’ve been motivated to do something that wasn’t mindless after a day of work I’ve been playing in this are. In addition to keeping my WordPress install, including plug-ins, up to date I’ve made the following tweaks: The [...] Read the rest »
Flushing the Mac OS X DNS Cache
I was doing some website work this weekend which involved a DNS change to move a website to a new server. These DNS changes usually go pretty quick for me although I don’t usually change servers. In this case it had been over 24 hours and I was still getting the old site from my iMac. I did a DNS query and everything pointed to the new server. Since I use OpenDNS I was also able to verify what address their name servers had. So finally I fired up another [...] Read the rest »
