Author Archives: Andy

Poof it’s Gone

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Andy

OK, I’m only really posting this cause I need it and I just want to put it somewhere to remember it. To make a file or folder invisible issue the following from the CLI. SetFile -a V path/to/fileOrFolder To make … Continue reading →

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US Navy Seal cleared over attack

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Andy

BBC News | World | UK Edition A US military jury clears a Navy Seal over an attack on an Iraqi suspected of killing four American security guards in Falluja. Amazing that it even got to this point. Poor, poor … Continue reading →

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Don’t Send iCal Replies

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Andy

I came across a great hint in Mac OS X Hints today. It seems that there’s an easy way to interrupt the process of sending an email reply when accepting iCal invites. As I tend to play around with iCal … Continue reading →

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New Safari Version??

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Andy

I’ve just spent the last 40 minutes on the phone with Union Bank tech support because for the past 2 weeks I’ve been unable to log in to my online account with Safari. After all this time the tech support … Continue reading →

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iPad Arrives

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Andy

Well, with the Easter weekend over and Apple’s iPad gaining more headlines than anything else, I have to say I want one, but I can wait. I actually got to touch one. Someone at the hospital brought it with them. … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Alan!

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Andy

Happy Birthday Alan! I hope you’re having a great day on the links. It’ll be good to see you in couple of weeks.

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New IP Address

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Andy

Well, as a cost saving measure and because we really weren’t using more than one, we’ve cut back to a single IP address. Time Warner Cable is the biz Internet provider. They’ve been very helpful in setting up reverse DNS … Continue reading →

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Baby Steps to Healthcare Reform

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Andy

Since I’m sure all members of Congress will have the opportunity to read and comprehend the entirety of whatever is the current healthcare legislation the following small steps to improve the situation will be meaningless. I have 3 simple proposals … Continue reading →

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Fail2ban on Leopard Server

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Andy

So here I am running my own server — for almost 2 years now. It’s been a real learning experience and I’ve tried to share. My latest add-on has been fail2ban. I got tired of looking into my logs and … Continue reading →

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Snailjacked

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Andy

Well, I’ve found out that someone is hijacking my posts with no attribution and no permission. I’m not even sure I understand the logic as there isn’t even any advertising there — yet. If you’re seeing anything on the domain … Continue reading →

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