Recently I had a project that needed to create and format a word document, based on data from a MySQL database. While the solution was on an MS platform that had Word available, I could only use PHP for the scripting language as it was a language that was used […]
Four steps to add a new hard-disk to a running Ubuntu virtualized session, using Vmware. Add the new hard-disk to the Ubuntu vmware image using Vsphere or VMWare Server. Ssh into ubuntu session and run “echo “- – -” > /sys/class/scsi_host/NUMBER/scan” NUMBER is the scsi host value. It will not hurt […]
I recently setup a test VMWare server environment on my Windows 7 workstation to run Ubuntu LAMP development environments that mirror my production environments. After I install an Ubuntu (or any Nix) environment, I typically install Samba services so I can easily copy code/images back and forth from my workstation […]
Great article from Wired discussing the increased use of Open Source technologies within the defense industry. I think its a perfect match. The example in the article mentioned that an entire project failed because a single contractor controlled the system. Seems that an open-source (albeit defense internal) project would have […]
