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• Making Packages I - June 11, 2004

  I’ve recently gotten tired of spamming my NeXTstation with software. Instead, I’d like to use its packaging system to create pacakges out of the things that I build. This has several advantages.

• Using your NeXT as a NIS client - June 11, 2004

  I’ve got a network with a variety of platforms that all have to work together. I’d like to keep the same passwords and home directories across all these machines so there’s only one database for all the information. NEXTSTEP wants to use NetInfo but it’s the only machine I have that supports it. Since everything supports NIS, that’s what I am using.

• Replacing the hard drive in a Nextstation - June 11, 2004

  Eventually, that 420 meg hard drive in the slab is going to get filled up and you’ll want more disk space. That’s especially true as you start to download lots of stuff and maybe even do some development work.

• Configuring your NeXT for a class B network - June 11, 2004

  At my house, we do networking a little differently. We’ve assigned ourselves each a class C network under the 192.168.0.0 address space, with the router on 192.168.0.1. My assigned network is the 192.168.4.0 block, with my NeXT specifically being 192.168.4.12. Now, I need to set up the machine such that anything for the internal network goes to the internal network, and anything for the outside world goes through the router. You’d think this would be an easy thing to set up using all the graphical tools, but apparently not.

• screen - The Terminal Multiplexer - March 24, 2004

  screen is a terminal multiplexer that provides lots of features for people who are frequently using a terminal program like xterm or are logged into remote systems. I know that’s a terrible one line description, but it will have to do. I gave this presentation to the GT LUG to spread the word of how wonderful and useful screen is. No pictures.

• vim - March 3, 2004

  vim is a modern version of the classic Unix text editing program, vi. It provides features that system administrators and programmers will find very useful, but remains lightweight and fast. I gave this presentation along with David Cantrell and David Shea to the GT LUG. It assumes some beginning knowledge of vim, as it focuses more on the advanced features.

• Visiting Mammoth Cave, Kentucky - October 17, 2001

  We decided to head on up to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky over the long weekend (October 13-16) for the purpose of camping and running around in the dark. What follows is the captain’s log from the three day trip with as little additional editing and commentary as possible. Reading the captain’s log almost makes it seem like you’re right there in the car. Enjoy!

• Going to Vermont - July 1, 2001

  Over July 2001, I went to visit Jessica in Albany, NY. She was doing some summer research at a college there so I came up for a Dave Matthews Band concert and generally just to see what there was to do. One day, we decided to drive to Vermont.

• The California to Georgia move - June 1, 2001

  In June of 2001, David and I packed up our junk and moved back to Atlanta, GA. Having lost our cushy jobs working on Slackware Linux, we decided it was just way too pricy to stay out in California. Oh, and the lack of new jobs was hurting too. So we loaded up a big Ryder truck with all our possessions and started out on a five day trip. We decided to take the northern route since we had already taken the southern route on the way out.

• The Georgia to California move - January 1, 2000

  In December of 1999, we took jobs with Walnut Creek CD-ROM in Concord, CA. We will be working fulltime on Slackware Linux. Below is what happened during the move. We started in Atlanta, GA and drove for five days to California. Aside from being formatted to fit your screen, you are getting the original uncut theatrical release of the trip log. So sit back, read the log, and enjoy.