http://snicknet.net/blog 'Keepin it White n Nerdy' Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:09:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I can't believe I haven't written on my blog in almost a year. I recently spoke with some friends and they had commented on the fact that I hadn't updated my blog in forever so it is thanks to them that I even remembered that I had this sitting here. ... http://snicknet.net/blog/2010/07/10/wow-almost-a-year/ Recently an issue came up at work with some brand new Dell Optiplex 760 systems. We are currently testing out Asterisk as a replacement to our current Toshiba phone system. We chose Xlite as our client of choice, because its free and has great call quality. We successfully deployed several ... http://snicknet.net/blog/2009/10/05/dell-optiplex-760-xlite-audio-distortion/ So, I spent most of last week trying to get the needed cable to run dual monitors off of my Mac Mini. I originally bought another mini-DVI adapter, which is what came with my Mac Mini. So, I returned that and bought a mini-DisplayPort adapter. Upon plugging in the adapter ... http://snicknet.net/blog/2009/07/15/mac-mini-dual-monitors-amazing/ An interesting problem cropped up at work today. I wrote a script that uses our company database which is MySQL based. Everything has been running great. We were running MySQL on a Windows XP machine. Today, we cut over to a nice Dell 1950 server running Ubuntu Server 8.04.2 with ... http://snicknet.net/blog/2009/07/07/ruby-mysql-connection-problem/ I am reminded of the Top Gear episode where a Ferrari Daytona is pitted against a high end speed boat. During the race Richard Hammond talks about how he is falling in love with the imperfect vehicle. I am reminded of this as I think about today and having spent ... http://snicknet.net/blog/2009/07/06/a-strange-thing-is-happening/ Today was surprisingly full of things to do. I helped move around my parents new built in cabinets as each was painted in the backyard. After this we headed out for the afternoon where I purchased a Mac Mini. I had been thinking about buying a "cheap" Apple, if such ... http://snicknet.net/blog/2009/07/05/mac-mini/ Happy 4th to everyone. Not a lot has happened since I last posted, but I have been thinking through some things and wanted to take the time to write them down here. I have put in some tentative start dates for some of my other Goals, such as Piano Lessons ... http://snicknet.net/blog/2009/07/04/happy-4th-of-july/ No, not a girl, the language. I doubt few have not heard of Ruby or Ruby on Rails. I personally had never used Ruby up until about, oh, say Monday. Later this week I will be putting my first Ruby script into production. I'm a little worried not having used ... http://snicknet.net/blog/2009/06/30/ruby/ Today I watched a biography on Philip Glass. I recently stumbled upon him as a composer after this last season of "House" used a small orchestral piece of his in their intro. I immediately jumped online to figure out if anyone recognized the piece, sure enough several others had beaten ... http://snicknet.net/blog/2009/06/29/philip-glass/ Work has been zapping all of my time over the last 2 weeks. Amazing how that happens. I'm successfully 2 weeks in. I've noticed some major changes since I've started. I can definitely see my impact on the network as a whole which is very rewarding. I recently came across ... http://snicknet.net/blog/2009/06/28/i-thought-school-was-a-lot-of-work/