Ok so my joomla site got hacked... Someone changed all the usernames to joker within the db :pBleh.... If I get the time i till secure the site, I gues........ Read more...

Ok so i was tired of certain applications within tomcat5.5 not always starting up successfully on server boot.Im almost certain it's simply because of certain prerequisites not being started up yet, however it seemed to happen hap-hazardly.What i did eventually do was write a very poor , very basic application checker/starter for tomcat5.5.The script basicly only checks for openreports & pentaho which is what matters for me in my case.And yes i do re... Read more...

I know this is not as usefull as it seems but as a proof of concept during my sick days with the swine flu i tested the Above setup.... Read more...

Great it seems Cell-C Decided Once again to do what ever they want! Incomming Connections are blocked once more this morning!Tried to give them a call but i get the usual "did you switch it off and back on" type responses!On the ddclient side, what resolved my issue was a reboot of the Box! 0_o o_0 <------- Reminds me of a windows solution!... Read more...

Ok so i haven't had much time to keep this updated with the move and all....My cell-c dongle has mysteriously started allowing incomming connections! I didn't sign up for any form of "unrestricted" APN or anything.(And apparently Cell-C doesn't even OFFER any APN that's unrestricted!!!!)Well im just happy and immediately decided to bring one of my servers back online.So first step is to get trusty ddclient working and updating to a dynamic ser... Read more...

Well it's time i explore other monitoring platforms as cacti seems rather limiting at allot of monitoring i would like to do and the DUDE from mikrotik just feel like such a toy as apposed to a professional monitoring platform!Well it's onto Zabbix and i have started testing it with great success thus far! I haven't found anything it doesn't provide me with, including being able to specify SLA's that you need to uphold rite within the monitoring system!Finally a appli... Read more...

And yet another rant this time about the speed.While doing a search in Google for pictures i was presented with the following:... Read more...

Ok it's official Cell-C 21M package is rubbish! I have found it overall MUCH slower than the 7.2M Telkom do 3G package!!! In fact my fiancee refuses to share my cell-c connection saying it's too slow for her! I have also found a few sites that simply don't open and NONE of the local news servers operate through the Dongle! All i say is that there is a reason why it's cheap! .......... Read more...

Ok so I’ve been on Telkom do 3g 1G package for a while now and from being used to download up to  1Tb a month it was a real adjustment. In fact i couldn’t even make it work just downloading mails and light browsing! So I decided because i might be moving any time I didn't want to spend the money installing adsl and got the Cell-C 21M HSDPA+ 5G package. Firstly it was such a mission getting Cell-C by Greenacres to actually help me sign up, they had a different excuse everyday!... Read more...

Ive been wanting to for a while now update my tricks i used from back when i was running my own ISP.I used to provide a variety of packages including capped ones. The way it used to work is that my Mikrotik Network Access Server would use a radius server which was a FreeBSD box which in turn used to us a mysql backend for the data. However i used to have so many issues with the capping because , well it simply wouldnt work correctly and what was happening was at the +- 4Gb m... Read more...

Lol, well i just felt like sharing something i stumbled accross!When i was still operating my ISP i wrote a really crude script to display the top ten downloads off my ftp server and decided i will share it today! I Still want to share as well how i did reverse billing with proftp, meaning although my clients weir caped at say 3G traffic, the NAS server would log ALL traffic via radius into mysql, however with proftp there is an option to do accounting to via radius as well, an i simpl... Read more...

Well ive decided to start using a dedicated addon for joomla called Smart-Blog for this section.Will see how it goes!I am also planning a video section with video's of me describing my past work & a qualifications section.I have transferred all previous content to here....... Read more...

Not Much too say... Still Trying to get used to the idea of actually blogging....   I can say that i now have a Contract Position with a small company. There advert was what interested me! First Ive seen something like this in PE! ......... Read more...

So it's been a while. Not sure if it's worth continuing this blog, but i will see how it goes.   Last couple of days finally have finally been good. Looks like the incident with the Audi will only cost me R1600 And UIF finally paying! So I’m Officially Unemployed, all that’s left to do is scatter old car parts on my front lawn and get 5 kids... ;>   Well there is some bad news, and that’s that I’m losing my internet at end ... Read more...

Well there is good news and bad news!   The good news is that setting my 2TB raidz array drives physically to SATA1 resolved the AHCI issues i had.     The more bad news is that my Flat Mate just got offered a job in JHB and will be moving out! Jealous, as that was my plan!   :/... Read more...

Well i got my replcement back from Pinnacle and got to it.   Pulled the 2TB I Used In The 6x1.5TB Array and replaced it with a brand new 1.5TB. Been resilvering for 8h and 2h more to go!     Now as for the 2TB decided to zero fill the drive to wipe them pesky GPT records and try sort out a new issue that developed. Smart apparently reports: Thos... Read more...

As per usual my home file server with FreeBSD8.1 was giving me hell again. For the background:   I have a Intel DP35DP Motherboard  with a 120Gb IDE Drive as boot 6x Seagate 1.5TB Drives in ZFS Raidz setup (Using all 6 SATA connectors the motherboard provides) 3x Seagate 2TB Drives in ZFS Raidz using the cheapest non raid controller i could find in SA (Lian Li IB-01)   The nice thing about that controller is that it provides 6x SA... Read more...

So yesterday i had an appointment with CR Solutions Recruitment company. This was the first interview i regarded as not going well. I struggled to communicate my expertise too the agent as-well as where i would like to go or be. A little disapponited i drove home only to stop for a quick visit to my fiance. Well on my way out of parking i bumped a White Audi with what was my Friends Car!!! Issue is im without employment at the momment so i couldnt even make much of a plan! ... Read more...

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