tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729693595267464072011-08-18T15:52:52.746-07:00oh what, oh what should i do with all the spare boxen, boxii, boxes i have?joshua paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14081552331596360588noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572969359526746407.post-71551481592556919672009-06-03T10:41:00.000-07:002009-06-03T11:38:04.395-07:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshuapaul/3592365149/" title="real estate game by joshuapaul, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2445/3592365149_5bb692a904.jpg" width="500" height="483" alt="real estate game" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/572969359526746407-7155148159255691967?l=lamp-news.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>joshua paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14081552331596360588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572969359526746407.post-14987866070927080512008-12-13T20:48:00.000-08:002008-12-13T20:59:01.883-08:00what's the best way to get web application done?<br /><br />1 on spec<br />2 on budget<br />3 on deadline<br /><br />sure. how to get there?<br /><br />what are the biggest mistakes?<br /><br />what are the biggest challenges?<br /><br />how can they be dealt with?<br /><br />address them all upfront.<br /><br />do all the work on paper first - and get all the plans signed.<br /><br />what kinds of plans are needed to deal with mistakes, challenges and expecations?<br /><br />0 requirements<br />1 workflow<br />2 wireframes<br />3 schema<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/572969359526746407-1498786607092708051?l=lamp-news.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>joshua paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14081552331596360588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572969359526746407.post-59151420595520755152008-10-16T23:17:00.000-07:002008-10-16T23:24:05.737-07:00as i sit here listening to opera old (la traviata) and new (chess) i am fighting with windows ftp servers.<br /><br />what choices do you have?<br /><br />- microsoft iis ftp<br />- filezilla server<br />- xlight ftp<br /><br />i hate iis ftp. sure it's better than nt 4 ftp, and it's better than some university ftp server i ran on nt 3.51 - but i still don't like it.<br /><br />filezilla server is what i like. <br />- xml config file - not as nice as apache config <br />- human readable config file<br />- programmatically modifiable config<br />- nice alias management<br />- remote admin<br />- user interface you are not fighting<br />- BUT i had issue with mac user not connecting with cyberduck from puerto rico (of course i connect no problem)<br /><br />so i switched to xlight. which i don't like.<br />- sucky interface<br />- confusing interface<br />- non human readable config<br />- slow directory listing speeds<br /><br />i recommend filezilla ftp server.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/572969359526746407-5915142059552075515?l=lamp-news.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>joshua paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14081552331596360588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572969359526746407.post-33209131757864222422008-07-23T23:33:00.001-07:002008-07-23T23:33:27.366-07:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://gizmodo.com/5027790/why-we-still-need-the-iphone-app-black-market'>IPhone Apps: Why We Still Need the iPhone App Black Market</a><br/><br/>it is just sooo sad<br/><br/>no copy and paste!!!!!<br/><blockquote/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/572969359526746407-3320913175786422242?l=lamp-news.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>joshua paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14081552331596360588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572969359526746407.post-55925230034291335192008-07-21T13:02:00.001-07:002008-07-21T13:02:40.968-07:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://500hats.typepad.com/'>Master of 500 Hats</a><br/><br/>especially check out his business model video:<br/><blockquote/><a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irjgfW0BIrw&amp;eurl=http://500hats.typepad.com/'>YouTube - 4.1.7 Dave McClure - Startup Metrics for Pirates: AARRR! - I</a><br/><br/>or the slides themselves:<br/><blockquote/><a href='http://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats/startup-metrics-101-367863?src=embed'>Startup Metrics 101: a Product &amp; Marketing Workshop</a><br/><br/>by the way - this is exactly how presentations should be archived - the blog, the video, and the slides<br/><br/>FANTASTIC!<br/><blockquote/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/572969359526746407-5592523003429133519?l=lamp-news.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>joshua paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14081552331596360588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572969359526746407.post-35637764790101783042008-07-21T12:59:00.001-07:002008-07-21T12:59:19.902-07:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><blockquote/><a href='http://code.google.com/p/fbframework/'>fbframework - Google Code</a><br/><br/>here's the guy who wrote it:<br/><br/><blockquote/><a href='http://www.brettharris.com/'>the official website of brett harris</a><br/><br/>there are some others - but this one is being featured at the Zend PHP conference - no doubt because it uses the zend framework<br/><br/>no idea if it is actually in production<br/><blockquote/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/572969359526746407-3563776479010178304?l=lamp-news.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>joshua paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14081552331596360588noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572969359526746407.post-49314397913676970482008-07-10T12:48:00.001-07:002008-07-10T12:48:38.994-07:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Downforeveryoneorjustme.com is handy and so is fifi.org<br/><br/><a href='http://www.fifi.org/services/ping'>Ping</a><br/><blockquote/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/572969359526746407-4931439791367697048?l=lamp-news.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>joshua paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14081552331596360588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572969359526746407.post-78538599155250084832008-07-03T09:40:00.001-07:002008-07-03T09:40:00.109-07:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>distrowatch isn't focussed on appliance distros but its still fun... for me anyway...<br/><br/><a href='http://distrowatch.com/'>DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.</a><br/><blockquote/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/572969359526746407-7853859915525008483?l=lamp-news.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>joshua paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14081552331596360588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572969359526746407.post-12521342940804143212008-07-03T09:38:00.001-07:002008-07-03T09:38:45.367-07:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>this one is freebsd based<br/><br/><a href='http://www.freenas.org/'>FreeNAS: The Free NAS Server - Home</a><br/><blockquote/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/572969359526746407-1252134294080414321?l=lamp-news.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>joshua paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14081552331596360588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572969359526746407.post-56382385889401268862008-07-03T09:37:00.001-07:002008-07-03T09:37:45.376-07:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>this free distro provides Asterix VOIP server and FreePBX Asterix Web Config system, with all the instructions you need - to keep you busy for a... week or three<br/><br/><a href='http://pbxinaflash.net/'>PBX in a Flash</a><br/><blockquote/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/572969359526746407-5638238588940126886?l=lamp-news.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>joshua paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14081552331596360588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572969359526746407.post-34272264692540298262008-07-03T09:35:00.001-07:002008-07-03T09:35:59.702-07:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><strong>Firewall, Transparent proxy, Traffic shaping, VPN’s, Content filter, NTP Server, Users and groups, Mail server, Chat server , Print Server<br/><br/></strong><a href='http://ebox-platform.com/'>eBox Platform</a><br/><blockquote/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/572969359526746407-3427226469254029826?l=lamp-news.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>joshua paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14081552331596360588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572969359526746407.post-63533809396410964092008-07-03T09:33:00.001-07:002008-07-03T09:33:43.074-07:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>a must for every office<br/><br/><a href='http://www.pfsense.com/'>pfSense Open Source Firewall Distribution - Home</a><br/><blockquote/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/572969359526746407-6353380939641096409?l=lamp-news.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>joshua paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14081552331596360588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572969359526746407.post-53863400629438687222008-07-03T09:31:00.001-07:002008-07-03T09:31:02.206-07:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>the ultimate free file server / NAS / SAN / iSCSI appliance - this is what every office needs!<br/><br/>and it looks good too!<br/><br/><a href='http://www.openfiler.com/'>Openfiler — Openfiler Homepage</a><br/><br/>see an iSCSI demo here:<br/><blockquote/><div class='youtube-video'><object width='425' height='355'><param value='http://www.youtube.com/v/utzlYp1L1y4' name='movie'> </param><param value='transparent' name='wmode'> </param><embed width='425' height='355' wmode='transparent' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://www.youtube.com/v/utzlYp1L1y4'> </embed> </object></div><br/><br/>Openfiler iSCSI Demo</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/572969359526746407-5386340062943868722?l=lamp-news.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>joshua paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14081552331596360588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572969359526746407.post-51491624183450471602008-07-03T09:27:00.001-07:002008-07-03T09:27:50.172-07:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>This site has an exciting list of live CD's - also good uses for spare boxes:<br/><br/><a href='http://www.livedistro.org/'>LiveDistro | Remaster : LiveCD : LiveDVD : USB Flash Drive : Build Tool Script : ISO : Torrent : Download</a><br/><blockquote/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/572969359526746407-5149162418345047160?l=lamp-news.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>joshua paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14081552331596360588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572969359526746407.post-59347876367078885762008-07-03T09:22:00.001-07:002008-07-03T09:22:57.279-07:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Chris Aconley of Computer Troubleshooter's Canada recommends Untangle.<br/><br/>We've got lots of spare boxes I would like to place in client locations to assist them with:<br/><br/><a href='http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=86&amp;Itemid=179'>Open Source Applications</a><br/><br/> <table class='green'><tbody><tr><th colspan='2' style='border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(102, 102, 102); padding-left: 10px; text-align: center;'>Open Source &amp; Free</th></tr><tr><td><br/> <ul><li><a href='http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=68&amp;Itemid=141'>Web Filter</a></li><li><a href='http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=67&amp;Itemid=140'>Spam Blocker</a></li><li><a href='http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=70&amp;Itemid=143'>Spyware Blocker</a></li><li><a href='http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=69&amp;Itemid=142'>Protocol Control</a></li><li><a href='http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=362&amp;Itemid=1288'>Virus Blocking</a></li><li><a href='http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=71&amp;Itemid=144'>Phish Blocker</a></li></ul><br/> </td><td><br/> <ul><li><a href='http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=75&amp;Itemid=148'>Intrusion Prevention</a></li><li><a href='http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=76&amp;Itemid=149'>Attack Blocker</a></li><li><a href='http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=77&amp;Itemid=150'>Firewall</a></li><li><a href='http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=72&amp;Itemid=146'>OpenVPN</a></li><li><a href='http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=78&amp;Itemid=151'>Untangle Reports</a></li><li><a href='http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=82&amp;Itemid=152'>Routing &amp; QoS</a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><br/><blockquote/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/572969359526746407-5934787636707888576?l=lamp-news.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>joshua paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14081552331596360588noreply@blogger.com0