Author Archives: D-Caf

About D-Caf

I'm a computer geek, what more is there to say?

New GAIM, uhm, I mean Pidgin

Posted on May 7, 2007 by D-Caf

The latest version of Pidgin (used to be gaim) was released. I haven’t found any nice rpm’s for Fedora Core 6 yet (that would install) so I went ahead and made my own. No warranty whatsoever on anything about them. … Continue reading →

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Nice Article on SELinux in RHEL5 (and some interesting Comments)

Posted on May 7, 2007 by D-Caf

Here is a good article on what SELinux in RHEL 5 has brought to the table. Some cool new features and a lot more protection: http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/05/04/whats-new-in-selinux-for-red-hat-enterprise-linux-5/ There is also some interesting points in the comment section. Basically, a reminder that … Continue reading →

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Save our Chocolate!

Posted on April 24, 2007 by D-Caf

Not my normal posting (Ok, so I don’t realy have a normal posting), but this really bugs me. I ran across this article today: “I’ve got some sawdust: can I call it chocolate?” http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/24/chocolate_terror/ The generalist idea is that the … Continue reading →

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Go Florida II!!!!!!

Posted on April 3, 2007 by D-Caf

They’ve done it again in Basketball, National Champions two years running, and simultaneous champions in Basketball and Football at the same time. Love my Gators!!

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LinuxWorld NY down, FOSE 2007 down, two more to go..

Posted on March 23, 2007 by D-Caf

— @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –> Ok, been a busy busy couple of months, two conferences down, two scheduled. In February, I helped with the new LinuxWorld/OpenSolutions World Summit in NY. … Continue reading →

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Two Managing Grid Articles published

Posted on January 29, 2007 by D-Caf

I recently worked on two grid management articles for IBM’s developers center that were just published: Managing a Grid, Part 3: Monitoring and Scheduling Managing a Grid, Part 4: Day-to-day tasks for a grid admin I’m pretty happy with how … Continue reading →

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Go Florida!!!!

Posted on January 9, 2007 by D-Caf

Ok, just a quick post but GO GATORS!!! My school has another National Championship!!!! I was attending school at UF when they won the 1996 National Championship. It took 10 years, but it’s such a good feeling!!!

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My Wii and a remote exploit?

Posted on January 7, 2007 by D-Caf

Well, once again, I seem to be sparse on the posts. Maybe it’s because I’ve been busy with LinuxWorld Summit NY, or trying to get a new software project at work finished, or maybe cause I’m devoting my free time … Continue reading →

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Ok, yes, it’s been a while

Posted on November 27, 2006 by D-Caf

Wow, it’s been a very long time since I last posted something. Well, I do have somewhat of an excuse, I’ve been busy and traveling. On the busy side, I’ve been trying to get several projects at work moving or … Continue reading →

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How not to do secure online credit transactions

Posted on September 25, 2006 by D-Caf

Ok, been meaning to write a little about this, just couldn’t find the time. To ALL those in charge of taking private information via secure webforms (credit cards, SSN, etc..) PLEASE READ THIS. Yes, you must use an SSL encrypted … Continue reading →

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