Archive for February, 2006

Nagios cheat sheet

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

Here’s a handy article for setting up/configuring a monitoring service on a web server: BobCares :: Outsourced Web Hosting Support :: Installing and Configuring Nagios

Posted in 02. Servers, 06. Web Servers | No Comments »

The myths of big business

Thursday, February 2nd, 2006

Two quick stories caught my eye today, both related to pointing out the propaganda being foisted on us by large corporations…

First of all, an editorial in Wired: Wired News: Worship Not These False Idols. Tony Long asks why people think Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are worthy of so much adulation.

Next, Cory Doctorow writes about what keeps creative people from effectively competing with big business:
Boing Boing: MSFT: Our DRM licensing is there to eliminate hobbyists and little guys.

Posted in 01. Open Source, Economic Musings | No Comments »