Google Cardboard VR – nerdgasm!
What is it they say? Once a nerd, always a nerd? I don’t know about you, but for me that definitely rings true. Working in IT, you tend to be surrounded by great people with vast knowledge in both the
Artificial intelligence – The ghost in the machine?
Recently there has been quite a bit of talk about artificial intelligence, and the possible problems this technology might introduce. Technology and evolution go hand in hand, and even though some might disagree, I find to be a natural part
Energy
Energy It surrounds us It consumes us It’s everything and nothing From the painful birth At ground zero The biggest orgasm known The Big Bang The genesis of entirety The cradle of life From single protons and neutrons To a
Howto install bindgraph in Ubuntu
This is a simple howto on getting bindgraph installed on your Ubuntu system. Bindgraph is a handy CGI tool written in perl that gathers statistics from your BIND9 installation, to see exactly what sort of DNS lookups are made to
Accessing MSSQL with perl in Ubuntu/Debian
Have you ever had the need to access a MSSQL database from Ubuntu/Debian via perl? Well, it’s rather easy once you have the right tools. All you need is to install a few things, edit a config file and off
Howto set up a backup MX for Zimbra in Ubuntu/Debian
Have you ever wanted to set up a backup mail exchanger (MX) for your main Zimbra installation? Recently, I had this need for two of my Zimbra installations. Of course, if you run the enterprise version of Zimbra where they
Howto install Redmine on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Preface What is redmine? Redmine is a flexible project management web application. Written using the Ruby on Rails framework, it is cross-platform and cross-database. What does that really mean though? What it means is that it gives you a great
Make time for yourself
This is a rather personal post, but after having seen this picture on Facebook and read the related article over at The Washington Post, my fingers started reacting. What was only meant to be a short comment on Facebook ended
goosh installer for Debian and Ubuntu
Yesterday, a guy came into #debian @ Undernet, asking for help on how to install goosh on his Apache server in Debian. I had heard about the goosh project in the past, but nothing more than that. Being somewhat curious,
Valve and Steam forces Europeans to pay in Euros
As some of you might have noticed, my real life has taken precedence over my blogging the last half year. Ever after having started my current job, it’s been a long process to adjust to a new life with new