My Conky Configuration
One of my favorite things about using Linux and BSD is Conky. Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor that can display nearly any information about your system directly on your desktop. Originally a fork of Torsmo, Conky’s torsmo-based code is BSD licensed. New code in Conky has been licensed under the GPL 3.0. Installation […] Read More →
A Quick Review of Borderlands for PC
I bought Borderlands on Steam; played as a soldier; spent ~30-40 hours on it; and finished at level 36. My favorite weapon was the Desert Stomper combat rifle. Here are my quick thoughts on the game… Pros… The artwork – The watercolor look of the game is unique and a really nice break from the […] Read More →
Install and Configure Hamachi on FreeBSD
Update: Due to protocol changes instituted by LogMeIn on or around July 30 2012, the linux-hamachi client version referenced in the post can no longer be used to login to Hamachi servers. This post will be retained for archival purposes. In this post I’ll discuss how to install and configure Hamachi and SSH on a […] Read More →
How to Install Apache, MySQL and PHP on CrunchBox Linux
So, you’re a CrunchBang Linux user but you want to get a little web development work done? This post will describe how to install and configure Apache, MySQL, and PHP on your box. Once set up, you’ll be able to use your LAMP server to do basic web development and code testing, maintain local copies […] Read More →
How to Install VirtualBox Linux Guest Additions
(20140911 — The steps in this post were amended to address changes in recent versions of software. Minor editorial corrections were also made — iceflatline) This post will describe how to install VirtualBox Guest Additions on your Linux guest operating system. Oracle’s VirtualBox is a general-purpose x86 machine virtualizer that runs on Windows, Linux/Unix, and […] Read More →