If you’ve read any of my more geekish entries, you’ll know that I bought a surplus Dell Poweredge 2900 server last year with the intent of setting up a MineCraft server or two for my son. I decided to use VirtualBox VMs because I liked the notion of playing with the software, and it seemed […]
Me
I am not who I want to be is better I am so many things bad and good but mostly just me so many thoughts right and wrong so many impulses (un)controlled cowardly weak afraid liberal conservative conservative liberal privaliged token I am (not) alone in a world filled with hate and discontent
An open letter to President Obama
Dear President Obama, I’m a supporter. I voted for you twice and would do so again were it possible. I have watch through eight years of an obstructionist Congress making every one of your choices, good or bad, a huge battle. I have seen men and women on both sides of the aisle, men and […]
Server Upgrade: OS, Virtualbox, and MineOS
Warning: if you’re not into computers, or get annoyed by amateurs who are, you might want to skip this post! The new server is up and running with everything that used to run on the Raspberry Pi. My original philosophy for the unit as a whole was to run a very basic Ubuntu server install […]
For Shame for All of Us.
So glad to see such a humanitarian response to the burgeoning Syrian crisis from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain among many-many others. Good thing that there are no Muslims, Jews, or Christians involved or I’d suspect some sort of hypocrisy… FYI: “You cannot attain to righteousness unless you spend (in charity) out of what […]
New Server Part 1: The new Server OS (Ubuntu) and Virtual Box
I recently upgraded to another new-to-me (i.e. used) computer. My philosophy has been to, as a rule, buy decent quality used or reconditioned computer gear for some time. This means I can get a decent box at a price much better than new. Given that our computers rarely wear out before succumbing to general abuse […]
Yet more technology
So. I bought a server. Wait: is too much. Let me sum up. Son got daughter and me playing Minecraft. Son wanted a server of his own to play on. Dad: “No problem.” Server 1 was a virtual machine on my desktop. Server 2 was an old Dell tower Server 3 is a Dell Poweredge […]
Desecration of our Flag
<rant> http://www.usflag.org/uscode36.html A note to all of my friends sharing the US Code (link above has a decent history of the code) as it relates to desecration of the National Colors: the code was struck down by the Supreme Court in 1990. The Court argued that burning the flag was an act of free speech […]
So many projects, so little time…
Just that. I hope this post finds everyone well. I just realized that I have three posts started, another two in the planning stages, and several other projects happening at once. When did this happen? Stay tuned for more on the Raspberry Pi changeover, a potential Minecraft server for my son, shaving related posts and, […]
Raspberry Pi Redux- Setup and Basic Configuration of the R-Pi V2.
As noted in a previous post, echo4golf.com and this blog are self-hosted. They run on a Raspberry Pi Linux based computer. If you’re not familiar with the Raspberry PI, check out the history of the Raspberry Pi foundation at the Raspberry Pi Foundation web site. Basically, it’s a complete linux-based computer system on a card […]