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I've recently contributed a couple of posts to My SysAd Blog, which has prompted a bit of curiosity about me.Here is my bio brief:I'm the Network Security Administrator for a university in Texas.My technology career began in the mid 1980'sMy first operating system was a AT&T Unix on a 3b2.I've worked with a variety of Unix/Linux systems (SCO,Solaris,BSDi,Ultrix,HPux and various Linux).I had my 5

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I finally got my web site up and running. You can view my necklaces and pricelist at http://www.jewelrybychaddock.com . I'm not set up for online purchases. But if I get any requests, I may consider doing it.

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I started making necklaces (aka beading) a few weeks ago. I absolutely *love* it!The only problem is I now have lots of necklaces and want to make more. This means I've got to sell some to make money to buy more beads to make more! And I'm no salesman!! I don't have one sales DNA... um.. thing in my entire body!Despite my inadequacies, I've actually sold 3 necklaces. But I drastically under

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The Problem: You have a disk image (or any file) that is too big to write to a DVD.The Solution: Split the image file into smaller files that you can save to multiple DVDs.To Split the file: $ cat mydisk.dd |gzip -c| split -a 3 -d -b 4500m - mydisk.ddTo restore, use a command similar to the following:$ cat mydisk.dd.* | gzip -dc| dd of=/outdir/mydisk.dd

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To print the first field of a multiline record: awk 'BEGIN {RS = ""} {print $1}' If you want each line to be one field in the multiline record: awk 'BEGIN { FS= "\n"; RS = "" } {print $1}'

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Free public domain audiobooks. This is a legitimate site. No Ads or pop-ups, it is very clean with a great collection!www.librivox.org

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Do time zone conversions between two cities. This time zone calculator take into account daylight saving time (DST), local time zone and accepts dates in past or future.http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

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How to Reset a forgotten MySQL root Password:1. Stop the mysqld daemon process.2. Start the mysqld daemon process with the --skip-grant-tables option.3. Start the mysql client with the -u root option.4. Execute the UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('password') WHERE User='root';5. Execute the FLUSH PRIVILEGES; command.These steps reset the password for the "root" account to "password". To

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If you have more than one computer at your workstation, Synergy is a _must_! And it's FREE.A snippet from their website (http://synergy2.sourceforge.net) explains it:"Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware. It's intended for users with multiple computers on their

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Several years ago I listened to the Kim Komando radio program while traveling. The program is about computer, networking and technology tips and help. It targets the normal people, not techies. But I'm a techie and I learn all kinds of neat stuff from it.I can't get the radio broadcast at home, but they offer podcasts on the web site. They also have a plethora of stuff (downloads and tips,

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I bought a Treadclimber TC5000 from bowflex a couple of years ago. This morning I finally accepted the fact that it is a piece of junk.From the minute the it arrived we started having problems. It was difficult to put together to start with. After we assembled it, we start to move it to our workout room, only to discover it wouldn't fit through the door. We had to disassemble it, then

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Here is a site I stumbled upon. This is an organization that helps locate missing persons. The keep details on each case and update information on the site.http://www.texasequusearch.org/

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Several months ago I stumbled on a blog written by a woman with muscular dystrophy. She started the blog in 2003, when she was first diagnosed. She was faithful to her posting. Today, I noticed her blogging stopped abruptly in April 2007. Her blog is "must" reading for anyone wanting to understand this disease.http://www.downrivermall.com/About_Muscular_Dystrophy.html

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I'm a terrible photographer. I'm one of those people that can take a picture of a picture! But on a vacation to New Mexico last month, I finally took a great picture.CLICK the picture to see it larger and prettier!

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I've been tweeking and playing with my blog format today. I'm kinda discouraged. I look at other blogs on other sites and there are some pretty cool formats and tools and stuff.I suppose I could create a blog on these other sites.. and tweek and play with my page format again, but I'd probably discover other limitation.Does anyone have an opinion of complaint about a blog site?

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I have a really great lost and found doggie site to share!Dogdetective.com lists lost and found dogs as well as a "sightings" forum and an doggie Ambler E-Alert notification system. It's pretty cool!

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I had a bad headache a few nights ago. I took all the drugs, but nothing helped. As I lay in bed with my head pounding, my two doggies were sleeping soundly next to me.I started thinking (maybe that's why I had a headache :-). Do dogs get headaches? Gosh, they can't really ask for aspirin. Or ask you to shut the shades to block the light.. or turn down the TV. It would be horrible to have a

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