These were from cnet and are relatively accurate. I have two of these sets, and one of the panels is considerably darker than the other. Adjust the contrast and brightness accordingly.

Add this to your /etc/rc.conf

miniupnpd_enable="YES"

rdr-anchor "miniupnpd"
anchor "miniupnpd"

pass out on $int_if from any to 239.0.0.0/8 keep state
pass in on $int_if from any to 239.0.0.0/8 keep state

nat on $ext_if from $int_if:network to any -> ($ext_if) static-port

dns-sd -X udp 123 456 789

mifune:~ djh29$ dns-sd -X udp 123 456 789

Timestamp     if   External Address     Protocol        Internal Port   External Port   TTL  
10:32:20.589  0    70.90.241.189        16              123             0               0    
^C
mifune:~ djh29$

It bathes the entire room with IR. This is a massive pain (My Roku refuses to work with this TV doing this). Here is a quick fix for getting a Dish Network receiver to transmit on a different frequency:
1. Display the System Information screen

2. Note the Remote Address

3. Hold the Sat button until all the mode buttons light up

4. Enter a number between 1 and 15 that is not the number noted in step 2

5. Press the # key (Sat button should blink three times upon release of the # key)

6. Press the Record key

I found a pointer here:

http://osterman.com/wordpress/2007/10/15/wordpress-database-error-table-wp_terms-doesnt-exist

However, this didn’t work for me. The page always mentioned the database was already upgraded. Digging around on the WordPress Codex, revealed this handy link about forcing a database upgrade.

Here is what I did to fix the problem

Open mysql and select the db:
[root@host ~]# mysql -u dbuser -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 15762
Server version: 5.0.45 Source distribution

Database changed

Next change the value of the DB to a previous version or wordpress (check here for a list of values).
mysql> update wp_options set option_value='6124' where option_name="db_version";

mysql>

Next, run the upgrade script:

http://domain/wordpress/wp-admin/upgrade.php

If you receive errors, change the db_version to a different value and try again.

mysql>

http://phprpms.sourceforge.net/mssql

Duing the server migration, I needed to get php-mssql working. Once again, cake under CentOS.

Grab this rpm:

Install freetds from yum, and you are ready to go.

Grab these:

[root@wintermute upgrade]# ls -l
total 824
-r--r--r--  1 root root  20091 Jul 26 20:33 centos-release-4-3.2.x86_64.rpm
-r--r--r--  1 root root   3592 Jul 26 20:33 centos-yumconf-4-4.5.noarch.rpm
-r--r--r--  1 root root  81569 Jul 26 20:33 python-elementtree-1.2.6-4.x86_64.rpm
-r--r--r--  1 root root  38989 Jul 26 20:34 python-sqlite-1.1.6-1.x86_64.rpm
-r--r--r--  1 root root  93760 Jul 26 20:34 python-urlgrabber-2.9.6-2.noarch.rpm
-r--r--r--  1 root root 189951 Jul 26 20:34 sqlite-3.2.2-1.x86_64.rpm
-r--r--r--  1 root root 392645 Jul 26 20:34 yum-2.4.2-2.centos4.noarch.rpm
[root@wintermute upgrade]#

rpm –import RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4
rpm -e -–nodeps redhat-release
rpm -Uvh *.rpm

then

yum upgrade

Works beautifully. yum is the far superior tool. Courtesy to Fixlinux for the instructions

Which was too much for my firewall.   I gave my Dual PIII 550 to Ben (to cut down on power usage), and did the server shuffle.

I moved the Athlon 2200 (previously a workstation), and migrate that machine to the fileserver.  The Athlon 1800 was migrated over to the firewall. and The P4 was migrated to the secondary workstation.

This worked great  for about 3 days.  Then both athlons melted.  The 2200′s power supply took a crap, and the athlon 1700 just stopped working altogether.   For the first time in almost 8 years, I had to use linux as a firewall.  My file server has around a terrabyte of data on it, so a quick reload with openbsd was not not an option.  I had to use iptables (for the love of God, please port PF over).  I spent the next two hours stumbling over the arcane, and deliberately confusing syntax to get my network back up and running.  At two in the morning, it is as if Rusty is trying to drive you mad.
As a linux user since the early 90′s, I have a great deal of love and respect for the software, but, IP TABLES SUCKS. There are no two ways around this.  It feels kludgey, configs like something on an AS/400, and at the end of your painful relationship, it actualy punches you in the head.

PF lays it down, and works it over like Scott Peterson in prison.  PF has a great single config file with decent syntax, variables, and easily to remember rules.
Thankfully the poor experience I had with IP Tables, helped motivate me to fix my Netra X1, and upgrade it to OpenBSD 3.9 (Sparc64).  I really wish PF ran on everything.

I started digging around petfinder, and found most rescues wanted a ridiculous amount of money ($300 and up) to adopt a pet. I am of the opinion that if you are trying to get rid of of animal, a decent home is all that is needed. I read these horror stories about people adopting dogs and them selling them for medical research. That’s sorta like the razor blade in the apple thing. It probably happened once, or twice, and it has graduated to an urban legend.

Anyway, I found an ad for a wonderful little beagle. Sniffy. Sniffy is a two year old beagle. He’s trained, neutered, AKC (although that matters little now that he is snipped), and is need of a good home. We are going to go take a look at him sometime this week.

Hopefully by the end of this week, we will have family dog.