custom printed logo t shirt: March 2008

Monday, March 31, 2008

nixCraft Linux Sys Admin Blog

Linux Remains Unbeaten in pwn2own Hacking Contest

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 08:13 AM CDT

As reported earlier CanSecWest conference was designed to test zero day vulnerability against three leading desktop operating systems. The result is out:

[1] The MacBook Air went first

[2] Windows Vista was cracked (hacked) on the last day of the contest

[3] Linux remained undefeated

Although several attendees tried to crack the Linux laptop, nobody could pull it off, said Terri Forslof, a manager of security response with TippingPoint. “I was surprised that it didn’t go,” she said.

=> More information available at official web site (Via Yahoo news)

The Daily Tee

And I thought I was the only one.

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 12:23 PM CDT

So there really are other people out there that are in college and don’t have time to do homework! I know, it sounds ridiculous but somehow it always happens.

This shirt is from teeful, which I found through a facebook group.

Image: teeful.

Tags: college, college humor, homework, no time, paper, school, t-shirt, tee

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Sunday, March 30, 2008

The Daily Tee

Music Tree Tee

Posted: 29 Mar 2008 10:54 PM CDT

Has anyone noticed that I’m a little obsessed with uneetee? I’m not sure what it is. But whenever I’m looking for tees to post about it just seems that I can always find something I like there.

I might prefer the notes being a different color… pink really isn’t my favorite. But the design is good enough for me not to mind!

Image: uneetee

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Saturday, March 29, 2008

nixCraft Linux Sys Admin Blog

Wordpress 2.5 Released

Posted: 29 Mar 2008 12:12 PM CDT

Wordpress 2.5 has been released and available for download.The dashboard is cleaner, faster, less cluttered. From the release note:

WordPress 2.5, the culmination of six months of work by the WordPress community, people just like you. The improvements in 2.5 are numerous, and almost entirely a result of your feedback: multi-file uploading, one-click plugin upgrades, built-in galleries, customizable dashboard, salted passwords and cookie encryption, media library, a WYSIWYG that doesnâ€™t mess with your code, concurrent post editing protection, full-screen writing, and search that covers posts and pages.

(Fig. 01: My Dashboard)

(Fig. 02: Writing a post)

EKA - The world's 4th Fastest Super Computer

Posted: 29 Mar 2008 12:51 AM CDT

In November 2007 EKA was announced, which is privately funded supercomputer. Eka, built by CRL, Pune is the world’s 4th fastest supercomputer, and the fastest one that didn’t use government funding. This is the same supercomputer referenced in Yahoo!’s recent announcement about cloud computing research at the Hadoop Summit. This article describes some of the technical details of Eka’s design and implementation.

My town - pune is home to some of the best supercomputing research and development facility into the area of software and other related technology. C-DAC (a scientific society of the Department of Information Technology, Government of India) has developed and supplied a range of high performance parallel computers, known as the PARAM series of supercomputers. Now CRL - a tata group company build the EKa one of the top 10 supercomputers in the world, Eka is the only system that was fully privately funded. All other systems used government money, so all of them are for captive use. This means that Eka is the only system in the top 10 that is available for commercial use without strings attached.

The computing infrastructure itself consists of:

1800 blades, 4 cores each. 3Ghz for each core.
HP SFS clusters
28TB memory
80TB storage. Simple SATA disks. 5.2Gbps throughput.
Lustre distributed file-system
20Gbps infiniband DDR. Eka was on the cutting edge of Infiniband technology. They sourced their infiniband hardware from an Israeli company and where amongst the first users of their releases - including beta, and even alpha quality stuff.
Multiple Gigabit ethernets
Linux is the underlying OS. Any Linux will work - RedHat, SuSe, your favorite distribution.

=> Building EKA - The world’s fastest privately funded supercomputer

The Daily Tee

Creepy White Van T-shirt Helps Prevent Crime

Posted: 29 Mar 2008 11:56 AM CDT

While some tee shirts are designed to be as attractive as possible; Creepy White Van T-shirt (by Travis Pitts) was strangely designed with “crime prevention” in mind. Here’s how:

If there's one thing I know from experience- it's that windowless white cargo vans are always involved in crime; driven by child molesters, kidnappers, burglars, rapists, murderers, terrorists or shifty, illegal work crews. They're always beaten to shit- have chains, straps or rope hanging out the back, and look like they've been pried open from the inside. Is that rust…or dried blood? I swear I don’t know why they still make them…..If they’d just stop making them, I bet crime would drop, like, 85% overnight.

Good T-shirt not only makes its owner look awesome, but also creates conversion. Get this tee from Lucky Threadz for $16, the real white creepy van is not included

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Thursday, March 27, 2008

nixCraft Linux Sys Admin Blog

Linux vs Mac OS X vs Vista - Who will get Hacked / Cracked First?

Posted: 27 Mar 2008 01:18 PM CDT

The most anticipated matchup in the cracker (or hacker) world is going on to take control of a computer using zero day vulnerability. Checkout official site for more information about the Pwn2Own contest. The prize is US $20,000, plus you get to keep the laptop.

Postfix and MS-Exchange Mail Server Affected by ORDB.org Spam Service

Posted: 27 Mar 2008 01:03 PM CDT

Since y’day I noticed one of our article related to ORDB.org spam blocker receiving lots of traffic. I received couple of calls from our clients because most emails was getting bounced via Exchange or Postfix mail server.

ORDB is now configured to return each IP as spam source

ORDB was a database of open relay email servers, provided until 2006 as a voluntary service to block spam. Now ORDB.org service has been re-activated and it is returning every IP address queried as being on its blacklist. I guess this was done to punish lazy sys admin / mail administrators

If you or your mail server / gateway / firewall querying relays.ordb.org; please stop it immediately. If you query relays.ordb.org - mail server will rejecting all incoming mails from that server.

Symantec Mail Security for MS-Exchange Server - Spam Filter

Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange configuration in the list of Anti-spam blacklist servers including relays.ordb.org. Immediately remove the entry.

Remove ORDB.ORG from MS-Exchange Server Spam Filter

In Exchange Server 2003 you can find the feature for blacklist support within the global settings of your organization. Visit MS-Exchange System Manager > Global Settings > Message Delivery Properties -> Connection Filtering tab > Remove relays.ordb.org

Remove Linux / UNIX - Postfix Mail Server - Spam Filter

Open postfix configuration file and remove the following line:
reject_rbl_client relays.ordb.org,
Restart postfix mail server:
# service postfix restart

History and Culture of Unix Programming - The Art of Unix Programming

Posted: 27 Mar 2008 03:35 AM CDT

The Art of Unix Programming by Eric Raymond is a book about the history and culture of Unix programming from its earliest days in 1969 to now, covering both genetic derivations such as BSD and conceptual ones such as Linux.

You should read this book if you are an experienced Unix programmer who is often in the position of either educating novice programmers or debating partisans of other operating systems, and you find it hard to articulate the benefits of the Unix approach.

You should read this book if you are a C, C++, or Java programmer with experience on other operating systems and you are about to start a Unix-based project.

You should read this book if you are a Unix user with novice-level up to middle-level skills in the operating system, but little development experience, and want to learn how to design software effectively under Unix.

You can read HTML version of “The Art of Unix Programming” online at Eric’s website.

Download of the day: Wackamolem ~ Making a Cluster Highly Available

Posted: 27 Mar 2008 03:23 AM CDT

Wackamole is an interesting application that helps with making a cluster highly available. It runs a service using multiple DNS RR records without the worry of one of the machines crashing — if the machine crashes, the virtual IP addresses it was responsible for will be managed by the remaining machines in the cluster. Wackamole is quite unique in that it operates in a completely peer-to-peer mode within the cluster. From the project home page:

Wackamole is an application that helps with making a cluster highly available. It manages a bunch of virtual IPs, that should be available to the outside world at all times. Wackamole ensures that a single machine within a cluster is listening on each virtual IP address that Wackamole manages. If it discovers that particular machines within the cluster are not alive, it will almost immediately ensure that other machines acquire these public IPs. At no time will more than one machine listen on any virtual IP. Wackamole also works toward achieving a balanced distribution of number IPs on the machine within the cluster it manages.

Download wackamole software

Visit the wackamole project:

=> wackamole web site

What Would Cause a Lot of ARP Broadcasts From One System / Machine

Posted: 27 Mar 2008 03:06 AM CDT

Q. I’m experiencing decreased network performance due to ARP broadcasts coming from one system. What would cause a lot of ARP broadcasts from one server / computer?

Answer to "What Would Cause a Lot of ARP Broadcasts From One System / Machine"

How To Identify Server ECC Memory Modules

Posted: 27 Mar 2008 02:38 AM CDT

Q. How do I identify Linux server ECC memory modules from a shell prompt?

Answer to "How To Identify Server ECC Memory Modules"

The Daily Tee

Baricters, This T-shirt Can’t Have more Colors

Posted: 27 Mar 2008 10:18 AM CDT

Baricters is new tee from Karmaloop’s underground section, Kazbah. It is one of SERYE’s T-shirts, printed with a mixture quirky characters and letters on of rich-colors feature. This 100% cotton tee is sold for $24 bucks. If you, the purple color put you off — you might want to take a look at similar tee, also by SERYE, called Power Moves; or, you can just check full collection of SERYE at Karmaloop… They’re shinny!

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The 6 Million Dollar Sandwich: Good Records Newsletter For The Week Beginning 3/24/08

When I See Scissors,

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HELP WANTED!!!
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Hello to you fine people of Denton, Dallas, and Ft. Worth. We are looking for a honest hard working individual to work at the Good Records 3-4 days a week. If you are such a person please come by and pick up an application and fill it out carefully. Also bring a resume with you if you have. Retail experience would be great...even cooler if you had record retail monkey history. Just to get this out of the way early you will be required to bust your butt and are NOT allowed to smoke marijuana on the clock. You must also know your alphabet and know how to count. Musical knowledge would be grand. If you have recently applied stop in and remind us as such.

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A GOOD CAUSE AND GOOD MUSIC FROM GRANDADDY
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Hi everybody,
this is Jason....No....I mean..this is a friend of Jason's ...uh...no..I
mean..
this is a monkey wearing a sombrero riding a border collie bringing Jason a
taco.
But Jason isnt hungry right now because he is recording an album, and being
hungry makes you gnarly, and it makes you nail your guitar solos, and piano
arpeggios, and taco bits in your teeth is bad for vocal overdubs.
Anyways.....here is a little something for the enjoyment of the folks
on Talkscape and whomever else might be interested.
Behold!!...........THE FAMBLY DEMOS
They are free of course,
BUT please,please,please donate money to the EMMETT O'LOUGHLIN Fund if you
end up enjoying this stuff (Make A Donation button on the website).....or
even if you dont. In the end we can all get a little sumthing and feel good
about giving a little sumthing as well
O.K then
ENJOY!

here's the link:
http://jasonlytle.com/famblydemos.php

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MARCH 25th NEW RELEASES
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B-52's-Funplex
First album in sixteen years was recorded in Athens, Georgia and produced by Steve Osborne (Doves, New Order, Happy Mondays) along with the beat programming of Pete Davis (Bjork, Shakira, Gwen Stefani). A combination of electronic and guitar grooves that will certainly launch the distinctive melodies, vocal harmonies and lyrics of The B-52s into a whole new universe. The limited 180-gram vinyl pressing includes a bonus CD of the entire album plus MP3 files.

The Black Crowes-Warpaint LP+7"
Limited edition vinyl pressing includes a 7" picture disc with bonus tracks.

James Blackshaw-Celeste
James Blackshaw-Sunshrine
James Blackshaw-Lost Prayers & Motionless Dances

Boys Noize-Oi Oi Oi Remixed

The Charalambides-Rose/Thorn LP

Counting Crows-Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
First studio album in six years is two-albums-in-one -- one for Saturday Night and one for Sunday Morning. Initial copies come with a bonus DVD containing six music videos, ranging from "Mr. Jones" from their 1993 debut to the 2002 hit "American Girl."

Crystal Castles-Crystal Castles
Hardcore electronic glitch-pop from Toronto.

Current 93-Of Ruine Or Some Blazing Starre LP

De Novo Dahl-Move Every Muscle, Make Every Sound
This Nashville-based quintet's new album is poised to take their creativity to strange new heights. With musical influences that range from Mercury Rev, Air and Jeff Tweedy to The Beach Boys, The Supremes and Stevie Wonder, this album mixes electronic layers with vintage garage-rock sounds to create a modern and completely engaging axis of experimental rock. Free set of De Novo Dahl paper dolls with purchase.

Lou Donaldson-Here 'Tis

Justin Townes Earle-The Good Life
With Justin Townes Earle's pedigree come mixed blessings. As the son of legendary singer/songwriter Steve Earle, high expectations are the name of the game and he's shown that he is up to the task -- crafting stark portraits and narrative tales with elements of blues, classic country and rock & roll.

Kathleen Edwards-Asking For Flowers LP

Elf Power-In A Cave CD/LP
On their ninth album these seasoned indie rockers find the perfect synthesis of their organic live performances, instinctual ensemble playing and openhearted experimentation. One of their most psychedelic records, it offers thirteen otherworldly tracks of chugging Krautrock rhythms, sing-song pop and harmonically dense balladry. "Their harmonious, peaceful vibe is a testament to the band's Elephant 6 heritage." -- Spin

Evangelista-Hello Voyager CD/LP
Evangelista is the new band moniker of Carla Bozulich (Ethyl Meatplow, Geraldine Fibbers, Scarnella). Raw, beautifully ravaged, semi-improvised soundscapes underpin Carla's incantatory sung and spoken lyrics. Includes contributions from over a dozen Montreal players, including most of Thee Silver Mt. Zion. File under: Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

Excepter-Debt Dept CD/LP
This six-person electronic-noise-improv group from Brooklyn is devoted to the destruction of boundaries between the Psychic Friends Network and reality television. This is an album of protest songs played in anti-commercial style with a timeless message for today's election-year consumer. Scary.

Foxboro Hot Tubs (Green Day)-Mother Mary b/w She's A Saint 7"
Billie Joe and Co. go all '60s garage-pop on this pseudonymous release.

Gnarls Barkley-The Odd Couple
Latest from Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse also rush-released. Vinyl coming in time for Record Store Day.

Janet Jackson-Discipline 2xLP

Kid Dakota-A Winner's Shadow
Dusty, heartfelt, roots-tinged rock that conjures desolate landscapes and tugs at the heartstrings.

Daniel Lanois-Here Is What Is
Daniel Lanois has created an album full of viscerally powerful and beautiful new tracks that rank among his best. Recorded with drummer Brian Blade (Joshua Redman, Joni Mitchell, Norah Jones) and pianist Garth Hudson (The Band), the album captures Lanois' signature musical sensibilities and virtuosity. It also includes philosophical interludes and inspiring conversations with Brian Eno taken from the film of the same name. (The DVD will be available April 1.)

Lemonheads-It's A Shame About Ray: Collector's Edition CD+DVD
Deluxe edition of Evan Dando's breakthrough 1992 album adds demos, acoustic versions and a DVD with music videos and live performances from the era.

The Mae Shi-HLLLYH
Frantic no-wave electro pop bliss! L.A.'s Mae Shi brings on the swirling synthesizers and heavy party jams. Recently earned a hearty 8.1 rating from Pitchfork.

Brad Mehldau Trio-Live
The dozen tracks on this double-disc set were recorded by the trio (Mehldau, Larry Grenadier, Jeff Ballard) at the Village Vanguard in New York City over four evenings in October 2006. The material spans from Tin Pan Alley to Brit-Pop (Oasis' "Wonderwall"), from bossa nova to grunge (Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun").

Morrissey-Greatest Hits CD/2xCD
Solo career retrospective spanning the past twenty years includes thirteen classic Mozzer tracks as well as two new tunes, "That's How People Grow Up" and "All You Need Is Me." Deluxe edition adds a live CD recorded at the Hollywood Bowl and fancier packaging.

Panic At The Disco-Pretty. Odd.
In addition to an exclamation point, the band has also ditched the ProTools studio environment, opting for real instruments and live tracking in an effort to capture a '60s pop sound a la The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan and The Beatles. To these ears it sounds more like E.L.O., which ain't necessarily a bad thing.

Panther-14kt God LP

Pennywise-Reason To Believe CD
Ninth studio album from punk heroes Pennywise represents a bristling return to the roots of their unmistakable sound. Limited edition package includes a poster.

Plants And Animals-Parc Avenue CD
Full-length debut from the Montreal trio is a sprawling opus that owes as much to the spirit of Nina Simone and Ali Farka Toure as it does to the epic sound of Canadian contemporaries Arcade Fire. Recorded entirely to analog tape, from classic '70s guitar tones to folksy ballads to sea shanties-turned-post-rock, Parc Avenue is the sound of rock & roll roots re-invented.

The Raconteurs-Consolers Of The Lonely CD/LP
Second album is rush-released to hype-tacular effect. Here it is! Available everywhere at the same time! LP is a glorious tri-fold, 180-gram, mastered from 2" master tape double-LP. (Props for the cover of Terry Reid's "Rich Kid Blues".)

Freddie Redd-Shades Of Redd

DJ Shadow/Cut Chemist-Present The Hard Sell (Encore)
Chapter Three in the Freeze/Product Placement series. Eight turntables, four mixers, a couple guitar pedals and piles of 7" 45s -- all mixed live. Cover art shows giant robotic jukeboxes destroying iPods. Cool.

Wayne Shorter-The Soothsayer

Horace Silver-Further Explorations By The Horace Silver Quintet

Guilty Simpson-Ode To The Ghetto

Thee Silver Mt. Zion (Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band)-13 Blues For Thirteen Moons
The band's first release in three years finds them louder and looser with crackling guitar crescendos, dive-bombing swirls of strings and group vocal passages that are positively spine tingling. File under: Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

Singer-Unhistories CD/LP
Singer is comprised of Robert A.A. Lowe (Lichens, 90 Day Men), Ben Vida (Bird Show, Town And Country), and U.S. Maple members Todd Rittmann and Adam Vida. The album features all four of these kids singing and harmonizing new chords over their communal cacapho-din.

Skyscraper Issue #27
Includes articles on Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks, Dillinger Escape Plan, Black Mountain, Magnolia Electric Co., Dan Deacon, a special feature on the Top Underrated Records Of 2007 and much more.

Elliott Smith-XO LP
Elliott Smith-Figure 8 2xLP
Long-awaited reissues pressed on 180-gram vinyl with original artwork and lyric sheet inserts.

Switches-Present Lay Down The Law
New British band are all about three-part harmonies, new wave bounce, and guitars that go "chug."

Stanley Turrentine-Look Out!

Under Byen-Siamesisk

Valet-Naked Acid LP

Yeti Issue #5 Book+CD
Includes musical contributions from and/or interviews with Jeff Mangum, Akron/Family, Will Oldham, Karen Dalton, Dean & Britta (covering Galaxie 500 on the CD), Deerhoof, Vashti Bunyan, Tara Jane O'Neil, Iron And Wine and many others. Also features travel journals, poetry, fiction, visual art and much, much more. 240 pages with a gorgeous metallic cover.

John Zorn-The Dreamers
Continuing in the tradition of 2001's The Gift, Zorn combines a lifetime of musical passions -- world music, movie soundtracks, jazz, minimalism, exotica, funk, surf rock and more -- to create a vibrant and multifaceted collection of exquisite, instrumental fairy tales. Includes a sticker sheet of cute cartoon animals.

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INSTORE PERFORMANCES
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Sunday March 30, 2008-PlayRadioPlay!-3pm
http://www.myspace.com/playradioplay
Local boys PlayRadioPlay! will be stopping by to play some acoustic rock for us with selections from their brand new spanking CD entitled "Texas." If you buy the CD that day you will receive a free t-shirt while supplies last. Catch them later that night at the Granada Theater with Yellowcard.

Monday March 31, 2008-Anti-Flag-5pm
http://www.myspace.com/antiflag
Anti-Flag will be stopping by to place a very special acoustic instore performance to celebrate the release of the Tony Visconti produced "The Bright Lights of America." Admission to the packed event is simple. The band asks that you bring a canned food item to benefit the North Texas Food Bank. This will be the first place you can buy the CD. Make sure to catch them full throttle later that night at the Granada Theater.

Wednesday April 9, 2008-The Ruby Suns-6pm
http://www.myspace.com/therubysuns
Ryan from The Ruby Suns will be doing a solo deal which will be a "loopy, sampley" sort of thing. Pick up a copy of their excellent Sup Pop album "Sea Lion" while you are in. Also catch the full band later that night at Lola's in Ft. Worth with Le Loup.

Saturday April 19, 2008-GOOD RECORDS TURNS EIGHT-Noon
http://www.recordstoreday.com
Good Records turned 8 years old on February 7th. We decided to hold off on celebrating to coincide with National Record Store Day. This will be a fun filled day beginning at noon. Announcement of bands and festivities will be coming shortly. Until then rest your liver.

Sunday April 20, 2008-Salim Nourallah-3pm
http://www.myspace.com/salim
Salim produced and played bass on Blacheart Society's latest full length. He will be kicking off the festivities when they celebrate the release of their cd on Hit Records.

Sunday April 20, 2008-Blackheart Society-4pm
http://www.myspace.com/blackheartsocietymusic
Ben Fleming and company will be bringing a keg and their musical equipment to celebrate the release of their new cd Oh!! Oh!!

Saturday May 17, 2008-Dark Meat-4pm
http://www.myspace.com/darkmeats
This Athens collective will be stopping by to promote the re-release of their excellent debut album "Universal Indians" on Vice Records. Bring the scronk.

Sunday May 18, 2008-Atrractive And Popular-3pm
http://www.myspace.com/attractiveandpopular
Attractive and Popular will be playing the rock to celebrate the release of their split with El Paso Hot Button.

Sunday May 18, 2008-El Paso Hot Button-3:30pm
http://www.myspace.com/ephb
El Paso Hot Button will be playing the rock to celebrate the release of their split with Attractive And Popular.

Saturday May 31, 2008-Brothers And Sisters-3pm
http://www.myspace.com/brothersandsistersmusic
Brothers and Sisters is a band out of time. Led by real-life siblings Will and Lily Courtney, their music entirely lacks the calculated cool of contemporary indie rock and seems totally oblivious to the cynical machinations of the music business. In an indie world currently hell-bent on exhuming the still-warm corpse of post-punk, Brothers and Sisters reach back to a sunnier age, when idioms as disparate as polished West Coast pop, rock and roll choogle, AM radio balladry and classic country could still rub up against each other at the same hazy Topanga canyon party. Make sure to catch them the night before at Lola's in Ft. Worth.

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GOOD RECORDS' TOP 20 SELLERS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 3/23/08
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1. She & Him - Volume One
2. The Kills - Midnight Boom
3. Dodos - Visiter
4. Why? - Alopecia
5. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
6. Beach House - Devotion
7. Holy F*ck - LP
8. Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
9. Son Lux - At War With Walls AQnd Mazes
10. Stephen Malkmus - Real Emotional Trash
11. Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
12. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum (ltd. LP)
13. Destroyer - Trouble In Dreams
14. Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who See but Cannot Feel
15. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
16. Radiohead - In Rainbows
17. Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant
18. Balmorhea - Rivers Arms
19. John Maus - Love Is Real
20. British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?

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NEW MUSIC NOW
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THIS WEEK'S FEATURE: THE B-52s
Welcome to FUNPLEX, the first record of the 21st century from THE B-52s. "It's loud, sexy rock and roll, with the beat pumped up to hot pink," says guitarist Keith Strickland of the eleven fresh new songs by the groundbreaking Athens, GA party band that conquered the world with its savvy
hooks, unconventional approach to music-making and original style.
The new CD streets 3/25, check out a few tracks in our pop-up jukebox at:

http://www.smellslikemusic.com/stores/good_records/pop.html

Be sure to click on the NEW MUSIC NOW banner at http://www.smellslikemusic.com/promotions/good_records.html to enjoy all
kinds of new stuff, such as:

RED FEATURE: DAVID SAW - Preview BROKEN DOWN FIGURE, available now

FONTANA FEATURE: CRYSTAL CASTLES - Listen to "Crimewave" from their self-titled CD

CAROLINE FEATURE: BEACH HOUSE - Learn more about their latest release, EVOTION

THE BLACK CROWES: Hallelujah, come join the jubilee! Check out their latest, WARPAINT

THE KILLS: Watch "U.R.A. Fever" from their killer new release, MIDNIGHT BOOM

YAEL NAIM: Enjoy "New Soul" from her self-titled debut. As heard on the MacBook Air ads!

VIRGINIA COALITION: Look & listen to HOME THIS YEAR, out now

THESE NEW PURITANS: Watch "Elvis" from this dynamic UK act's BEAT PYRAMID

SWITCHES: Sample clips from LAY DOWN THE LAW - thumbs up from NME!

SHAWN MULLINS: Listen to "All in My Head," the first single from HONEYDEW

PRIDE TIGER: Watch the titular single from THE LUCKY ONES, available now

PANIC AT THE DISCO: Watch "Nine in the Afternoon" from PRETTY. ODD., out 3/25

MIKE PATTON: Sample a few tracks from his soundtrack for A PERFECT PLACE

JAYMAY: Watch a few videos from her lovely debut, AUTUMN FALLIN'

GREAT NORTHERN: Watch "This is a Problem" from SLEEPY EEPEE, available now

DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN: Get tour dates for his latest, THE ELEVENTH HOUR

BODY OF WAR: Watch the movie trailer, stellar guests (Serj, Pearl Jam) on the soundtrack

BLACK TIDE: Watch incredible behind-the-scenes video footage for LIGHT FROM ABOVE

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RECOMMENDED SHOWS THIS WEEK
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Thu 3/27/08-The Gutter Twins/Great Northern-Cambridge Room-Dallas
Thu 3/27/08-Neil Hamburger-Rubber Gloves-Denton
Thu 3/27/08-Les Claypool/Tim Fite-House Of Blues-Dallas
Fri 3/28/08-Fu Manchu/Burning Brides-Cambridge Room-Dallas
Sat 3/29/08-Mom/Shiny Around The Edges-Rubber Gloves-Denton
Sat 3/29/08-Aceyalone-The Loft-Dallas
Sat 3/29/08-The Hold Steady/Zykos-Emo's-Austin
Sun 3/30/08-Dengue Fever-Lola's-Ft. Worth
Sun 3/30/08-Yellocard/The Spill Canvas-Granada Theater-Dallas
Mon 3/31/08-Saul Williams-The Loft-Dallas
Tue 4/1/08-Tokyo Police Club-Cambridge Room-Dallas
Tue 4/1/08-The Weakerthans/Aa Bondy/Christine Fellows-Granada Theater-Dallas
Thu 4/3/08-Xiu Xiu/Thao-Lola's-Ft. Worth

I Cannot Help But Think Of You,
Chris Penn
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The 6 Million Dollar Sandwich: Good Records Newsletter For The Week Beginning 3/24/08

When I See Scissors,

here's the link:
http://jasonlytle.com/famblydemos.php

The Black Crowes-Warpaint LP+7"
Limited edition vinyl pressing includes a 7" picture disc with bonus tracks.

James Blackshaw-Celeste
James Blackshaw-Sunshrine
James Blackshaw-Lost Prayers & Motionless Dances

Boys Noize-Oi Oi Oi Remixed

The Charalambides-Rose/Thorn LP

Crystal Castles-Crystal Castles
Hardcore electronic glitch-pop from Toronto.

Current 93-Of Ruine Or Some Blazing Starre LP

Lou Donaldson-Here 'Tis

Kathleen Edwards-Asking For Flowers LP

Foxboro Hot Tubs (Green Day)-Mother Mary b/w She's A Saint 7"
Billie Joe and Co. go all '60s garage-pop on this pseudonymous release.

Gnarls Barkley-The Odd Couple
Latest from Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse also rush-released. Vinyl coming in time for Record Store Day.

Janet Jackson-Discipline 2xLP

Kid Dakota-A Winner's Shadow
Dusty, heartfelt, roots-tinged rock that conjures desolate landscapes and tugs at the heartstrings.

The Mae Shi-HLLLYH
Frantic no-wave electro pop bliss! L.A.'s Mae Shi brings on the swirling synthesizers and heavy party jams. Recently earned a hearty 8.1 rating from Pitchfork.

Panther-14kt God LP

Pennywise-Reason To Believe CD
Ninth studio album from punk heroes Pennywise represents a bristling return to the roots of their unmistakable sound. Limited edition package includes a poster.

Freddie Redd-Shades Of Redd

Wayne Shorter-The Soothsayer

Horace Silver-Further Explorations By The Horace Silver Quintet

Guilty Simpson-Ode To The Ghetto

Elliott Smith-XO LP
Elliott Smith-Figure 8 2xLP
Long-awaited reissues pressed on 180-gram vinyl with original artwork and lyric sheet inserts.

Switches-Present Lay Down The Law
New British band are all about three-part harmonies, new wave bounce, and guitars that go "chug."

Stanley Turrentine-Look Out!

Under Byen-Siamesisk

Valet-Naked Acid LP

Sunday May 18, 2008-El Paso Hot Button-3:30pm
http://www.myspace.com/ephb
El Paso Hot Button will be playing the rock to celebrate the release of their split with Attractive And Popular.

http://www.smellslikemusic.com/stores/good_records/pop.html

Be sure to click on the NEW MUSIC NOW banner at http://www.smellslikemusic.com/promotions/good_records.html to enjoy all
kinds of new stuff, such as:

RED FEATURE: DAVID SAW - Preview BROKEN DOWN FIGURE, available now

FONTANA FEATURE: CRYSTAL CASTLES - Listen to "Crimewave" from their self-titled CD

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"I'd rather eat my own sh*t than duet with James Blunt."-Paul Weller

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

nixCraft Linux Sys Admin Blog

DIY: Create Robots with Linux

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 12:02 PM CDT

ASIMO is a humanoid robot manufactured by Honda which is quite high tech and expensive gadget. You can hired out it for US $166,000 per year. However, as usual Linux provides you an opportunity to build your own robot. Linux-based robots are tricky to create, but Michael Surran’s Robotics class found out it can be done:

Robots have been a passion of mine since I was a child, so imagine my excitement when I was given the opportunity to add a robotics class to our high school’s computer curriculum! We recently celebrated our second year of offering robotics at Greater Houlton Christian Academy (GHCA), the school where I teach. During this time, we’ve produced three different robots, each based on a PC running Linux. We work with a tight budget, so we have to be creative in our design, use of materials and tools. This results in robots that any do-it-yourself hobbyist can build.

Though, this article doesn’t give step-by-step instructions on how to build a DIY robot. It proivdes some getting started hints. Linux and robotics are a perfect combination!

=> Do-It-Yourself Robots with Linux

Fedora Linux 9 Beta Released

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 11:50 AM CDT

Fedora Linux 9 beta has been released and available for download. Some highlights of Fedora 9 Beta:

=> GNOME 2.22, with new features like a helpful world time clock, better file system performance, security improvements, power management at the login screen, the ability to dynamically configure displays, better Bluetooth integration, improved podcast support, and many other enhancements

=> KDE 4.0.2, which includes a brand new desktop and panel with many new concepts, integrated desktop search, a brand new visual style called Oxygen, a new multimedia API called Phonon, and a new hardware integration framework called Solid — all integrated by Fedora’s KDE SIG

=> Firefox 3 Beta 5, featuring a native look and feel, desktop integration, the new Places that replaces bookmarks, and a reworked address bar

=> Support for resizing ext2, ext3 and NTFS partitions during install

=> Support for creating and installing to encrypted filesystems

=>PackageKit, a cross-distribution package management solution with a complete yum backend, designed to unify different distributions’ software management with the latest technologies

=> Kernel 2.6.25-rc5 etc

(Fig. 01: Fedora 9 Desktop)

Download Fedora 9 Beta Software

To download, visit:

Official Project Home Page

Restore Selected Files From Secondary Backup Hard Disk

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 02:14 PM CDT

Q. I’ve backup created using rsync command stored at /disk2/home/tom/ directory. Accidentally, I had deleted files from /home/tom directory. I’d like to restore all file names starting with alpha numeric characters from /disk2/home/tom/ to /home/tom. How do I restore selected files in a batch mode?

Answer to "Restore Selected Files From Secondary Backup Hard Disk"

Explain: Red Hat Linux RPM Relocatable and Not Relocatable Packages

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 12:48 PM CDT

Q. Can you explain CentOS / RHEL / Fedora Linux relocatable package concept?

Answer to "Explain: Red Hat Linux RPM Relocatable and Not Relocatable Packages"

The Daily Tee

More Transformer Tee Shirts

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 10:35 AM CDT

It’s been quite some time since I posted my favorite Transformer tee shirts from few online shops like Stylin Online, Hottopic and 80sTees.com. I thought those were all, until I visited Stylin Online yesterday and got to know their new addition of Transformer T-shirts.

Most of these tees are pretty awesome, regardless whether you are a big fan of Transformer the movie or the cartoon/anime version; or even you are not fan but looking for simply nice graphic tees. They are worth a look, if not your dollars. I rarely found these kind of Transformer tees, Stylin Online has done good job. There are actually some more good pop culture and movie tee shirts on the shop, but I will post some more about them on another day.

*Image above are two of new Transformer T-shirts from Stylin Online (click on the image to find the product detail)

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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

The Daily Tee

Einstein was right.

Posted: 25 Mar 2008 08:37 AM CDT

Einstein was right. He was definitely right.

This tee is from Endangered Wear. If you’re not familiar with them, they print limited numbers of tees. So that you and a friend don’t feel stupid when you show up at a party wearing the same shirt (*cough* Threadless).

This one must be the most limited I’ve ever seen. There are only 25 of these… wait now there are only 24. They are going fast!

Tags: einstein, Limited Edition, shirt, stupid people, t-shirt, tee, white

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Till Death T-shirt, Get that Edgy Look!

Posted: 25 Mar 2008 01:35 AM CDT

[Girls only] If those cute, pink, princess-like tee shirts you have collected since you were teenager already bore you, you might need a dress make over. Why don’ get edgy a little bit; Till Death tee shirts by RCVA, would definitely give you a sort of punk-rock style, without eliminate your feminine side.

The $28 bucks tee shirt, sold on Becker Surf, has contrast stitched top seam, plus signature lettering at front top center; and the splattered graphics and “till death” skeleton couple at front center framed with heart shape. Click here for more detail.

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Monday, March 24, 2008

nixCraft Linux Sys Admin Blog

Linux Ramback: Use a Terabyte of RAM

Posted: 24 Mar 2008 03:26 AM CDT

An experimental new design for Linux’s virtual memory system would turn a large amount of system RAM into a fast RAM disk with automatic sync to magnetic media. Most servers comes with 2-16 GB ram installed but not with a terabyte of installed memory (for 1TB+ ram go with IBM / Sun E25k server line). There is a new kernel patch called Ramback:

Ramback is a new virtual device with the ability to back a ramdisk by a real disk, obtaining the performance level of a ramdisk but with the data durability of a hard disk. To work this magic, ramback needs a little help from a UPS. In a typical test, ramback reduced a 25 second file operation to under one second including sync. Even greater gains are possible for seek-intensive applications. The difference between ramback and an ordinary ramdisk is: when the machine powers down the data does not vanish because it is continuously saved to backing store. When line power returns, the backing store repopulates the ramdisk while allowing application io to proceed concurrently. Once fully populated, a little green light winks on and file operations once again run at ramdisk speed.

However, this solution depends upon UPS:

If line power goes out while ramback is running, the UPS kicks in and a power management script switches the driver from writeback to writethrough mode. Ramback proceeds to save all remaining dirty data while forcing each new application write through to backing store immediately.

Download Of The Day: Ubuntu Linux 8.04 (Hardy) Beta ISO / CD

Posted: 24 Mar 2008 03:04 AM CDT

The Ubuntu project has released beta version 8.04 and available for download from the official project web site.
The Ubuntu developers are moving very quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the open source community has to offer. New feature includes:

+ GNOME 2.22

+ Linux kernel 2.6.24.

+ Firefox 3 beta

+ PulseAudio

+ Vinagre VNC client

+ Brasero CD/DVD burning application

+ There is a new installation option for Windows users. Wubi allows users to install and uninstall Ubuntu like any other Windows application. It does not require a dedicated partition, nor does it affect the existing bootloader, yet users can experience a dual-boot setup almost identical to a full installation.

The final stable version will be released in April 2008. Download cutting edge version from official mirror.

Raconteurs Vinyl Listening Party And Free Pizza Tuesday March 25th 7pm

We're VERY excited about the new Raconteurs album dropping this weeek. It's called Consolers Of The Lonely and in a new attempt to create as level a playing field as possible and to keep leaks to
a minimum, The Raconteurs have decided to release it all at once, in every format at the same time. Why? Here's the band's explanation, straight from the press release:

"The album was mastered and completed in the first week of March. It was then taken immediately to a vinyl pressing plant. Then to a CD pressing plant. Then preparations to sell it digitally began. March 25th became the soonest date to have it available in EVERY FORMAT AT ONCE. The band have done no interviews or advertisements for this record before this announcement.

"The purpose: to get the album to the fans as soon as possible and as we promised. We wanted to get this record to fans, the press, radio, etc., all at the EXACT SAME TIME so that no one has an upper hand on anyone else regarding it's availability, reception or perception."

To celebrate we will be hosting an old school vinyl listening party this Tuesday March 25th at 7pm along with free pizza to entice you to show up. We'll be playing the album in the store on vinyl in its entirety so come down and hear how rock music was meant to be heard!

The Daily Tee

Amazing Childhood $10 Sale

Posted: 24 Mar 2008 01:09 PM CDT

Great news!

Uneetee is selling one of my favorite t-shirt designs for just $10 today. After today it will be back up to selling for $18. So if you’ve always wanted this one, now is probably the time!

Tags: amazing childhood, black, Sale, uneetee

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Sunday, March 23, 2008

The Daily Tee

Chop Shop’s Bush Brain goes for 50% Sale

Posted: 23 Mar 2008 12:04 PM CDT

Two of Chop Shop’s first liner tees go for awesome sale. Bush Brains tee is yours for only $5 when you use coupon code "bushed" (the usual price is $10 bucks ), while As Seen on WWW tee’s price is slashed down to only $6 from the usual price of $20 — don’t forget your coupon code for this white tee: “seenfor6″.

Chop Shop is also planning a bunch of releases within the next few weeks in preparation for the New York Comic Con the weekend of April 18-19. Included in that mix will be the popular Vader pinstriped tee for women’s and children’s sizes as well as brand spanking new designs.

This promotion price mentioned above doesn’t include shipping charge

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10 Best Procrastination Tees

Posted: 22 Mar 2008 10:16 PM CDT

Ahh, I love procrastination tees. They all describe much of my life. This tee is from Random Shirts.com and I’ll finish this list later.

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Thursday, March 20, 2008

nixCraft Linux Sys Admin Blog

Red Hat Open Sourced Identity, Policy, Auditing Management Security Framework Tool

Posted: 20 Mar 2008 09:44 AM CDT

Red Hat has open-sourced its identity-management and security system to promote its assertion that open-source software provides the most secure infrastructure. From the press release:

Red Hat Certificate System was acquired from AOL three years ago as part of the Netscape technology acquisition. In keeping with our commitment to open source software, today Red Hat has released all of the source code to Red Hat Certificate System. Much of the technology in Red Hat Certificate System was already open source, including the Apache web server, Red Hat Directory Server and the FIPS140-2 level 2 validated NSS cryptographic libraries, but todayâ€™s move further demonstrates Red Hatâ€™s belief that the open source development model creates more secure software.

I think the freeIPA project is really good addition. It provides central management of identity, policy, and auditing for Unix and Linux using open-source and open-standards technologies.

(Fig. 01: freeIPA running under Fedora Linux [Image Credit freeIPA project])

How To Run Common GNU Utilities Under MS-Windows

Posted: 20 Mar 2008 09:24 AM CDT

Cygwin software offers Linux-like environment for Windows making it possible to port software running on POSIX systems (such as Linux, BSD, and Unix systems) to Windows. However, sometime you just wanna run bc or wget under Windows without going through Cygwin. Here are some ports of common GNU utilities to native Win32. In this context, native means the executables do only depend on the Microsoft C-runtime (msvcrt.dll) and not an emulation layer like that provided by Cygwin tools. A must download for die hard gnu folks working on windows systems

Tools included:

bc-1.05
bison-1.28
bzip2-1.0.2
diffutils-2.7
fileutils-3.16
findutils-4.1
flex-2.5.4
gawk-3.1.0
grep-2.4.2
gsar110
gzip-1.2.4
indent-2.2.9
jwhois-2.4.1
less-340
m4-1.4
make-3.78.1
patch-2.5
recode-3.6
rman-3.0.7
sed-3.02
shellutils-1.9.4
tar-1.12
textutils-2.1
unrar-3.00
wget-1.8.2
which-2.4

Download GNU utilities for Windows

=> Visit offical project to grab common GNU utilities for Windows [binary zip file 3.2M]

Linux Track NFS Directory / Disk I/O Stats

Posted: 20 Mar 2008 02:33 PM CDT

Q. How do I track NFS client metrics (disk I/O) under Linux operating system?

Answer to "Linux Track NFS Directory / Disk I/O Stats"

CentOS / Red Hat / Fedora Linux Turn off Beep / Bell Terminal Sound

Posted: 20 Mar 2008 02:06 PM CDT

Q. I’m using CentOS Linux v5.x and I’d like to turn off the bell sound. How do turn off the beep?

Answer to "CentOS / Red Hat / Fedora Linux Turn off Beep / Bell Terminal Sound"

The Daily Tee

Glyph. {is a box} Experiments of Minimalism

Posted: 19 Mar 2008 08:25 PM CDT

Minimalism, for those who know how to appreciate it — check out Glyph’s T-shirts here. Okay, I cannot say more. I’m practicing minimalism.

via Addic[tee]d

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts: Good Records Newsletter For The Week Beginning 3/17/08

America is waiting,

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Visionaire 53: Sound
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We have this baby in stock. It must be seen and heard to believed. Get it while you can.

A portable record player with over 100 minutes of sound on 5 12" vinyl
record picture discs and 2 CDs

Visionaire 53. SOUND consists of five 12-inch vinyl records, imprinted with
images (picture discs), containing approximately 100 minutes of sound
content featuring audio experiments, unreleased songs, samples, and spoken
word pieces. The 5 records are packaged inside a domed case that also houses
a custom-made MINI Clubman "Vinyl Killer" Record Player: a battery-operated
toy car containing speakers and a needle. As the little car drives along the
record's groove, it plays each track, acting as a fully portable record
player and sound system. The issue also includes 2 CD's with all the sound
content, and a booklet of credits and instructions. Sound is a limited
edition of 4,000 numbered copies and retails for $250.

Contributors include:
Musicians David Byrne, U2, Michael Stipe, Courtney Love, Liza Minelli,
Laurie Anderson, Cat Power, Adrock, Lee Ranaldo, Antony & the Johnsons,
Thurston Moore & Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), Malcolm McLaren, Ryuichi
Sakamoto, David Sylvian, Andrew WK, Danger Mouse; Artists Yoko Ono, Cerith
Wyn Evans, Helmut Lang, Christian Marclay, Doug Aitken, Robert Wilson, Gary
Hill, Sylvie Fleury, Vito Acconci, Mariko Mori, Carl Michael Von Hausswolff;
Bands The Knife, Littl'ans, Unkle, Animal Collective, SunnO))), Gang Gang
Dance; DJ's Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky), miss kittin, Trevor Jackson, Towa
Tei, Nigo, Hiroshi Fujiwara; Fashion designers Karl Lagerfeld, Alexander
McQueen, Stefano Pilati; and many more...including Duncan Laurie and Nalepa.

Official website here:
http://www.visionaireworld.com/index.php

http://www.goodrecords.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2503

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MARCH 18th NEW RELEASES
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Oren Ambarchi & Z'ev-Spirit Transform Me
Latest in the Radical Jewish Culture series. Oren Ambarchi is a composer and multi-instrumentalist experimenting in the dark trance-inducing worlds of ambient, industrial and electronic music. His newest collaborative project features the legendary percussionist/composer and mystic Z'ev in a hypnotic series of pieces exploring the inner meanings of the Hebrew Alef-beit (alphabet).

Joseph Arthur-Could We Survive
First in a series of EPs from the songsmith. Raw, atmospheric pop.

Be Your Own Pet-Get Awkward
Sophomore release from the young garage-poppers is a slyer, heavier outing. Like their debut, ably produced by Steven McDonald of Redd Kross. Huge color poster free with purchase.

Big Dipper-Supercluster: The Big Dipper Anthology 3CD
This limited edition three-disc set is comprised of 49 remastered tracks from the legendary Boston band's original tapes, plus the mysterious "Faith Healer" video, all for an incredibly low price. Includes the Boo-Boo EP (1987) and the albums Heavens (1987) and Craps (1988) along with a plethora of previously unreleased tracks and extensive liner notes from the original band members and WFMU's Tom Scharpling.

Blowing Trees-Blowing Trees
Blowing Trees has become one of San Antonio's biggest alternative bands over the past two years. Officially formed in early 2003, Blowing Trees is the product of a long-term project originally conceived by lead singer/acoustic/songwriter, Chris Maddin.

Body Of War: Songs That Inspired An Iraq War Veteran 2xCD
Double-disc, thirty track compilation curated by Iraq war veteran Tomas Young. Features the previously unreleased Eddie Vedder song "No More" (live with Ben Harper) as well as politically charged tracks from John Lennon, Neil Young, Bright Eyes, Lupe Fiasco, Kimya Dawson, Bad Religion, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Roger Waters, Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam and more.

The Bravery-The Sun And The Moon Complete 2xCD
Re-launch of the acclaimed Brendan O'Brien-produced album now comes with a bonus CD where all of the tracks are "re-imagined" by Bravery frontman and chief songwriter Sam Endicott.

Marc Broussard - Must Be The Water CDEP (Atlantic) 
Tasty nugget from the swamp rocker was primarily recorded over three days on a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean.

The Coathangers-Shake Shake/Dreamboat 7"
The second in a new seven-inch series from Suicide Squeeze. Bonus MP3 download with the vinyl. "This Atlanta quartet is part of a proud heritage of Southern new wave like the B-52's and Pylon, with batcave keyboards, rock lobster guitars, and tons of heart-feasting vocals." -- Pitchfork

Sera Cahoone-Only As The Day Is Long
Along with being an accomplished guitarist and songwriter, Sera has played drums for Carissa's Wierd, Patrick Park and Band Of Horses. On tour with Park in 2006, she found herself inspired by the landscape and wrote an album in her thoughts as they drove along the blue highways and back roads of the expansive west and the plains. "A breathtaking collection of sad and dusky songs that reveal an artist of remarkable depth as well as a truly stunning voice." -- The Stranger

Children-Death Tribe 12"
Features the 10-minute-plus jam "Death Tribe" on Side A and a wicked etching on Side B. Includes a download card for the MP3.

Clark (Chris Clark)-Turning Dragon CD/2xLP
Chris Clark has earned his reputation as one of the world's most adventurous dance producers with a catalog of twists and turns that owe just as much to the avant-garde as they do to the dancefloor.

Crystal Castles-Crystal Castles
Crystal Castles' music uses unusual instrumentation such as placing an Atari 5200 sound chip inside a keyboard in order to produce a sound that has been described as having "ferocious, asphyxiating sheets of warped two-dimensional Gameboy glitches and bruising drum bombast pierce [the] skull with sheer shrill force, burrowing deep into the brain like a fever.

Ray Davies-Working Man's Café 2xLP
Now available on deluxe 180-gram vinyl in a gatefold sleeve.

Destroyer-Trouble In Dreams CD/LP
Trouble In Dreams cements Dan Bejar (New Pornographers) as an artist as quirky and enigmatic as David Bowie, as symphonic and grandiose as Scott Walker, and as quixotically literary as Bob Dylan. Bonus MP3 download with the vinyl.

DeVotchka-A Mad & Faithful Telling
This four-piece multi-instrumental outfit fuses Gypsy, Greek, Slavic, and mariachi with American punk and folk roots. A Mad & Faithful Telling follows their score to the breakout indie film Little Miss Sunshine, which earned them a Grammy nod for best soundtrack. CD now, vinyl due April 8.

The Dodos-Visiter
Psych-folk duo from San Francisco. CD now, vinyl in April.

Pete Francis-Iron Sea And The Calvary (Dispatch)
New solo outing from the Dispatch singer/songwriter.

Great Northern-Sleepy Eepee CDEP
Before Great Northern honed the lush lullabies that made up its arresting debut LP, Trading Twilight For Daylight (also in stock), the L.A.-based foursome constructed a set of songs that laid the groundwork for the band's cinematic pop. This previously unreleased five-track prequel is being made available due to the fan demand. Receive a free Great Northern tote with purchase, while supplies last.

Adam Green-Sixes & Sevens
Green is formerly one half of Moldy Peaches (with Kimya Dawson). This is his fifth solo album. CD now, vinyl soon. "A queasy mix of super-sharp realism, clammy surrealism, and elegant melody." -- Mojo

Hayaino Daisuki-Headbanger's Karaoke Club Dangerous Fire CDEP
A ferocious hybrid of '80s crossover thrash with land-speed-record grind, Hayaino Daisuki's music is bursting at the seams with a kind of joy rarely heard in a musical genre that feeds off darkness and death imagery.

The Hush Sound-Goodbye Blues
Chicago band thumbs through the back pages of American music, filtering blues, swing, rock and folk through their own unique sensibility.

Jarboe/Justin K. Broadrick-J2 (Jesu)
Collaboration between Jarboe (Swans, Neurosis, A Perfect Circle) and Justin Broadrick (Napalm Death, Godflesh, Jesu). Jarboe describes it thusly: "The instrumentation will feature organ, piano, many guitars, bass, drums, and unique 'field recordings' from my personal collection. Thematically, the material reflects what may be interpreted as an ongoing interest in mysticism, the human condition, perhaps the war of the heart."

Jucifer-L'autrichienne
On Jucifer's new album, Amber Valentine's distinctive voice varies from harsh, banshee screams to softly moaned intonations against a raw palette that varies in terms of tempo and volume but never wavers in emotive intensity.

The Kills-Midnight Boom
The duo continues to subtly and organically fuse pop, glam, blues, art-punk and hip-hop in a manner that flits between light and dark, funny and morbid, experimental and cute. The result is a short, sharp album of sensual, fresh and atmospheric songs. CD now, vinyl due April 8.

Daniel Lanois-Here Is What Is
An acclaimed singer/songwriter/producer known for producing some of the greatest albums of the last two decades (U2, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Neville Brothers, more), Daniel Lanois has created an album full of viscerally powerful and beautiful new tracks that rank amongst his best. Featuring
drummer Brian Blade (Joshua Redman, Joni Mitchell, Norah Jones) and pianist Garth Hudson (The Band) Here Is What Is captures Lanois' signature musical sensibilities and virtuosity. The album also includes philosophical interludes and inspiring conversations with Brian Eno taken from the film by the same name.

The Matches-A Band In Hope
The new release from Oakland, CA's Matches is the sonic showcase the band has always deserved, matching their intense, sardonic, and infectious songs with ambitious arrangements that recall the intense studio craft of the '70s.

Mission Of Burma-Signals, Calls & Marches CD+DVD/2xLP+DVD+MP3
Mission Of Burma-Vs. CD+DVD/2xLP+DVD+MP3
Mission Of Burma-Horrible Truth About Burma (Live) CD+DVD/2xLP+DVD+MP3
Ultra-deluxe reissues -- each includes a booklet featuring ephemera, photos and interviews as well as a unique bonus DVD. HQ 180-gram double vinyl includes the DVD and a full MP3 download.

Mogwai-Kicking A Dead Pig
Mogwai-EP+6
Out-of-print for awhile, now re-emerging.

Mojo - April 2008 (#173)
Rolling Stones cover story. Bonus CD: The New Dictionary Of Blues And Soul with Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, The Black Keys and more.

Mooney Suzuki-CBGB Live: June 29, 2001
Llive recording from the Bowery Collection series.

Yael Naim (& David Donatien)-Yael Naim
Exotic international singer/songwriter sings in French, English and Hebrew. Includes "New Soul" as featured in the MacBook Air ad as well as an unexpected cover of Britney Spears' "Toxic."

Neon Neon-Stainless Style (Gruff Rhys & Boom Bip)
Debut full-length from this collaboration between left-field hip-hopper Boom Bip and Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals. Similar in style to Gorillaz, Pitchfork lauds it with a 7.7 rating.

New Found Glory-Hits
NFG's first-ever greatest hits collection, chronicling the band's best-loved singles, album cuts and a couple of rare gems -- "Constant Static" (previously available as a Japanese-only bonus cut) and "Situations" (not commercially available, only streamed on Warped Tour website for a one-month period).

Gary Numan + Tubeway Army-Replicas Redux 2xCD
Deluxe edition adds a complete earlier recording of the album along with the original B-sides and further outtakes, adding up to 27 tracks across the two CDs.

Record Collector - March 2008 (#347)
Cover feature on the recording of John Lennon & Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy -- including the lowdown on the "Cheap Trick sessions."

Retribution Gospel Choir (Low)-Retribution Gospel Choir
Low visionary Alan Sparhawk cranks the amps for a radical stylistic departure. Crude, mangy guitars collide with trudging stoner-rock rhythms and catchy melodies. Three of the tracks you may know from their Low versions. Produced by Sun Kil Moon's Mark Kozelek

DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist-Hard Sell
Chapter 3 in the Brain Freeze/Product Placement saga. All 45s, All Live.

She & Him-Volume 1 (M. Ward & Zooey Deschanel)
Debut from M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel, paired together by director Martin Hynes to perform the Richard and Linda Thompson tune "When I Get To The Border" for his film The Go-Getter (2007). Their match sparked the idea for Volume One. File under: M. Ward.

The Sword-Fire Lances Of The Ancient Hyperzephyrians 10" Picture Disc
This ultra-limited picture disc pressing is already out-of-print. The A-side is from the forthcoming full-length Gods Of The Earth, available April 1. The B-side, "Codex Corvidae" is previously unreleased.

Tall Firs-Too Old To Die Young
Tall Firs were formed in 1990 when teenagers Dave Mies and Aaron Mullan taught one another to play guitar over the telephone in Annapolis, Maryland. Eleven years later they played their first gig, having crawled to Brooklyn, NY in the interim. Halfway through the second decade of searching for a drummer, Ryan Sawyer finally assumed the throne.

The Teenagers-Reality Check CD/LP+MP3
Lo-fi French pop awash in guitar hooks and soaring electro synth riffs built around a backbone of golden pop melodies. Enveloped in sardonic wit, nonchalant and biting humor, Reality Check is full of foul innuendos and lyrics that would make Serge Gainsbourg blush. Bonus MP3 download with the vinyl.

These New Puritans-Beat Pyramid CD/LP
Recorded with Gareth Jones -- the producer of albums by Einstürzende Neubauten, Liars, and Wire -- These New Puritans' debut is an ever-mutating blur of brash chords, subtle details, and taut rhythms. It is borne of influences as disparate as early '80s industrial music to numerology -- from This Heat to dubstep, from J. Dilla to David Lynch. CD includes two bonus downloadable MP3's -- the epic "Navigate, Navigate" and the B-side "fff."

Uncut - April 2008 (Take 131)
Rolling Stones cover story. Bonus CD: Not Fade Away - 15 Classics That Fired Up The Stones with James Brown, Buddy Holly, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley and more.

Unearthly Trance-Electrocution
Electrocution oozes with mysticism and a palpable sense of purpose behind an imposing wall of gut-level riffing, canyons of low-end and pounding drums. An epic, impassioned piece of work.

Witch-Paralyzed
Witch is J Mascis (drums), Dave Sweetapple (bass), and Kyle Thomas (guitar/vocals). Paralyzed remains true to the classic stoner/doom metal sound of their 2006 self-titled debut -- however, they've returned to their punk roots and attack with a more aggressive tempo. CD now, vinyl due April 22.

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INSTORE PERFORMANCES
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Sunday March 23, 2008-Cheyenne-4pm
http://www.myspace.com/cheyenne
http://www.cheyennesongs.net
Cheyenne will be playing their country tinged rock and will supply your taste buds with a keg of beer. Make sure to catch them if you are in Ft. Worth at Lola's the night before.

Sunday March 23, 2008-Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights-5pm
http://www.myspace.com/jonathantylermusic
Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights will be joining Cheyenne's party. Bring a frosty mug. Mark Church will be pouring the cold ones.

Sunday March 30, 2008-PlayRadioPlay!-3pm
http://www.myspace.com/playradioplay
Local boys PlayRadioPlay! will be stopping by to play some acoustic rock for us with selections from their brand new spanking CD entitled "Texas." If you buy the CD that day you will receive a free t-shirt while supplies last. Catch them later that night at the Granada Theater with Yellowcard.

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GOOD RECORDS' TOP 20 SELLERS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 3/16/08
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1. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
2. Stephen Malkmus - Real Emotional Trash
3. Ghostland Observatory - Robotique Majestique
4. Son Lux - At War with Walls and Mazes
5. Why? - Alopecia
6. Del the Funky Homosapien - Eleventh Hour
7. Various Artists - Bippp: French Synth Wave '79-'85
8. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
9. Cat Power - Jukebox (deluxe)
10. Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
11. Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant
12. Holy Fuck - LP
13. Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who See But Cannot Feel
14. Radiohead - In Rainbows
15. Phosphorescent - Aw Come Aw Wry
16. Black Crowes - Warpaint
17. Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead
18. Murder By Death - Red of Tooth and Claw
19. Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
20. Beach House - Devotion

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NEW MUSIC NOW
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THIS WEEK'S FEATURE: THE KILLS
On MIDNIGHT BOOM (3/18), THE KILLS subtly and organically fuse pop, glam, blues, art-punk and hip hop, in a manner that flits between light and dark, funny and morbid, experimental and cute. The result is twelve tracks of sensual, fresh and atmospheric songs. Midnight Boom is all about looking to the future -- the band invited Spank Rock's producer Alex Epton (aka Armani XXXchange) to assist with additional production and beats.
Dig the alchemy in our pop-up jukebox at:

http://www.smellslikemusic.com/stores/good_records/pop.html

Be sure to click on the NEW MUSIC NOW banner at http://www.smellslikemusic.com/promotions/good_records.html to enjoy all
kinds of new stuff, such as:

RED FEATURE: DAVID SAW - Preview BROKEN DOWN FIGURE, available now

FONTANA FEATURE: CRYSTAL CASTLES - Listen to "Crimewave" from their self-titled CD (3/18)

CAROLINE FEATURE: BEACH HOUSE - Learn more about their latest release, DEVOTION

THE BLACK CROWES: Hallelujah, come join the jubilee! Check out their latest, WARPAINT

THE B-52'S: Sample tracks from their brand new CD FUNPLEX, coming 3/25

BLACK TIDE: Watch incredible behind-the-scenes video footage for LIGHT FROM ABOVE (3/18)

BODY OF WAR: Watch the movie trailer, stellar guests (Serj, Pearl Jam) on the soundtrack

DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN: Get tour dates for his latest, THE ELEVENTH HOUR, out now!

GREAT NORTHERN: Watch "This is a Problem" from SLEEPY EEPEE, coming 3/18

JAYMAY: Watch a few videos from her lovely debut, AUTUMN FALLIN'

MIKE PATTON: Sample a few tracks from his soundtrack for A PERFECT PLACE

PANIC AT THE DISCO: Watch "Nine in the Afternoon" from PRETTY. ODD., coming March 25

PRIDE TIGER: Watch the titular single from THE LUCKY ONES, available now

SHAWN MULLINS: Listen to "All in My Head," the first single from HONEYDEW

SWITCHES: Sample clips from LAY DOWN THE LAW (3/18) - thumbs up from NME!

THESE NEW PURITANS: Watch "Elvis" from this dynamic UK act's BEAT PYRAMID (3/18)

VIRGINIA COALITION: Look & listen to HOME THIS YEAR, coming March 18

YAEL NAIM: Enjoy "New Soul" from her self-titled debut. As heard on the MacBook Air ads!

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RECOMMENDED SHOWS THIS WEEK
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Sat 3/22/08-Brave Combo-Hailey's-Denton
Mon 3/24/08-Baroness-Rubber Gloves-Denton
Wed 3/26/08-Dirtbombs/Kelley Stoltz-Cambridge Room-Dallas
Thu 3/27/08-The Gutter Twins/Great Northern-Cambridge Room-Dallas
Thu 3/27/08-Neil Hamburger-Rubber Gloves-Denton
Thu 3/27/08-Les Claypool/Tim Fite-House Of Blues-Dallas

Come with us,
Chris Penn
http://www.goodrecords.com
http://www.myspace.com/goodrecordsretail
http://www.last.fm/user/GoodRecords

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"For me, writing is 75 percent procrastinating and 25 percent actually sitting down and working."-Zooey Deschanel

nixCraft Linux Sys Admin Blog

Google Code University: Learn How To Code / Program

Posted: 19 Mar 2008 02:20 PM CDT

Good learning stuff - at no cost!

From the page:

This website provides tutorials and sample course content so CS students and educators can learn more about current computing technologies and paradigms. In particular, this content is Creative Commons licensed which makes it easy for CS educators to use in their own classes.

The Courses section contains tutorials, lecture slides, and problem sets for a variety of topic areas:

* AJAX Programming
* Distributed Systems
* Web Security
* Languages

In the Tools 101 section, you will find a set of introductions to some common tools used in Computer Science such as version control systems and databases.

The CS Curriculum Search will help you find teaching materials that have been published to the web by faculty from CS departments around the world. You can refine your search to display just lectures, assignments or reference materials for a set of courses.

=> Google Code University (via Digg)

GCC Compiler 4.3.0 exposes a Linux / BSD kernel bug

Posted: 19 Mar 2008 01:13 PM CDT

Since version 4.3, gcc changed its behavior concerning the x86/x86-64 ABI and the direction flag, that is it now assumes that the direction flag is cleared at the entry of a function and it doesn’t clear once more if needed. According to LWN article GCC 4.3.0 exposes a kernel bug:

A change to GCC for a recent release coupled with a kernel bug has created a messy situation, with possible security implications. GCC changed some assumptions about x86 processor flags, in accordance with the ABI standard, that can lead to memory corruption for programs built with GCC 4.3.0. No one has come up with a way to exploit the flaw, at least yet, but it clearly is a problem that needs to be addressed.

=> GCC 4.3.0 exposes a kernel bug (via ./)

Sun To Offer Ubuntu Linux Based Servers

Posted: 19 Mar 2008 01:12 PM CDT

Good news for all Debian / Ubuntu Linux fans. Sun has started to offer Ubuntu Linux based servers. Sun has systems competitively priced for small and medium businesses. Ubuntu is based upon rock solid Debian core. Look like Red hat and Novell going to have some nice competition. Sun offers x64-based systems certified for Ubuntu Linux:
* x64 Rack Servers

* Blade Servers

* x64 Workstations

* Workgroup Disk Storage

* Tape Automation

=> Sun SMB Product Page (Via Arun’s blog)

Whatâ€™s new in OpenOffice.Org version 3?

Posted: 19 Mar 2008 12:51 PM CDT

OO is a decent free Office Suite for Windows / Linux / Mac and other platforms. This webpage provides OpenOffice.org 3.0’s new features, an early look:

OpenOffice.org 3.0 is 167 days away, but who’s counting? Maybe the software developers are counting because they have a whopping 2,278 issues targeted for this release. Even though OpenOffice.org 2.4 is not yet out the door, let’s see how far they’ve come with OpenOffice.org 3.0.

New features

Personal Information Manager (PIM), probably based on Thunderbird/Lightning
PDF import into Draw (to maintain correct layout of the original PDF)
Web 2.0 support for weblogs and wikis
Office 2007 OOXML document import filter
Support for Mac OS X Aqua platform
Redesigned, more modern GUI.
Extensions, to add third party functionality etc

(Fig. 01: OpenOffice.Org v3.x Splash Screen)

=> OpenOffice.org 3.0’s new features

Apache Web Server .htaccess File Configuration Not working

Posted: 19 Mar 2008 02:03 PM CDT

Q. I’m using CentOS Linux server with Apache 2 and PHP. I’ve created .htaccess file for URL rewrting and other configuration options. However, my Apache version 2 .htaccess configuration is not working at all. How do I fix this problem?

Answer to "Apache Web Server .htaccess File Configuration Not working"

FreeBSD Install Applications

Posted: 19 Mar 2008 01:45 PM CDT

Q. How do I install applications under FreeBSD operating systems?

Answer to "FreeBSD Install Applications"

The Daily Tee

Threadless Spring Cleaning Sale!

Posted: 19 Mar 2008 12:55 PM CDT

I really don’t like to clean, but I do like cheap tees.

All tees are on sale and some are even as low as $9. This really isn’t the same as the beloved $10 sales that they used to have but I’ll probably still grab a couple.

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Green T-shirts: Tree Hugger vs. Tree Mugger

Posted: 19 Mar 2008 06:21 AM CDT

This T-shirt called “Tree Hugger”. This tee is sold by Ban T-shirts but there are lots of other Tree Hugger tees out there, just if you have time to googoling around. Many of these Tree Hugger tees, with organic or non-organic cotton, are usually worn by people to promote green living and build awareness of environmental issue — because many of us need to be reminded how important is this issue to us.

Meanwhile, there is another T-shirt which was created to build awareness of environmental issue — because on the other side of the world, there are people who need to be reminded how bad they are to the earth. This T-shirt called “Tree Mugger”

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

nixCraft Linux Sys Admin Blog

Poll: Your Remote Maintenance Services

Posted: 18 Mar 2008 03:58 AM CDT

Maintenance services that give direct access to servers and devices for administrative purposes. Please vote your common remote maintenance services such as SSH, X Windows, VNC, and Microsoft Terminal Services etc:

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post at left sidebar, please visit the site to participate in this postâ€™s poll. The poll is located on left sidebar.

How To Build Secure and Portable Linux Based System

Posted: 18 Mar 2008 03:17 AM CDT

Interesting idea that explains how to build awesome secure and portable system using Linux. From the article:

I designed this system with both security and portability in mind. My system uses a Linux kernel and the entire thing, applications, personal data, etc, takes up 1GB of space. It is split up into two parts, the operating system, and my personal data. The operating system is a 700MB live-CD, GRML, that generates a completely fresh install every single time I boot up the computer. Doing this means that if my system is ever hacked into, a simple restart of my computer fixes the problem. This also means that any configuration changes made or private information stored by any application, restarting reverts everything to a clean slate.

The personal data is encrypted using an AES-256 algorithm. The password I type in actually unlocks a special encrypted file which unlocks the real encryption information, meaning that my actual password is never stored in RAM (more specifically, DRAM). To prevent highly sensitive information from being discovered by remote hackers, which this layer of encryption would not protect against, an extra layer of encryption using either GPG or AES-256 provides two layers of encryption for highly sensitive data.

=> My Awesome Secure and Portable System

How To Run Linux Web Server / Service on Private IP Network

Posted: 18 Mar 2008 03:48 AM CDT

Q. I’ve only one public IP address assigned by my ISP using metro Ethernet connection. eth0 has public IP and eth1 is connected to our network switch. How do I configure Linux box to forward traffic to my web server hosted at 192.168.1.100 IP address?

Answer to "How To Run Linux Web Server / Service on Private IP Network"

Monday, March 17, 2008

nixCraft Linux Sys Admin Blog

Humor: Know your System Administrator

Posted: 17 Mar 2008 01:15 PM CDT

The joke on this page was obtained from the FSF’s email archives of the GNU Project:

There are four major species of Unix sysad:
1.The TECHNICAL THUG. Usually a systems programmer who has been forced into system administration; writes scripts in a polyglot of the Bourne shell, sed, C, awk, perl, and APL.

2.The ADMINISTRATIVE FASCIST. Usually a retentive drone (or rarely, a harridan ex-secretary) who has been forced into system administration.

3.The MANIAC. Usually an aging cracker who discovered that neither the Mossad nor Cuba are willing to pay a living wage for computer espionage. Fell into system administration; occasionally approaches major competitors with indesp schemes.

4.The IDIOT. Usually a cretin, morpohodite, or old COBOL programmer selected to be the system administrator by a committee of cretins, morphodites, and old COBOL programmers.
HOW TO IDENTIFY YOUR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR:

What is My root Password for MySQL Database Server?

Posted: 17 Mar 2008 01:34 PM CDT

Q. What is my root password for MySQL under CentOS Linux 5.0 server?

Answer to "What is My root Password for MySQL Database Server?"

FreeBSD Display Environment Settings

Posted: 17 Mar 2008 01:06 PM CDT

Q. How do I display shell environment settings under FreeBSD operating systems?

Answer to "FreeBSD Display Environment Settings"

The Daily Tee

Mom Said - Do not run with scissors!

Posted: 17 Mar 2008 01:27 PM CDT

Thanks to Steve for sending this one in. I can’t believe this hasn’t been done before. Maybe it has… who knows? That this goes against everything Mom used to say makes this tee hilarious.

It is by Glennz Tees and you can grab it for $20.

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Saturday, March 15, 2008

nixCraft Linux Sys Admin Blog

How To Run Windows Application Under Linux

Posted: 15 Mar 2008 09:33 AM CDT

There are many ways to run Windows based apps under Linux; virtualbox is one of such free software. Here’s how to set up Windows inside VirtualBox, and then get Windows apps running seamlessly inside your desktop. This may save time for new user who can not ditch Windows based apps totally

=> Run Windows Apps Seamlessly Inside Linux

Bash While Loop Example

Posted: 15 Mar 2008 09:23 AM CDT

Q. How do I use bash while loop to repeat certain task under Linux / UNIX operating system?

Answer to "Bash While Loop Example"

Setting Up a CentOS / Red Hat Linux DHCP Client

Posted: 15 Mar 2008 08:52 AM CDT

Q. How do I setup my Red Hat / CentOS / Fedora Linux system to get IP address and other information via a DHCP server for eth0 interface?

Answer to "Setting Up a CentOS / Red Hat Linux DHCP Client"

Friday, March 14, 2008

nixCraft Linux Sys Admin Blog

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Beta Released

Posted: 14 Mar 2008 11:18 AM CDT

RHEL 5.2 beta has been released. Red Hat engineers backport many of the new features from later kernels to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel, such as support for new hardware and virtualization enhancements. This provides Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscribers with important new capabilities while maintaining stable application interfaces — so that applications continue to run after new updates are installed. And, of course, itâ€™s always worth repeating that updates, which are released about twice a year, are included with every Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription.

This will give our you a chance to see what your systems will be running later this year. You can grab beta version from RHN.

=> Press Release : Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Beta

Philippine Weather Service Finds Forecasting Cheaper with Debian Linux Cluster

Posted: 14 Mar 2008 10:11 AM CDT

Yet another Linux success story; From the article:

The Philippine government’s official weather service, PAGASA, has replaced its SGI supercomputer with a clustered Debian Linux system that can process information vital to protection against typhoons, floods, droughts, tsunamis and other wild weather conditions at a fraction of the cost.

The cluster includes eight PCs running as a single node, connected via a gigabit switch, each with dual 64-bit Intel Xeon processors running the Debian Linux OS.

=> Debian Linux cluster beats supercomputer in tsunami warnings (via ./)

Create Encrypted System Partition Under Linux / Windows / Mac OS X

Posted: 14 Mar 2008 09:59 AM CDT

TrueCrypt is a software application used for on-the-fly encryption (OTFE). It is free and open source software. TrueCrypt is available for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. This software can protect date. It encrypts data stored on a computer’s disk and transparently decrypts the information when a user requests it. No special action by the user is required. From the Linux.com article:

Last month the TrueCrypt Foundation released TrueCrypt 5.0, which finally introduces a Linux GUI for the cross-platform encryption application. TrueCrypt 5.0’s numerous other enhancements include a Mac OS X port, XTS operation mode, the ability to encrypt a system partition or drive under Windows, and the addition of the SHA-512 hash algorithm

=> Encrypt volumes through a cross-platform GUI with TrueCrypt 5.0

Dell 2707WFP 27 inch Ultrasharp Wid LCD Screen on Linux

Posted: 14 Mar 2008 07:05 AM CDT

My new Dell 2707 27″ arrived two days ago. I was using 19″ Viewsonic LCD. New screen was automatically detected by Ubuntu Linux. All I had to do was switch to 1920×1200 screen resolution from old 1440×900. LCD screen is absolutely beautiful and provides sharp clear images.

27″ monitor was the first on my 2008 shopping list; second is Apple mac mini

The Daily Tee

With Flying Colors

Posted: 14 Mar 2008 09:27 AM CDT

The jet is flying… with colors… get it? … Ok, so what if the name of the tee isn’t that creative. I’d definitely wear this one. The design looks pretty awesome, it’s on a great color tee and it’s $15 from Turn Nocturnal.

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Damien-Volcom, the Twisted Logo Tee

Posted: 14 Mar 2008 06:53 AM CDT

Who says that skateboard logo T-shirt has to be boring? Well, I do. But sometimes an exception has to be made, and this time, the exception is against this Volcom logo T-shirt.

I’m glad the shirt (design by artist Damien) doesn’t pronounce the Volcom logo too loudly otherwise it could be just another logo tee — instead it blends the logo with sketchy art works, very nice. Here’s a little bit info about features of Damien T-shirt:

The men’s Volcom Damien tee is a short sleeve, slim-fit design made of 100% cotton fabric. This tee is a featured artist design. The front of this tee features original artwork from Volcom features artist Damien. The back lower portion features a smaller panel of the front artwork. Damien’s artwork in this design shows spiral and signature graphics.

This tee is sold for $22 and now I’m curious which artist Damien designed this tee. You can grab this tee from Becker

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Non-Tee shirt Contest, Win the Twisted Silver!

Posted: 13 Mar 2008 09:03 PM CDT

It’s not post about T-shirt but girls, you’d love to hear this. Our blogger friend, Chloe of Her Accessories blog, is now having contest sponsored by Twisted Silver. The “Fine and Funky” jewelry online shop is offering one of their rhinestone charms to one contest winner.

Just pick any of Twisted Silver product and comment about it on Chloe’ blog. How easy is that!? Read more about contest detail here — and good luck!

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On The Run's Where I'm From: Good Records Newsletter For The Week Beginning 3/10/08

Stand up in a clear blue morning,

A portable record player with over 100 minutes of sound on 5 12" vinyl
record picture discs and 2 CDs

Official website here:
http://www.visionaireworld.com/index.php

http://www.goodrecords.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2503

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MARCH 11th NEW RELEASES
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Alkaline Trio-Goddamnit CD+DVD
10th Anniversary reissue of the band's debut album, remixed and remastered with bonus tracks. Also includes a DVD with the 45-minute documentary Original Sin: The Story Of Goddamnit plus over an hour of new and old footage. Extremely limited vinyl pressing (including a voucher for the DVD) should arrive within the next couple weeks.

Atmosphere-Strictly Leakage 2xLP
Originally a free download to "chase away the winter doldrums" (lotta good that did), now available on deliciously warm analog vinyl. Guaranteed to kick winter's ass.

Kevin Ayers-The Unfairground
Previously import-only -- now available at a domestic price. Latest album from this pioneer of the British psychedelic scene. On this long-awaited release Ayers is accompanied by artists he inspired like Teenage Fanclub, Ladybug Transistor, Candie Payne and Euros Childs (Gorkys Zygotic Mynci). Also features close friend Hugh Hopper from Ayers' Soft Machine days.

Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum LP

Del! The Funky Homosapien-Eleventh Hour CD/LP
First solo release from this Hieroglyphic honcho in eight years. Collaborators include fellow Hieroglyphics founder A-Plus, Devin The Dude & Coughee Brothaz, Bukue One, and more.

Don't Stop: Recording Tap
In January of 2006 the Numero Group found itself sitting three wide on a weight bench in a damp garage. Eight hours later they peeled out of the driveway with a thirty-seven tape mystery. Although Jeremiah Yisrael's Tap label only issued a handful of 12"s between 1981-83, the tape deck never stopped rolling, producing dozens of lavish songs in disco's last days. From the string heavy sugar boogie of Jackie Stoudemire and Arnie Love to pioneering raps by Missy Dee & The Melody Crew and The Fabulous 3 MCs, Recording Tap covers a wide swath of New York's all night sound. This single-disc set includes a miniature songbook and expansive booklet stuffed with photos and memorabilia, all housed in a miniature replica tape box. CD now, limited 3xLP+CD box set due sometime in April. File under: Old School.

Dropkick Murphys-The Meanest Of Times CD+DVD
Just in time for St. Patrick's Day! The Meanest Of Times has been repackaged with five extra tracks (including their cover of Thin Lizzy's "Jailbreak," as heard in a Miller beer commercial) and a bonus DVD containing a mini-movie on the band's St. Patrick's Day charity breakfast in Boston, the music video for "The State Of Massachusetts" and more.

Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode) - Hourglass Remixes LP+CD
Rare remixes -- by Maps, The Juan MacLean, Booka Shade, Digitalism and more -- from Gahan's Hourglass album. Eight track vinyl album plus a CD with all of those remixes plus three more.

The Juan MacLean-Happy House 12"
First new single since the acclaimed 2005 album Less Than Human.

Juta Hipp-Juta Hipp With Zoot Sims

Junkie XL-Booming Back At You

Kaki King-Dreaming Of Revenge
Dazzling young guitarist extraordinaire (you may already have heard her on albums by Foo Fighters and Tegan And Sara, as well as the soundtrack to Into The Wild) makes her most accessible album yet -- branching out with songs that feature electric and pedal steel guitar, horns, and vocals. Initial copies come with a bonus 7" 45 sporting a previously unreleased instrumental B-side.

Nick Lowe-Jesus Of Cool 2xLP
30th Anniversary edition of the pop masterpiece on deluxe 180-gram vinyl. Includes all of the tracks contained on the expanded CD edition.

The New Frontiers-Mending
Dallas-based indie/Americana band you may have seen on Limbeck's latest tour. An indie store exclusive.

Elvis Presley-His Hand Is Mine
Elvis Presley-How Great Thou Art
Elvis Presley-He Touched Me

Ike Quebec-Blue And Sentimental

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (The Mars Volta)-The Apocalypse Inside Of An Orange
Third release in the "Amsterdam Series" now available on CD. Limited vinyl edition almost sold out -- you have been warned.

Jimmy Smith-Live At The Baby Grand, Vol. 1
Jimmy Smith-Live At The Baby Grand, Vol. 2

Louis Smith-Here Comes Louis Smith

Son Lux-At War With Walls And Mazes CD/LP
"Intriguing debut by composer Ryan Lott is an unusual blend of approaches, especially for a release on Anticon: the lyrical concerns of Sufjan Stevens circa Seven Swans, sonic techniques from Massive Attack, and the classical habits of Nico Muhly. [7.0]" -- Pitchfork

Snoop Dogg-Ego Trippin
The hip-hop legend returns with his ninth solo album, anchored by the fun-kay hit single "Sexual Eruption (Sensual Seduction)." Initial copies come with a bonus DVD with six music videos, including "Drop It Like It's Hot." CD now, vinyl available in two weeks.

The Thing With Ken Vandermark-Immediate Sound
The Thing team up with their longtime friend Ken Vandermark to create some of their finest work. Recorded live at Chicago's Hideout, April 2007, this album leans more towards the classical free-jazz sound of the '60s.

Wax Poetics-February/March 2008
Cover feature on Grandmaster Flash. Includes articles on Camp Lo, Build An Ark, Funky Cuba, Eddie Harris, Mighty Hannibal and much more.

Who's Your Favorite Son God?-Out Of Body Diva
Debut album from Sacramento avant-rock band.

Why?-Alopecia
Why? -- Yoni Wolf, Josiah Wolf, Doug McDiarmid -- continue a calculated blitzkrieg on the jangle-rap, indie pop 'n' roll genre. Recorded at Minneapolis's Third Ear studio with Fog mastermind Andrew Broder and bassist Mark "Bear" Erickson, they throw their samplers to the wind (mostly), recording live as a five-piece. CD now, vinyl soon.

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INSTORE PERFORMANCES
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Friday March 14, 2008-Corn Mo-6pm
http://www.myspace.com/cornmo
http://www.cornmo.com
Corn Mo will be stopping by on his way from Austin to Dan's Silverleaf in Denton. We are always happy to see Jon Cunningham and company. Let's welcome him home in style.

Sunday March 16, 2008-The LK-5pm
http://www.myspace.com/thelkhideout

http://www.thelkhideout.com
The LK, from Malmo, Sweden, will embark on their first full American tour to promote their upcoming US release - VS the Snow. The LK compose music using color and shapes as artistic guidelines (Lindefelt is a color-timbre synesthete), incorporating motion graphics into the live show, frequently experimenting with the dynamics of both abstract visual work and short films in the context of their music. This will be there only show in Dallas.

Tuesday March 18, 2008-Silje Nes-5pm
http://www.myspace.com/siljenes
http://fat-cat.co.uk/fatcat/artistInfo.php?artist=Silje+Nes
Silje is a songwriter who likes to experiment and find new ways to use sounds and instruments in her music. She has studied classical piano, played timpani in an Orchestra, played drums in a marching band and played in a traditional indie pop band, - but when she started recording her songs, she worked with her laptop and a lot of instruments she had no previous experience of playing. She plays around with instruments and sounds without conventions, and combined with her good songwriting, the result is stunningly beautiful. She will be opening for The Dodos the next night at Lola's in Ft. Worth.

Tuesday March 18, 2008-The Dodos-6pm
http://www.myspace.com/mericlong
http://www.dodosmusic.net
Visiter by San Francisco band The Dodos is their second full length and first for Frenchkiss. Originally formed in 2006 under the moniker Dodobird as a one man acoustic act, Meric Long would gig around SF playing folky guitar w/ a combination of loops and ambient keyboards. They will be playing at Lola's in Ft. Worth the next night.

Sunday March 23, 2008-Cheyenne-4pm
http://www.myspace.com/cheyenne
http://www.cheyennesongs.net
Cheyenne will be playing their country tinged rock and will supply your taste buds with a keg of beer. Make sure to catch them if you are in Ft. Worth at Lola's the night before.

Monday March 31, 2008-Anti-Flag-TBA
http://www.myspace.com/antiflag
Anti-Flag will be stopping by to place a very special acoustic instore performance to celebrate the release of the Tony Visconti produced "The Bright Lights of America." Admission to the packed event is simple. The band asks that you bring a canned food item to benefit the North Texas Food Bank. This will be the first place you can buy the CD. Make sure to catch them full throttle later that night at the Granada Theater.

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GOOD RECORDS' TOP 20 SELLERS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 3/9/08
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1. Beach House - Devotion
2. Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
3. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
4. Samamidon - All Is Well
5. Ghostland Observatory - Robotique Majestique
6. The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
7. Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust
8. Bon Iver - Fore Emma, Forever Ago
9. Why? - Alopecia
10. Holy Fuck - LP
11. Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who See But Cannot Feel
12. Cat Power - Jukebox (Deluxe)
13. Ruby Suns - Sea Lion
14. Grand Archives - Grand Archives
15. Mom - Little Brite
16. John Maus - Love is Real
17. Times New Viking - Rip It Off
18. Phosphorescent - Pride
19. Throw Me the Statue - Moonbeams
20. What Made Milwaukee Famous - What Doesn't Kill Us

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NEW MUSIC NOW
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THIS WEEK'S FEATURE: THE BLACK CROWES
"Hallelujah, come join the jubilee!" is the invitation that opens WARPAINT, the first new studio recording in seven years from THE BLACK CROWES, true believers in rock's power and potential to set us free. Their powerful new album builds compellingly on the band's trademark adventurous brew of rock, blues, country, soul and gospel, and finds the band in top fighting form.
Check out a few tracks in our pop-up jukebox at:

http://www.smellslikemusic.com/stores/good_records/pop.html

Be sure to click on the NEW MUSIC NOW banner at http://www.smellslikemusic.com/promotions/good_records.html to enjoy all
kinds of new stuff, such as:

RED FEATURE: DAVID SAW - Preview BROKEN DOWN FIGURE, coming March 4

FONTANA FEATURE: CRYSTAL CASTLES - Listen to "Crimewave" from their
self-titled CD (3/18)

CAROLINE FEATURE: BEACH HOUSE - Learn more about their latest release,
DEVOTION

ALLISON MOORER: Sample a couple of tracks from MOCKINGBIRD, available now

GOLDFRAPP: Oo-la-la! Allison & Will go all warm & sensual & earthy on us
on SEVENTH TREE

THE RAVEONETTES: Look & listen to tracks from LUST LUST LUST

WHISKEYTOWN: Watch "16 Days" live, from the STRANGERS ALMANAC 2CD Deluxe Ed

TIFT MERRITT: We heart Tift --look & listen to tracks from her latest,
ANOTHER COUNTRY

ONCE: Watch the heart-warming performance & acceptance from this year's
Oscar winners!

NICOLE ATKINS: Get the scoop on her gorgeous new release, NEPTUNE CITY.
Catchin' fire.

MISSY HIGGINS: Watch "Where I Stood" from her lovely new CD, ON A CLEAR
NIGHT

GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY: Dig "Dancin' on My Grave" from ROBOTIQUE MYSTIQUE

ELVIS COSTELLO: One of the Top 100 Albums Ever - THIS YEAR'S MODEL, now 2CD
Deluxe Ed

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RECOMMENDED SHOWS THIS WEEK
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Fri 3/14/08-The Donnas-House Of Blues-Dallas
Sat 3/15/08-Born Ruffians/Cadence Weapon-Hailey's-Denton
Sat 3/15/08-Sia/Har Mar Superstar-House Of Blues-Dallas
Sat 3/15/08-Ghostland Observatory-Energy Square-Dallas
Sat 3/15/08-The English Beat-Granada Theater-Dallas
Sat 3/15/08-Yo La Tengo-Dallas Museum Of Art/Horchow Auditorium-Dallas
Sun 3/16/08-Crystal Castles/Health-Hailey's-Denton
Sun 3/16/08-Jens Lekman/Hanne Hukkelberg-Granada Theater-Dallas
Sun 3/16/08-An Albatross/Apes-Rubber Gloves-Denton
Sun 3/16/08-Gil Mantera's Party Dream/Say Hi-Lola's-Ft. Worth
Sun 3/16/08-Parts & Labor/Torche/Pterodactyl/Shooting Spires-Doublewide-Dallas
Sun 3/16/08-Mstrkkrft-The Loft-Dallas
Sun 3/16/08-Joseph Arthur/The Hymns-Lakewood Bar & Grill-Dallas
Mon 3/17/08-O'Death/Langhorne Slim-Lola's-Ft. Worth
Mon 3/17/08-DIE! DIE! DIE!/Sian Alice Group/Bandit Teeth/Mike Bones-The Cavern-Dalllas
Tue 3/18/08-Acid Mothers Temple/Danava-Hailey's-Denton
Wed 3/19/08-Peelander-z-Rubber Globes-Denton
Wed 3/19/08-Gogol Bordello-Granada Theater-Dallas
Wed 3/19/08-Tacks, The Boy Disaster-Hailey's-Denton
Wed 3/19/08-The Dodos/Silje Nes-Lola's-Ft. Worth

When some cold tomorrow finds you,
Chris Penn
http://www.goodrecords.com
http://www.myspace.com/goodrecordsretail
http://www.last.fm/user/GoodRecords

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVeEBMJt8vs
http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/712

"While you see a chance take it."-Steve Winwood

Thursday, March 13, 2008

nixCraft Linux Sys Admin Blog

Where Does The PHP Error Log Reside

Posted: 13 Mar 2008 12:00 PM CDT

Q. Can you tell me exact location for php error log file? I’m running CentOS 5.x server with Apache 2.2 + PHP 5.x server.

Answer to "Where Does The PHP Error Log Reside"

Debian / Ubuntu Linux Find Out What Package Provides a File

Posted: 13 Mar 2008 11:34 AM CDT

Q. How do I find out what package provides a file called /bin/ls? I can use ‘rpm -qf /bin/ls‘ command under Red Hat Linux to find out package name. Can you tell me equivalent command for the same under Debian Linux?

Answer to "Debian / Ubuntu Linux Find Out What Package Provides a File"

Find Out Linux Kernel Modules ( Drivers ) Location / Directory

Posted: 13 Mar 2008 11:11 AM CDT

Q. Can you tell me exact location of Linux kernel driver under Linux file system? Where to find all available modules?

Answer to "Find Out Linux Kernel Modules ( Drivers ) Location / Directory"

The Daily Tee

The Great Escape Story of Your PC/Mac Keyboard

Posted: 13 Mar 2008 01:39 PM CDT

Graphic-art wise, this “Fugitive” tee shirt may look very simple but has anyone think about this “Ctrl” chasing “Esc” button before? I’m sure anyone who has used pc/mac/ keyboard, at least once in their lifetime, will get a good laugh at this.

And they don’t have to be geek to understand this T-shirt, right? This $12 bucks tee shirt currently on Uneetee’s front page — until end of this week.

*T-shirt design by Loy in Manila

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

nixCraft Linux Sys Admin Blog

FreeBSD Disable /etc/rc.d Services Which Started Up At Initial Boot Time

Posted: 12 Mar 2008 02:15 PM CDT

Q. How do I disable services located at /etc/rc.d or /usr/local/etc/rc.d directory? For example I’d like to disable a service called /etc/rc.d/foo

Answer to "FreeBSD Disable /etc/rc.d Services Which Started Up At Initial Boot Time"

BASH Shell: How To Redirect stderr To stdout ( redirect stderr to a File )

Posted: 12 Mar 2008 01:45 PM CDT

Q. How do I redirect stderr to stdout? How do I redirect stderr to a file?

Answer to "BASH Shell: How To Redirect stderr To stdout ( redirect stderr to a File )"

The Daily Tee

I Love Therefore I am

Posted: 12 Mar 2008 01:51 PM CDT

I found this one in my inbox this morning. It says “I love therefore I am, I am therefore I love.” Which is a bit of a twist on the famous quote. :-)

This tee is $25 and you can grab it from Delicious Tees.

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

nixCraft Linux Sys Admin Blog

Open Source Software and Hardware Inventory Management Software

Posted: 11 Mar 2008 01:21 PM CDT

I’m looking for good open source software and hardware inventory management software. A quick search on sourceforge returned following inventory management system / software management apps:

=> OCS Inventory NG, Open Computers and Software Inventory Next Generation is an application designed to help administrator keep track of the computers configuration and installed softwares. Low network traffic HTTP communications between agents and server. I’m currently testing this software and I will update all of you about my results.

Other old (outdated) softwares

=> PcInventory Web-based system to track the Pc and the installed peripherals.

=> phpMyInventory is a web-based hardware, software, and peripheral inventory system using PHP & MySQL. Currently stable on PHP version 4xx only!

=> Windows Inventory. A Computer Hardware and Software Inventory system. Based around wmi, vbscript, mysql & php. Expandable via modules to include software distribution, remote control, event viewer, disk monitoring, etc.

Most of these software are outdated. Basically, I need to keep inventory for following items

Open source inventory asset management software
Should able to track inventory
Auditing feature
Inventory of equipment owned and leased (including lease expiry)
Software inventory for both Windows and UNIX systems
Import / Export function etc

Do you have any recommendations for me? Please add them in the comments.

Load Balancer Open Source Software

Posted: 11 Mar 2008 11:01 AM CDT

I’ve worked with a various load balancing systems (LBS). They are complex pieces of hardware and software. In this post I will highlight some of the open source load balancing software. But what is load balancing?
It is nothing but a technique used to share (spared) load / services between two or more servers. For example, busy e-commerce or bank website uses load balancer to increase reliability, throughput, uptime, response time and better resource utilization. You can use following softwares as an advanced load balancing solution for web, cache, dns, mail, ftp, auth servers, VoIP services etc.

Linux Virtual Server (LVS)

LVS is ultimate open source Linux load sharing and balancing software. You can easily build a high-performance and highly available server for Linux using this software. From the project page:

Virtual server is a highly scalable and highly available server built on a cluster of real servers. The architecture of server cluster is fully transparent to end users, and the users interact with the cluster system as if it were only a single high-performance virtual server.

=> Project Web Site

Red Hat Cluster Suite

It is a high availability cluster software implementation from Linux leader Red Hat. It provide two type services:

Application / Service Failover - Create n-node server clusters for failover of key applications and services
IP Load Balancing - Load balance incoming IP network requests across a farm of servers

=> Product web page

The High Availability Linux Project

Linux-HA provides sophisticated high-availability (failover) capabilities on a wide range of platforms, supporting several tens of thousands of mission critical sites.

=> Project web site

Ultra Monkey

Ultra Monkey is a project to create load balanced and highly available network services. For example a cluster of web servers that appear as a single web server to end-users. The service may be for end-users across the world connected via the internet, or for enterprise users connected via an intranet.

Ultra Monkey makes use of the Linux operating system to provide a flexible solution that can be tailored to a wide range of needs. From small clusters of only two nodes to large systems serving thousands of connections per second.

=> Project web site

Personally, I’ve worked with both LVS and Red Hat Cluster Suite and I highly recommend these softwares.

FreeBSD iSCSI Initiator Installation and Configuration

Posted: 11 Mar 2008 12:46 PM CDT

Q. How do I install and configure iSCSI initiator service under FreeBSD server?

Answer to "FreeBSD iSCSI Initiator Installation and Configuration"

Install OpenSSH Server on Asus EEE PC

Posted: 11 Mar 2008 11:23 AM CDT

Q. How do I install OpenSSH server on Asus EEE Laptop PC?

Answer to "Install OpenSSH Server on Asus EEE PC"

Monday, March 10, 2008

nixCraft Linux Sys Admin Blog

Linux Hard Disk Format Command

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 02:54 PM CDT

Q. I’ve installed a new 250GB SATA hard disk on our office CentOS Linux server. How do I format a hard disk under Linux operating system from a shell prompt?

Answer to "Linux Hard Disk Format Command"

How To Tell If Your Linux Server Uses xinetd OR inetd sever

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 02:19 PM CDT

Q. How to tell if my Linux server is using xinetd or inetd service?

Answer to "How To Tell If Your Linux Server Uses xinetd OR inetd sever"

SXSW INSTORES THIS WEEK AT GOOD RECORDS IN DALLAS

BE HERE THIS MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY AND SUNDAY!!!

Monday March 10, 2008-Phosphorescent-7pm
http://www.myspace.com/phosphorescent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OElL2b5Srfk
Matthew Houck will be playing some songs alone from one of our favorite records of 2007 "Pride." He will also be playing later that night with his band at The Cavern. You would be foolish to miss either.

Tuesday March 11, 2008-Hymns-5pm
http://www.myspace.com/hymnsband
http://www.hymnsband.com
http://www.blacklandrecords.com
Hymns are dropping in to celebrate the release of "Travel In Herds." Pick up a copy as you hoist a cup of the frosty cool suds.

Tuesday March 11, 2008-Cloud Cult-6pm
http://www.myspace.com/cloudcult
http://www.cloudcult.com
Cloud Cult will be stopping by on Tuesday prior to playing at the Granada on Wednesday with Kid Dakota and My Brightest Diamond.

Tuesday March 11, 2008-Cryptacize-7pm
http://www.myspace.com/cryptacize
http://www.asthmatickitty.com/musicians.php?artistID=17
Cryptacize began across the street from the C&H Sugar Factory in Crockett, CA, where Nedelle and Chris (Deerhoof) lived in a tilted apartment. Constant dizziness and the smell of burning sugar became a permanent part of their psyches, and is consequently their biggest influence. One morning while brushing their teeth, toothpaste running sideways out of their mouths, Nedelle pronounced the word 'Cryptacize' and the house appeared to incline in the opposite direction! Soon after this strange incident, they discovered something even stranger on youtube - a drummer named Michael Carreira. Having only seen his video, which was a closeup of his hands, they sought him out and convinced him to join their uncanny crusade. Catch them here before they play with Why? later that night in Denton.

Tuesday March 11, 2008-Neimo-8pm
http://www.myspace.com/neimo
All the way from France Alexis and Neimo will bring their Parisian Indie Underground sound to the astroturf.

Wednesday March 12, 2008-Dreamend-5pm
http://www.myspace.com/dreamened
http://www.graveface.com
Dreamend will be returning to Good Records prior to whipping the Cavern in a frenzy later that night.

Wednesday March 12, 2008-Kid Dakota-6pm
http://www.myspace.com/kiddakota
http://www.kiddakota.com
Kid Dakota will be kicking out the hi-fi jams prior to their show later that nite at the Granada.

Wednesday March 12, 2008-Human Bell-7pm
http://www.myspace.com/humanbell
http://www.thrilljockey.com
Nathan Bell (Arbouretum) and Dave Heumann (Lungfish) first started playing music togther sometime after the start of '99 and definitely before the end of '01. It was soon apparent that they'd hit upon a winning combination - they found an unusual synergy of writing styles that has enabled them, at times, to compose a whole album's worth of songs together in the course of a leisurely afternoon. The style of music that they found themselves playing defies categorization, but has been described by listeners as containing aspects of minimalism, pre-war american blues/folk, and middle eastern and african musics. They are stopping off their way to hook up with the Boredoms. This will be their only show in the area.

Friday March 14, 2008-Corn Mo-6pm
http://www.myspace.com/cornmo
http://www.cornmo.com
Corn Mo will be stopping by on his way from Austin to Dan's Silverleaf in Denton. We are always happy to see Jon Cunningham and company. Let's welcome him home in style

Sunday March 16, 2008-The LK-5pm
http://www.myspace.com/thelkhideout
http://www.thelkhideout.com
The LK, from Malmo, Sweden, will embark on their first full American tour to promote their upcoming US release - VS the Snow. The LK compose music using color and shapes as artistic guidelines (Lindefelt is a color-timbre synesthete), incorporating motion graphics into the live show, frequently experimenting with the dynamics of both abstract visual work and short films in the context of their music. This will be there only show in Dallas.

The Daily Tee

Buy This Tee and Support (My) Hilary for 2008

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 09:09 AM CDT

I like Hilary a lot when she is singing and dancing, and also when she is acting in front of the camera. Oh no, I’m not talking about your Hillary… It’s my Hilary, it’s my female (teenage superstar) president. Come on, buy this tee for only and support my Hilary!

Notice: Percentage of profit from selling this tee (may not) be going to support her campaign

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Sunday, March 9, 2008

The Daily Tee

Perspective Tee for the Good Soul

Posted: 09 Mar 2008 09:42 AM CDT

Yet another good looking tee shirt from 302 Designs. It brings positive message wrapped up in poetic words: “Remember the dark recesses of the soul, you’ll appreciate the light when times become bold.” This sweatshop-free comes in asphalt color with size range from small to 2XLarge (Men’s size only). Grab it here

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VoM(McDonalds)it

Posted: 09 Mar 2008 08:13 AM CDT

After watching Super Size me I was feeling about the same way. The only problem with this tee is that A) It’s $26 and B) It’s $26. Other wise I’d probably have already ordered it.

I’d also love to see them put it in a few different colors (cranberry red please).

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Saturday, March 8, 2008

nixCraft Linux Sys Admin Blog

Lighttpd Control a Directory Listing With mod_dirlisting

Posted: 07 Mar 2008 10:48 PM CST

Lighttpd web server will generate a directory listing if a directory is requested and no index-file was found in that directory. mod_dirlisting is one of the modules that is loaded by default and doesn’t have to be specified on server.modules to work.

Task: Enable Directory Listings Globally

Open lighttpd configuration file:
# vi /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
Append / modify
server.dir-listing = "enable"
OR
dir-listing.activate = "enable"
Save and close the file. Restart lighttpd:
# /etc/init.d/lighttpd restart
To disable directory listing, use:
dir-listing.activate = "disable"

Enable directory listing only for a directory

You can also enable or disable listing on selected url / directory combination. For example, display directory listing only for /files/:
$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/files($|/)" { server.dir-listing = "enable" }
OR
$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/files($|/)" { dir-listing.activate = "enable" }

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