I don’t know about you, but when I set up a PBX, I always set to a 411 service that’s free. It’s a lot cheaper than using the 411 service from your provider. I also program it into my mobile phones as well. I used to use Google’s free 411 search. 800-Goog-411 They discontinued it…
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Encoding Video Files for Free While Leveraging the Newest Tech including GPUs.
I encode plenty of files. The files include family photos to files for work presentations and of course, web work. Leveraging a GPU (Graphics Card) can significantly decrease decode time. The only problem is that all of the GPU assisted applications cost money! or do they? Well.. I use two applications exclusively. One is free,…
Who Said you needed IIS to Stream Windows Media on Apache [Solved]
So you’ve got tons of windows media files and you need to stream them. The only problem is IIS has tons of overhead and the update headaches of Patches is getting old. So… here’s a quick and easy solution. Once again, I’m going to assume you’re running Centos or Redhat. This applies to any Apache…
Windows 7 Backup and the realities. A Real World Experience.
I run Windows as my main OS, but I run it on Mac Hardware. Why? Do you ask? The answer is simple. Apple / Mac Hardware is superior to everything else out there. Where can you get Desktop Performance on a Laptop without worrying about anything else? Yes, I can buy a Lamborghini laptop,…
Boosting Octane Yourself. I did the research, made it, and proved it.
So I drive a car that requires 93 min. Octane. Me, being the skeptic started thinking about Gasoline blends around the world. I realized in my travels (and I am extremely well traveled), that pretty much every other country in the world has one grade of Gas vs. America and some parts of Europe and…
Streaming MP4 Video From Your Webserver [Solved]
If you’re lucky enough to be running Apache (a good portion of the internet does), you can stream your own videos direct from your website. This involves the addition of a small module called Mod-H264. Here’s how to do it. You will need root access to do this and I am assuming you’re running Centos,…
A very easy way to eliminate quite a bit of SPAM if you’re using Postfix and Spamassassin. [SOLVED]
SPAM is definitely a huge problem in our lives. Here’s a real simple way to eliminate spam. This assumes you’re running postfix and Spamassassin already. You need to remember that Spamassassin does nothing but score and tag spam. There will always be false positives. There are solutions that will handle most of it though. If…
Using Amazon’s free tier to get your own FREE personal vpn server and connection.
I’ve written about personal vpn servers and the great things round strongvpn and other vpn providers to get around the ISP throttling problem of Netflix. I always figured there was a better way to do it. Well, after a bit of thought, I realized that one could easily use Amazon’s free tier (a micro-instance) for…
A Follow Up to Using the Promise R4/R6 natively in Bootcamp using my solution. [Solved and Verified]
A few months ago, I posted the following: http://swimminginthought.com/2012/01/promise-pegasys-r6r4-on-windows-bootcamp-solved/ I figured out the solution on how to run this wonderful device on Bootcamp / Windows natively. Needless to say, it’s been a while now and I’ve even gone so far as to update the firmware on the R4/R6 (I’m running an R6 by the way)….
Is Firefox preventing you from going to a website because of the port it’s on? [Solved]
Every once in a while, we need to go to a website that has a non-standard port. For example, the address might look like this: https://localhost:888 (This would be for the 3ware management interface for example). In Mozilla Firefox, you’ll get a screen that looks like this: [singlepic id=63] Obviously, this can be a real…