Read on if you've recently upgraded Jabberd2 and are seeing a heap of error messages about a database table that doesn't exist.I was getting these errors in my log, at a fairly cracking pace: jabberd/sm: mysql: sql select failed: Table 'jabberd2.status' doesn't exist I'd recently upgraded jabberd2, and the config now includes a "status" module. It … Continue reading Jabberd database error
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I've always considered myself to be a FLOSS (Free/Libre/Open-Source Software) advocate and a participant in the Linux and Open Source communities. However, a comment or two on this blog have suggested to me that I perhaps have not been as community-minded as I ought.Just being a Linux or Open Source user doesn't make one a part … Continue reading Projects page announcement!
I was on eBay not long ago and happened across a listing for the WIP330 (big brother to the WIP300) for much less than local retail. I decided to take advantage of: a) the good price, b) the current strong position of the A$ versus the US$, and c) it was within 1 hour of closing … Continue reading Linksys WIP330 – another tale of hardware woe
I was disappointed to see that my site's image on ClustrMaps got a refresh... Probably not a bad thing really, as it was getting a bit cluttered, but it was nice to see where the hits are coming from. The old image is archived, if you click the image on the front page there are links available … Continue reading My ClustrMap got wiped
This blog is not a busy one, but it seems to attract at least a little traffic via search engines. Here's the latest of my infrequent analyses of my web server logs, brought to you by our good friends at awstats... but before I begin I'd like to humbly apologise to anyone whose search has brought them … Continue reading My web stats
Our rainwater tank installation was completed today. Two 2000L slimline tanks to help us do our bit for water usage. The installation was fantastic, the installer even re-hung a gate that we had to relocate due to the position of the tanks. Now all we need is some rain...
A little tale of "you never know until you try". I have been wondering for ages what to do about having to separate media serving solutions in the house -- XBMC on the hacked XBoxes for doing music and transcoded movies, and MythTV for TV shows. I wasn't exactly losing sleep over it, but I couldn't help … Continue reading MythTV and XBMC
One of these days I'll write something positive here about some hardware... but I'll have to wait until I have a positive experience with some hardware! 🙂 I tried once again to get a Netgear router I bought a couple of years ago into useful service, but had to back it out after a week.I found some info … Continue reading Netgear: strike two
I went to the local Sunday Computer Market a few weeks back, and let myself give in to the temptation of buying an "upgrade kit" for my desktop. I'd been starting to feel guilty about borrowing-back the computer I'd given to my in-laws, and the prices on the kits at the market seemed really good.I subbed … Continue reading Why I’ll probably never buy ATI again (and shouldn’t have this time anyway)
In what might be a new record for me, less than 24 hours have passed and I'm less than enamoured with the MyBook 1TB drive I bought. Documentaion describes these drives as having a feature that spins down the drives after some inactivity, but this seems not to be happening on the Mac. But that's not the … Continue reading MyBook woe?
Crossed Wires 