http://www.byteclub.net/blog/jnewbigin A test install for a multiuser site Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:03:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently looked up upgrading medaiwiki on tyler. Unfortunatly the newer versions require php5 which is not easily available on tyler which runs CentOS-3. Perhaps this is a good reason to upgarade tyler. Not being able to test on tyler, I decided to test the new on mercury. Andrew has ... http://www.byteclub.net/blog/jnewbigin/20071117/mediawiki-on-tyler/ I though it was about time that I posted a blog entry, but what was I going to blog about? Instead of blogging I should be working on muxy so I though that would be a good thing to describe. Basicly muxy is a transport stream demultiplexor. That means you can ... http://www.byteclub.net/blog/jnewbigin/20071005/what-is-a-muxy/ Tyler has been moved into the ICT server room EN314. It will now enjoy proper aircon, UPS power and high tech networking (10Gig ethernet backbone) http://www.byteclub.net/blog/jnewbigin/20070515/tyler-moves/ For some years, there have been a few incompatability which turn users off linux. They are more configuration issues than anything else and probably windows is to blame, and specificly PuTTY. Let me explain the problems and then the solution. Issue 1. UFT-8. UFT-8 is a Unicode encoding which ... http://www.byteclub.net/blog/jnewbigin/20070125/making-linux-user-friendly/ For the past week or so I have been working on a case mod for my mythtv box. Basicly it is a $45 SHAW case from MSY. I have mounted the 5.1 amp in the front of the case. This required cutting the sides and lid of the ... http://www.byteclub.net/blog/jnewbigin/20070108/case-mod/ Well I must have been busy for the past 86 days since my last post. I was looking for a tool I wrote and I came across this Exploring-filesystems-with-Explore2fs which was a bit of a surprise. If/when I get some time I will write a real entry, perhaps about how crap ... http://www.byteclub.net/blog/jnewbigin/20061201/talk-about-busy/ I am testing the latest update for WordPress. Soon all blogs will be updated. If there is anything you need to do I will post the instructions here. Update: I have switched everyone over to the new version. Everything 'seems' OK. When you log in you will ... http://www.byteclub.net/blog/jnewbigin/20060904/wordpress-upgrade/ I have a simple problem. I want to view japanese characters under Windows. I am implementing unicode support in a new program I am working on and I need to test it with japanese. I managed to get it working under linux 'yum groupinstall "japanese support"' which ... http://www.byteclub.net/blog/jnewbigin/20060815/freakin-windows/ I have started getting spam comments on my blog. I just marked 37 comments as spam. The default settings seem to be working in keeping the messages for moderation. When I get a chance I'll investigate the spam filtering options in wordpress but for now I have ... http://www.byteclub.net/blog/jnewbigin/20060807/spam/ For those who don't know, a Linux 'live' CD is a boot CD which contains a working linux installation. It allows you to run linux programs without installing linux onto the hard disk of the computer, much like a high tech boot disk. I have toyed in the past with ... http://www.byteclub.net/blog/jnewbigin/20060608/making-a-live-cd/