erdelynet.com Update

After hosting email and websites for erdelynet.com (capbug.org and metabug.org) in my house on OpenBSD boxes for many years, I decided that I didn't want to deal with the headaches of maintaining the systems.  Plus, when my power went out, so did my email.  That sucked.

So, I've migrated my sites to Google Apps + Blogger.

• www.erdelynet.com is now a Blogger website.  This allows me to manage my website within the framework of Google Apps.
• My email is hosted on Google Apps giving me the Gmail interface (plus IMAP & POP3 if I want it).
• CapBUG and MetaBUG are also both their own Google Apps domains.

Now I have less overhead in my house and a very nice, reliable system for my domains.

Hooray cloud.

Yaifo 4.8

I've updated Yaifo to 4.8 to go with OpenBSD 4.8.

It can be downloaded from Sourceforge.

I've tested macppc, i386, and amd64. I'm having an issue with sparc64 and have not yet tested sgi, alpha, or landisk (which I'm pretty sure doesn't build yet). sparc64 works, it just prints out an error message every few seconds. If someone wants to submit a patch, I can commit it and release a 4.8.1 or something.

Please subscribe to the mailing list and submit any test reports, diffs, suggestions.

Thanks.

Oh, and Yaifo HEAD is now sync'd with OpenBSD -current (as of 2010-11-28).

Yaifo 4.8 Beta

I've merged changes from OpenBSD 4.8 into Yaifo and checked it into CVS (:pserver:anoncvs@yaifo.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/yaifo). Please test it.

I've tested macppc, i386, and amd64. I'm having an issue with sparc64 and have not yet tested sgi, alpha, or landisk (which I'm pretty sure doesn't build yet).

Please subscribe to the mailing list and submit any test reports, diffs, suggestions so I can get Yaifo 4.8 released.

Thanks.

Yaifo 4.7 Beta

It's been a while, but I'm almost ready to release Yaifo for OpenBSD 4.7. I have tested my updates with i386, amd64, macppc, and alpha. I consider those architectures "stable". I know sgi and landisk aren't working. I don't have a sparc, so I can't test that. I have to replace a disk in my sparc64, so I'll test that when I can (I expect to have ramdisk space issues).

If you are able or are willing to test sgi, landisk, sparc, or sparc64, test reports and diffs are welcome.

The beta release can be downloaded from SourceForge.

T-Mobile G1 + CyanogenMod = Pure Win

In April (2009), I switched to T-Mobile and got the G1. The G1 is one of the first phones running the Open Source operating system developed in part by Google called Android (using the Linux kernel). Recently, you've probably seen commercials for the new Android-based phone from Verizon: the Motorola Droid.

The G1 is great. It's about as tall as the iPhone, not as wide, but almost twice as thick. The reason for its thickness is a full hardware keyboard that slides out from underneath the screen. Most phones with large screens tend to have software keyboards: they are programs running on the screen covering up part of whatever application you're using. While I've never tried an iPhone, I had an iPod Touch (which I've since given to Holly) and tried using the SSH client on the iPhone. It was almost unusable because it covered up half the terminal window.

My old phone, a Palm Treo running PalmOS, was paid for by my previous company and so was the service. So, when I started a new job in May, I knew I needed to buy a new phone...

Yaifo 4.6 Updated

I just committed an update to Yaifo CVS that makes i386, amd64, alpha, and macppc work with OpenBSD 4.6.



To download, check out HEAD from CVS:

cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@yaifo.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/yaifo co -P yaifo

I'm still testing and tweaking sgi and sparc64.

Yaifo 4.6 delayed

As I expected to get a bunch of emails about YAIFO for 4.6, I thought I could lessen that by posting here. I've been very busy lately and haven't had time to merge in the new installer changes into Yaifo for OpenBSD 4.6. I'm hoping to have time to work on it shortly, but diffs are definitely welcomed.

VMware Server and NoScript ABE

I have been using NoScript with with Firefox for a while now. It is a Firefox extension that blocks scripts from running in Firefox. For each web page, you can allow scripts from each site that the page has scripts to run or not. This can be a temporary "Allow" or it can be permanent.

So, for sites I visit frequently and trust like Gmail, I permanently allow scripts from google.com. For other sites that I do not visit often or if it's just a one time visit, I may temporarily allow scripts. NoScript blocks JavaScript, Java, and Flash. It's great because if websitexyz.com has some scripts in their page, but also has scripts from adsense.com, you can allow websitexyz.com, but not adsense.com.

Recently, I started having problems connecting to my locally running VMware Server using Firefox because of NoScript's ABE feature after a NoScript update.

Welcome Eddie

It's been a stressful year with working on my degree, Holly breaking her elbow, and losing Cali. We thought that Sydney was having a hard time dealing with not having a friend. And, I think after Sydney, we're clearly a two dog family.

We've loved the Samoyed breed and really miss some common Samoyed characteristics that we've had in the house for 12 years. I know we're not ever going to replace Cali, but we thought that getting another Samoyed would make us happy and give Sydney a familiar-ish playmate.

So, we started talking to breeders.

Cali Memorial

In the August 2009 issue of The Equiery magazine, Holly placed a memorial ad with some of the most beautiful words I've read: "You were our companion, playmate, deputy and shower guardian. May you forever play the tree game in the wind. Woo-woo-woo."

I can't read that without crying. Cali as a special girl and we'll always miss her. I love you, Holly.

I miss you greeting me at the door when I get home, girl.