In going over the logs to a website I managed, I noticed that there were error hits on pages I had removed almost a year ago. I decided to investigate and found that Google was returning links to the pages from my old website.
Since Google was obviously not getting the message that the pages did […]

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So you want to edit an audio file and need a piece of software. An excellent choice would be Audacity. According to the Audacity website:
Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to:
* Record live audio.
* Convert tapes and records […]

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According to an email from sent out on September 9th Debian will offer security updates for its “Testing” version:
The Debian testing security team is pleased to announce the beginning of full security support for Debian’s testing distribution. We have spent the past year building the team, tracking and fixing security holes, and creating our infrastructure, […]

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I decided to cash in some Fry’s gift certificates and replace my main Windows machine. Here what I started with:
Old computer:
Shuttle SN41G2
AMD Athlon XP 2200+
512MB Corsair PC3200
AIT Radeon 9800 Pro
Seagate 120GB
New computer:
Crapy case from 1998
AMD 64 3000+
1GB PNY PC3200
AIT Radeon 9800 Pro (from old computer)
Seagate 160GB SATA
The construction of the new box was quite uneventful. […]

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If you ever need to use dig, nslookup, or nsupdate, the Ubuntu package to install is dnsutils.
apt-get install dnsutils
After installation you should have access to:
usr/bin/dig
usr/bin/nslookup
usr/bin/nsupdate
nslookup is very nice for doing reverse URL lookups. By giving it a URL you can get back an IP address. Just go to the command line and type:
nslookup www.yourwebsite.com
nslookup www.slashdot.org
Server: […]

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