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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-02-05

Joe Fox — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

It's only 9:15. It feels later, much, much later. #mondays #
@droofer I'm just got a case of the Mondays. Not enough coffee in me yet! in reply to droofer #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-22

Joe Fox — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0000

I'm at Buffalo Museum of Science (1020 Humboldt Pkwy, Buffalo) w/ 3 others http://t.co/UhqrTdVO #
OK FreeBSD'ers, quick poll – portmanager or portupgrade? Why? #
Just found out my password sequences for work are all off because I calculated my Fibonacci sequences incorrectly. #mathfail #
@voretaq7 I am not smarter than a 5th grader. I added one of the sequences wrong. #mathfail in reply to voretaq7 #
@voretaq7 I just remember the pattern, 0 1, 1 1, 1 2, 2 3, 3 5, 5 8, 8 13, etc. in reply to voretaq7 #
@voretaq7 Geek! in reply to voretaq7 #
In other stupid things I've done today, pkg_cutleaves -R is a bad thing if used improperly #freebsd #sysadmin #fail #
@freebsdgirl I'm still tying to sneak a new MBP into my budget at orkney. It's listed under the "nice to have" category. in reply to freebsdgirl #
@freebsdgirl I would be happy with a 13" Air too! Anything's better than having to run Windows or using some hack on one version of Linux. in reply to freebsdgirl #
Here's some news I think everyone can agree upon. http://t.co/6TNLYoLv #
@frankgullo @ChuckSchumer and @SenGillibrand both support #SOPA #PIPA http://t.co/jVSm4d42 in reply to frankgullo #
I probably somehow managed to violate #SOPA or #PIPA with my last tweet (if they were in effect) #
@MrsJWFoxJr So?!?!? I think Spencer is a trip! in reply to MrsJWFoxJr #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-15

Joe Fox — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0000

Can anyone tell me how to fix broken location on a Android phone? It's telling me I'm 7 mi from where I am. http://t.co/z3EW2rXB #
@rammer88 the problem is on Froyo and Gingerbread. in reply to rammer88 #
@rammer88 Yeah, this is something that just started happening recently. Phone shows me in Depew, at Houston & Burlington when I'm home. in reply to rammer88 #
Ok tweeps, what's the best way to do your site mock-ups in your moleskin? Pen or pencil? #
@rammer88 In what way? in reply to rammer88 #
I just learned that @WebEx works on Linux. This makes my life so much easier at work now! #
@TrevorBramble Sure is better than having to hunt down a Windows box when I have to do a @WebEx! in reply to TrevorBramble #
@TrevorBramble Is there a better alternative that I can use? in reply to TrevorBramble #
Can you see everything at the Buffalo Museum of Science in four hours? #
@TrevorBramble No, using in a support capacity. Or being on the receiving end when I'm getting supported. in reply to TrevorBramble #
@TrevorBramble @thinkupapp It would be a much cleaner MVC implementation. Also from my limited RoR experience easier to write tests for. in reply to TrevorBramble #
@TrevorBramble @thinkupapp Which negatives? Scaling? Shared hosting support? Resource usage? in reply to TrevorBramble #
@samwhoo @trevorbramble I've been teaching myself RoR via http://t.co/VHcixgnf. I really like how easy it is to write tests and use Autotest in reply to samwhoo #
@samwhoo What do you want to do? I need to get this programming stuff down because I want contract program. in reply to samwhoo #
This sucks. Out of half 'n' half. #thatisall #
I made into the @thinkupapp video as one of the developers! So sweet! http://t.co/bt889cgi in reply to thinkupapp #
@rockymadden I'm the same way. Mine are off by a hair and one is slightly taller than the other and they are the same exact monitor. in reply to rockymadden #
@voretaq7 Damn and I just finished a base install with 9.0 RC3 just a couple of days ago! >:( #
Updated posting: A New Journey http://t.co/tiKc5XzO #

A New Journey

Joe Fox — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:34:32 +0000

Updated January 12, 2012

A new journey has started for me today. Today I have decide to take a more serious look at FreeBSD. In the past I have only toyed with FreeBSD, not putting a lot of effort into learning what makes this operating system stand out as an open source operating system.

As I continue to explore this operating system in-depth, I hope to publish a series of articles as I pick FreeBSD apart. Some of this information will be things that people already know, updated HowTo articles, and hopefully some new HowTo’s that are a more definitive source than some of the bits and pieces that are just found on Google.

Just a little background, my starting environment will be running ~~FreeBSD 9.0-RC3 64bit (released December 9, 2011)~~ FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE 64bit (released January 12, 2011) in a Virtual Machine (VM) using Oracle’s VirtualBox. This VM is a dual core machine with 2GB of memory, dual 80GB drives using ZFS, mirrored, and an Intel Pro 1000MT Desktop adapter.

RTFM – The Handbook is there for a reason.

Joe Fox — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:05:35 +0000

If you’re anything like me, you have a tendency not to crack the manual open for what you’re working on. This was the case for me the first couple of times that I tried out FreeBSD. I am more of the IRC or search Google type for the answers that I was looking for. Quite often in #freebsd or in search results, I was invariably pointed to an answer that was in the FreeBSD Handbook.

I was at first a little put off by this. I started to think that FreeBSD users were nothing but a bunch of elitists that couldn’t be bothered helping someone that was new to this operating system. That opinion was soon changed when the answers were indeed in the Handbook.

I have found that the Handbook is very well maintained. While much of the documentation for FreeBSD 9.0 has not made it in there yet, the installation instructions have. Most of what is applicable for FreeBSD 7.4-RELEASE and FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE applies.

I think, nay, believe that the title of this post sums it up. Read the Handbook – you will thank me for it. You can find the FreeBSD Handbook at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/.

Until next time, Happy FreeBSD’ing!