Extend Active Directory schema for Apple Xserve Open Directory values

Lately I’ve been enjoying working with an Apple Xserve for one of our clients in the publishing industry. In particular I like how the OS X/Leopard Server edition is based on so many open standards and best-of-breed Open Source applications… as long as the pretty little GUIs work for configuring...

A program by any other name…

Today when I logged into my work computer it informed me that there was a new version of the venerable Gaim open source instant messaging client I use… but when I browsed to the Gaim site at SourcForge.net, it was gone. It turns out that, once again, another fine Open Source product has been forced to...

New to OSS? Try TheOpenCD

Are you fairly unfamiliar with Open Source Software (abbrev. “OSS”)? Are you a Windoze-only user? Here’s a way you can start to weed out the thousands of useless and redundant programs and get familar with some of the best OSS out there, all precompiled for Windows: TheOpenCD. Heck, even if...

No Business Like SCO Business

Y’know, I have a reasonable amount of experience with various alternative OSes for x86 systems, including a range of Linux and *BSD distros, but I’ve never even touched anything from SCO. But now BEK (whom I’ve started working with again) has a new client that I’ll be taking the lead...

you are so good to me

8 work days left (i need to use 2 “floater” holidays in the next 2 weeks—those will come in handy!), and roughly 18 days until we lift off. last night ains & i had a good talk about my fears and unwillingness to get all the stuff done that needs to be done before i go, and now i’m...

headphones

sheesh… for some reason i’m overcome with the urge to buy new gadgets and toys lately. perhaps i should keep in mind the tenth commandment (not to be confused with the tenth amendment!). it all started when i saw that musician’s friend had a scratch-and-dent crate ca-30d acoustic combo...