Sometimes you find yourself in a situation where you want to know what your server is doing but you can’t get to a secure terminal to SSH in. What do you do? You look to cron.Cron is a daemon that can be found in Unix and Unix-like operating systems. What it allows you to do…
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Yahoo May Yet Surprise
Earnings results for Yahoo are due today and many are predicting more doom and gloom for the once dominant search company. There may be a bright spot ahead.Several years ago Yahoo and SBC (later becoming AT&T) formed a partnership where SBC’s DSL service was co-branded with Yahoo. Verizon later signed a similar deal. DSL customers…
NetFlix on the 360
My family has been a subscriber to the NetFlix service for almost three years now. I was angry when they talked about killing profiles and I rejoiced when they changed their minds. Yes, I’ve been a fan of the NetFlix for quite some time.It is only recently that I acquired an Xbox360 for my home…