VMWARE Tools install on Fedora

If you encounter the following error while installing vmware-tools in Fedora: Searching for a valid kernel header path... The path "" is not valid. You will need the following packages installed: gcc make kernel-headers kernel-devel The trick is that you will need to perform at least two reboots before the vmware installer will actually [...]

Review: Woodees iPic Stylus

There’s now an iPad / tablet stylus made with musicians in mind. It’s both stylish and functional, and may I add, quite adorable. It’s Woodees’ new iPic Stylus. It works with all touchscreen devices, and resembles a guitar pic, but with a stylus nub on the end. The iPic offers a very natural feel for [...]

Review: Macally Ecostand2 for iPad 2

Is Macally Ecostand2 a case or is it a stand? It’s a little bit of both actually, and best of all, it’s eco-friendly too! This case and stand combo contains two parts — a plastic back case that fits nicely on the iPad 2 and the flexible bamboo stand. The Case. The case is simple [...]

Review: ZooGue BinderPad for iPad 2

If you use a 3-ring binder to carry around your important documents, why not add your iPad 2 to the mix too? Introducing the ZooGue Binderpad for iPad 2. There’s currently no product on the market quite like it. This iPad 2 case is made to fit in a regular 3-ring binder. And with many [...]

Popular Linux Distributions for Web Servers

As of January 2012, Debian is currently the most popular Linux distribution for web servers. CentOS is a close second and Ubuntu is gaining popularity. Debian 29.7% CentOS 29.1% Ubuntu 18.1% Red Hat 12.4% Fedora 5.1% SuSE 3.0% Gentoo 1.2% Source: http://w3techs.com/blog/entry/debian_is_now_the_most_popular_linux_distribution_on_web_servers

Fix: html parsing error unable to modify the parent container element before the child in IE8

If you run Internet Explorer 8 and encounter the following error: "html parsing error unable to modify the parent container element before the child" or "Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site http://<Web site>.com. Operation aborted." The error basically means that an element on the page is trying to get modified without [...]

Is Facebook Testing a New Photo Display Again?

While surfing through my Facebook News Feed a few moments ago, a friend posted an image that caught my eye. I click on the picture expecting to see the usual top down photo display layout with the image up top and all comments listed below. To my surprise I see a possible new photo display layout [...]

The Secret Mattress Stores Don’t Want You To Know

Mattress stores across the country have been lying to us for years. We’ve all heard the commercial, “we’ll beat anyone’s price or your mattress is freeeeee”. As annoying as that commercial is, it’s about to get a little bit more annoying after I let you in on a little dirty secret that retail mattress [...]

PHP Security Update – 1/31/2012

There is an important Debian update for PHP today to fix a number of vulnerabilities such as regression and buffer overflows. The crypt_blowfish function also had a bug that did not properly handle 8-bit characters, which could lead to passwords being cracked easier. This is one of the larger security fixes for PHP in the past year, so you [...]

PHPMyAdmin Security Update 1/22/2012

There is a PHPMyAdmin update today for Debian. It fixes XSS bug in the table tracking feature and an XML import plugin vulnerability.  The stable version of Debian (squeeze) and testing (wheezy) are affected. Package        : phpmyadmin Vulnerability  : several Problem type   : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID        [...]

To Cachaco Or Not To Cachaco

That is the question: for which we shall ponder for a time, while I illuminate for you the latest happenings of our lives here in Santa Marta. We had an opportunity to visit a potential church plant that has been meeting in a humble little one bedroom home in a barrio just east of Santa [...]

Annual cookie decorating

Thanks for joining us Arnold Family!

Drew turns 9!!!

Halloween 2011

Pirates and a parrot. Not the great pic to show off how super cute Alex's costum was...but it was super cute!!! My neighbor made it!