Author Archives: buggedtech
Another way to rank in Google local search
An interesting article on SearchEngineLand says something about another way to rank in local listings: write books. The rationale is that since Google has invested a lot into Google Book Search, it makes sense that a citation in books about … Continue reading
Nine traits of the veteran Unix admin
Though I cannot consider myself a Unix veteran having only worked around 5 years on Unix-like systems, I admire the hardworking Unix veteran geek. I try to understand why they seem arrogant at times. I hope to be one day … Continue reading
Google’s real stand on paid links issue
Google’s only allowed links is a non-paid links. Even if you say that you are linking back to the advertiser’s site, it is still your responsibility as a site owner not to add a vote to that advertiser’s site. Otherwise, … Continue reading
Google’s Native Client for x86 binaries: Will this rival Java?
Wow, Google is developing what they call a Native Client for x86 binaries wherein like a java applet, it runs from the client side but with the advantage of running it in the real CPU…unlike Java which has to run … Continue reading
Flash-based solid-state drives nearly impossible to erase?
Think you got rid of that confidential information on your SSD? The results of a new study will come as a rude awakening… Erasing an entire SSD hard drive is difficult When the researchers used the drive’s built in “Erase … Continue reading
What has happened since Oracle purchased Sun?
Are you curious as I am as to what happened to Sun products under the management of Oracle? Sure, they had been hit by criticisms from the Open Source community regarding their treatment of major open source company sponsored products. … Continue reading
scuttle as a delicious bookmark alternative hosted on your site
I love delicious and have stored a lot of useful resources there (more than 2,000+) that I started to look for alternatives…that can be hosted in my site. I want a long term solution without me having to pay for it that the natural thing to do is search from the open source world which led me to scuttle Continue reading
quickpost: installing ‘make’ in centos/rhel
“make: command not found” in CentOS5/RHEL5? No problem. Read the quickpost on what to do. Continue reading
PERL one-liner approach to solving “ssh host key verification failure”
I’m always annoyed by the ssh warning below when a hostname has changed ip, you reformatted the OS or anything that would change the fingerprint of the machine: Focus on this part: Add correct host key in /home/icasimpan/.ssh/known_hosts to get … Continue reading
Changing MacOSX Boot Image
Tired of the old Mac OSX image? Checkout BootXChanger. BootXChanger is a free tool that’s very easy to use. You just launch it and drag a new image onto its window and click “Apply.” Restart your computer and you’ll see … Continue reading
