Installing Ruby 1.9.3 under Ubuntu 10.04 LTS using RVM

Mark Berry April 27, 2012

Today when I tried to use rvm to install Ruby 1.9.3, I got errors referring  me to make.log and make.install.log:

Configure a WDS Bridge on a Tomato Guest VLAN

Mark Berry March 24, 2012

I’ve been happily using my Tomato router with a guest wireless VLAN isolated from my main wired LAN. I described the setup here. Now, I want to bridge a second router using the Wireless Distribution System (WDS). Setting up a Netgear WGT624v3 as the bridged router was a challenge in itself, so I wrote that up here. But once I got bridge mode working, I was somewhat alarmed to find that the bridged router was getting IP addresses from the main (supposedly secure, wired) LAN, not from the wireless VLAN, even though it was connected wirelessly! Especially considering that bridged mode on the Netgear only works with WEP security, I definitely needed to get the bridged router off the main VLAN and onto the guest wireless VLAN.

Use a Netgear WGT624v3 as a Bridge

Mark Berry March 24, 2012

There are several articles and lots of confusion on this topic out there. Here is what worked for me.

First, let’s clarify terms.

Formatting Time Zones and Datetime in Rails 3

Mark Berry March 22, 2012

Here is my current approach for formatting time zone and date/time values. I’m using Rails 3.1.3, SimpleForm 2.0.1, and Twitter Bootstrap 2.0.1. I had some trouble finding examples of how to do this so maybe this will help someone.

Restore a Hyper-V Server to an Optiplex 960, Take 2

Mark Berry March 12, 2012

In January 2011, I wrote about my experience restoring a Hyper-V Server to an Optiplex 960. That article is exhaustive (and exhausting). I’ve done the same test again and wanted to write up a somewhat shorter procedure. If you get stuck in this procedure, refer to the original article for details.

Install Exchange 2007 SP3 Rollup 6 on SBS 2008

Mark Berry February 29, 2012

After successfully installing Exchange 2007 SP3 Rollup 5 on SBS 2008 a couple days ago, I decided to be brave and try Rollup 6 when it appeared on WSUS today.

Windows 7 Issues after 3CX Assistant Uninstalled

Mark Berry February 23, 2012

I uninstalled 3CX Assistant 9 from a Windows 7 SP1 Professional machine a couple months ago. Suddenly this past weekend, the "3CXPSTAPI.tsp_unloaded" module started crashing TAPI (error at bottom of post), and whenever it crashed, it brought down the following services:

Monitor Asterisk with Logwatch

Mark Berry February 18, 2012

How can I be notified when Asterisk reports issues in its logs, e.g. if a connection is lagged? One way is to include the Asterisk logs in the logs that are monitored by Linux’s daily logwatch.