Set Up Guest Wireless with Tomato

Mark Berry November 4, 2011

I’ve been learning Tomato router firmware. This open-source firmware can enhance a low-end wireless router with some pretty advanced features.

One of my goals was to set up my wireless for guest-only access, i.e. not connected to my internal LAN (which are all hard-wired connections). Here’s one way to do that.

Set Up PostgreSQL for Rails 3.1

Mark Berry October 7, 2011

Heroku requires PostgreSQL for production and recommends it for development. Here is the process I worked out for installing PostgreSQL 8.4 and setting up a Rails 3.1 project. I’m working in Ubuntu 10.04.

Install Rails 3.1 for the Rails Tutorial

Mark Berry September 27, 2011

I’ve been working through Michael Hartl’s Ruby on Rails Tutorial. I had some trouble in chapter 13 installing the released version of Rails 3.1.0, so I thought I would post what worked for me.

APC “Battery Disconnected” May Mean Overheating

Mark Berry September 26, 2011

I got an email from APC PowerChute Business Edition that said simply “Battery Disconnected.” The connected UPS is an APC SmartUPS 1500 model DLA1500 (the Dell equivalent of an SUA1500). Of course the battery is not disconnected; the connection inside the unit is a very secure clip that can’t just wiggle loose.

Office 365, Safe Senders List and You

Mark Berry September 13, 2011

Since moving to Office 365, I’ve been having trouble getting Outlook to treat mail from my own address as safe. Mail sent from my own address (e.g. from server monitoring scripts) keeps landing in my Junk E-Mail folder.

Windows Phone 7 Clobbers Office 365 Safe Senders

Mark Berry September 13, 2011

I set up Safe Senders with Office 365 by uploading a list through Outlook 2010. A few days later, I uploaded an expanded list. But then within 10-20 minutes, the list reverted to my old list? What the heck?

PGP Desktop Corrupts Outlook 2010 Recover Deleted Items

Mark Berry September 8, 2011

This one has driven me mad for weeks. Finally tracked it down to PGP Desktop. Here are the symptoms and a workaround.

Using Office 365 in an SBS 2008 Environment, Take 2

Mark Berry August 26, 2011

After working with a very helpful Microsoft Support manager, here are some updated suggestions to the problems identified in the first version of this article.