/etc/init.d

This directory contains startup scripts. See Debian Policy manual chapter 9.3.

After a script is created you must use update-rc.d to create the symbolic links in rcn.d.

JSP and Servlets

Yesterday I was tutored on JSP and Servlets using Tomcat. I'm going to start developing on our company web site. This is a new opportunity for me. Now that I know JAVA better it all makes a lot more sense than it did a year ago.

PodCasts and long MP3 files

I like to listen to The Inside Mac Radio Show Podcast [rss] on my iPod. It would be nice if iPodder could automatically split long PodCasts into tracks inside iTunes. As I listen to each track on my iPod the playcount would be incremented and I'd know when I could delete it from my iTunes library.

Dameware w/WinXP Firewall

Turn XP firewall OFF temporarily while you connect the first time. This allows the installation process to use the ports it needs.

Attach from another computer using Dameware Remote Control and let it run the install.

Once you're attached go to the XP firewall and define an exception for Dameware.

Add a TCP port (6129) called Dameware Remote Control.

Change scope to Custom list: 172.16.0.0/255.255.0.0,192.168.0.0/255.255.0.0

Turn firewall ON

AShell - Python integration

AlphaBasic to Python converter. Python code would access SQL instead of ISAM. COMMON data area for passing between programs Data conversion would convert ISAM files to SQL RDBMS. XLOCK semaphore mechanism

Questions:
Does the environment have to emulate the AMOS/AShell job table? or
could it use the actual AShell environment? could it access AShell's
XLOCK? How hard would it be to create a multi-user environment with shared semaphores?

Fighting spyware

Today I spent several hours fighting spyware on Windows XP.
What I think I learned:

• RUN MSCONFIG to reboot in SAFE mode taking special attention to turn off STARTUP items.

• Run AdAware, SpyBot, MS Anti-SpamWare, and virus scan.

• Reboot in NORMAL mode.

Set Linux date and time

date mmddhhmmcccc
usage: date 041513452005
sets datetime to 04/15/2005, 1:45pm

Up and running

I am running again after my system crash last Tuesday.