some ridiculous crap today…i tried to scan a document on a canon canoscan scanner that i’ve had attached to this PC for 3 years. in those 3 years i’ve never messed with the canon software besides initial install. in those 3 years everything worked fine until today. i received an error message along the lines […]

default login is admin/admin licensing is setup from the Configure or Administration tab. updates can be applied to the appliance by attaching an update .iso to the vman VM. then go to https:<vman IP address>:5480 to install the update. update 4/4/2012: i had an issue getting AD authentication working with virtualization manager recently. the problem […]

besides playing around with a commodore computer when i was very young, i remember playing games on early (unknown brand) computers when i was in 1st grade. but my first major gaming experience was the original NES. for a very long time that’s all i played and cared about. eventually throw in some apple II’s, […]

the install path in ubuntu is: /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server to open a web console: http://127.0.0.1:8080/apex i had problems getting the sql script editor to work for a while. i was convinced i was missing some key configuration because all i would get is a non-working red screen. it turns out the sql script editor just flat-out does not […]

a couple of weeks ago i became beyond frustrated trying to remove an SFP+ cable. i know i had inserted/removed them plenty times before, but it’s not such a easy task in a cramped area with other cabling in the way. i seriously tried for about 5 minutes straight and was like alright it’s time […]

this particular method is for suse linux. paths for other distributions may vary.  /etc/init.d/nscd restart this will restart the name service cache daemon

if there’s ever a game that i have zero nostalgic feelings towards it’s final fantasy mystic quest. i remember seeing it in a game store when i was a teenager (or near that age) and being like oh my god a final fantasy game, that’s new, for only $20. somewhere in the back of my […]