System Administration

Example of Google Docs 3.0 API’s

Currently we are in the process of rewriting our portal for the district. We are looking to tie more into Google App's within our portal. So, we thought this would be a good time for us to start going down the path or pulling the data and pushing data back.First thing...

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Run your own online classroom

While traveling down the path of using Drupal 7 has a portal for the District, I came across this Open Source Web Conferencing Platform.  This platform can be up and running in minutes using their VM Appliance.  It allows for multiple rooms, screen sharing,...

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Building iOS apps

A few months ago, we provide our technicians with iPad's to help them be a bit more productive.  The overall goal was to give the technician the ability to view and edit their work orders on the go.  Typically they would either stop off at a computer in the...

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Gitorious Server: Build your own

For those who like the way GitHub or Gitorious works, there is good news!  You can run your own Gitorious server to host a public and/or private git repository.  I currently have a Gitorious server running in the hopes of forming an area where local school...

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XRaid Progress

In a previous post, I described our situation with storage and finding a way to reuse the XRaid's we had in the racks. By using a IDE2SATA adapter and a notebook 7200rpm drive, we were able to replace all the drives in a fairly cheap manner. Right now, I have 70...

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Ubuntu 9.10 and Intel e1000 driver

Thought I would share this bit of trouble I ran into.  I installed Ubuntu Server 9.10 on our ESX Farm, which uses Intel E1000 network adapters, which don't play well out the box with Ubuntu.  You will need to build a driver for it to use first.  Here is...

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Gitorious

After day of playing around, I was finally success in building a Gitorious Server. It's a great alternative to GitHub, plus you can host your own server for free. I'll provide some more information on how to set in up in the next week.

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Mac App Store Licensing

If you had questions on Licensing for apps through the new Mac App Store, you should see the following. It states you can install on any Apple you own as long as it is for personal or non-commercial use. Terms Mac App Store

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Replacement Hard Drives for XRAID

Currently I'm working on rebuilding our web storage infrastructure for our District. Currently we have 6 XRAID's that have 40,000+ hours on the drives and aren't currently being used right now.  I was in need of DAS to setup my Gluster Cluster, so I decided...

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DHTMLX Touch Alpha Released

DHTMLX has released their alpha version of mobile version of their components.  After 5 minutes of testing, I must say it's everything I expected.  Future versions are likely to be even better. http://www.dhtmlx.com/blog/?p=791

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Gluster Progress

This is still a work in progress, but so far very successful. Gluster Storage Platform allows you to basically build your own storage cloud.  It allows for CIFS, NFS, FTP, and it's own native GlusterFS connector. And here is my own experiencing with setting it...

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Cluster with Gluster

In need of a new storage platform? I suggest checking out Gluster (http://www.gluster.org/). Gluster provides an open source solution for creating basically your own cloud. Highly scalable, high-availability, and easy to setup. Currently I'm in process of setuping up...

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Mobile DHTMLX on the way

Just saw today on DHTMLX blog that they are developing a mobile library for iOS and Android. I'm sure it will be just a easy to use and useful as their normal suite.  DHTMLX Library for Mobile and Touch Devices

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