I have a samba fileserver which has been happily running for a couple of years with identical config but on different versions of samba, and on Fedora and CentOS. The latest incarnation was running samba 3.2.11. But the other day, my samba package was upgraded to 3.4.1 Samba shares on the server immediately stopped workingContinue reading “Upgrading samba breaks it”
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An imposter
That Doesn’t Fit: Make an image where something doesn’t fit. An odd one out from a set of objects. Or a situation containing a visual version of a non sequitur.
SSH tunnelling to your home network
SSH tunelling is no big secret, and there are loads of guides out there that explain how it is done in generic terms. This guide is slightly different, as it explains how to tunnel to hosts that are not publicly addressable. For example, if you have a Linux server as your home network gateway thenContinue reading “SSH tunnelling to your home network”
Configuring sendmail to use a Smart Host
Chances are if you have a Linux server in your home, you’ll want it to be able to send you emails, e.g. its daily logwatch or the output from cron jobs. But most ISPs block SMTP so you can’t directly send emails from your server to wherever they need to go, which is what theContinue reading “Configuring sendmail to use a Smart Host”
More experiments with film
After reasonable success with my first roll of film, I’ve now had my second roll developed. Here are the best shots from that selection. I’m rather pleased with the compositions and the way the lens behaves. But I’m not so keen on the noise in dark areas of the film, so next time I willContinue reading “More experiments with film”
Information overload
They are always talking about information overload when working in IT. So imagine the explosion that nearly occurred in my head when I took a break from writing perl, stepped out of my office, and saw this…
Post Office woes
The Post Office really is an inconvenient organisation. Last night I sold two items on eBay and consequently had two (fairly large) parcels to post. This was around 9pm so I put the parcels to one side, and decided to post them on my way to work in the morning – pushing my bike andContinue reading “Post Office woes”
More contenders for the black theme
Since I took the picture of floor tiles yesterday for Stu’s black themed photo challenge, I’ve been trying to come up with something I like more. Here are two photos I took this evening that are also candidates for the final submission…
Black floor tiles
This is my first attempt at a black themed photo for Stu. I’m not sure if I like it or not, so I’ll see if I can come up with something better by Monday.
Playing with a fisheye lens
Today my fisheye lens arrived. It’s not a whole lens for an SLR camera; rather an “add-on” lens that screws into the filter thread on my Fuji S9600 or any other lens. I’ve tried a few ideas with it, and been as creative as one can possibly be in a boring flat on a lazyContinue reading “Playing with a fisheye lens”
Jonathan Gazeley 