OK, this would mean a complete change around on the site, but it might be just what's needed to bring traffic back to the site! Turn the site into a wiki, taking your existing articles and turn those into wiki articles. That way, as new suggestions and ideas come in, they can be edited directly into...

I work in a data center, and have worked in much larger ones in the past. They are so noisy, you almost need hearing protection! Most desktop computers have variable speed fans, and the thermostats to control their speed, which keeps the noise at an acceptable level. Servers are not designed to sit ...

This is an old post, but I thought it better to update it rather than post a new topic. You can use the API (Application Programming Interface) described at http://whatismyipaddress.com/api to get your external IP address for a script. The address to use is http://bot.whatismyipaddress.com/ and this...

I'm assuming that the OP has fixed the problem by now, but for anyone else with a similar problem, simply boot from a Ubuntu Live CD and edit the script from the CD based OS. Don't delete the script, since you want to figure out where you went wrong, but you could comment out the entire script and r...

Hi Ian, and thanks ! The clients for streaming will be the two Sony Bravia TVs (front room and bedroom) and my desktop and laptop. Both of the computers are running Ubuntu, so VLC will work splendidly for them, and the Bravia's have their own native clients built in, so no real worries there! I saw ...

Hey all, and salutations from Phoenix, Arizona! First off, thanks to Ian for taking the time and effort to post all the step by step guides! I wasn't aware of the media capabilities until I found this site, so now I have alot of new toys to play with! Like some of the others here, I'm an old DOS-joc...