Without going into the long 4 year history of all the troubleshooting I’ve done and the disappointment experienced, here is the basic summary. This is an attempt to seek help/advice and to summarize where I’m at. I’ll modify/update this page as I move forward in my process. This Dobsonian mount has the two standard motors […]
JavaScript Missile Command
I wrote this minimal version of Missile Command for my teenage son who was interested in programming something that could be played in a web browser, without the need to implement any plugins or external modules. Missile Command was a game I grew up with in grade school. I’m happy that there’s so many ways […]
WHMCS eNom Premium Domains Support
If you’re like me, you have been bothered by the fact that over the past two years, WHMCS and eNom have not come together with cohesive support for the new TLD’s being launched, nor for premium domain support. There is a huge and annoying disconnect when a customer tries ordering what turns out to be a […]
cPanel, Exim, sending email from the wrong IP address [SOLVED]
I had been having a problem with one of my cPanel servers where Exim was sending outbound email from one of the IP’s dedicated to a hosting account, rather than from the primary IP address of the server. This problem was completely baffling to me as all of the research I had done on setting […]
Blue Host corrupts full cPanel backups after 1GB on Site Backup Pro
* Caution * Always verify your full cPanel backups from Blue Host when the downloaded file is more than 500MB in size. Well, actually, you should always verify your backups, no matter what. This has been a major problem with Blue Host for at least a full year now, as I write this on 2/9/2016. I have […]
Alternative Social Networking Platforms
Richard Powell of Host Pond Web Hosting in Portland Oregon here. I’ve stood in witness of the many complaints over the years of how Facebook controls our collective data, and mines this data for profit. We, as participants, give them this right to use and control and own our private information when we signup. And […]
WHM / cPanel spam bypassing mx record
I’m running several WHM/cPanel systems, and am using a dedicated Barracuda anti-spam firewall for all incoming and outgoing email to these systems. I have recently had the problem where spammers are not honoring the MX record for the domains hosted on the cPanel systems. The spammers are connecting directly to the websites IP address to […]
Finger Pointing and Passing the Buck
In the past two weeks I’ve had three different corporations pass the buck when I’ve asked them for assistance with their product or service. To be fair, in each instance, there was a gray area where it was a bit unclear which corporation was responsible for supporting me with the particular issues or problems that […]
The application Samsung keypad (process com.sec.android.inputmethod.axt9) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again
The following error cropped up after I tried connecting a Verbatim Mobile Wireless Keyboard (model #97537) to my Samsung Droid smart phone. The application Samsung keypad (process com.sec.android.inputmethod.axt9) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again Here is the model phone and OS that I have running on it. Manufacturer : SamsungModel : Samsung I405 Stratosphere (SCH-I405) […]
How to install Diaspora* POD on CentOS 6.4
I initially followed the instructions for Fedora 18, located on this page here as a starting point. https://wiki.diasporafoundation.org/Installation_guides But there were many differences and dependencies required to get Diaspora* up and running on a CentOS 6.4 box. So, here are the steps I followed to get it up and running for CentOS 6.4. This […]