This is probably the single best resource I have found for a quick Bash Shell Scripting reference.  Bookmark it now!

10 Seconds Guide To Bash Shell Scripting

I haven’t posted in a while and didn’t want you to think I abandoned you so here’s a quick VERY basic HTML / CSS tutorial for creating three column layout that work in the big three browsers.

I adore music and it is very rare to find an album where every song touches your soul.  I was having a drink with the old man downstairs and we were listening to some of his ancient records.  I love Blues and Jazz but good music is just good music so without further adieu I present this month’s recommended album:

 

This album takes you to a place you haven’t been in years, it is truly timeless and has something for everyone.  This masterpiece bears some of the most touching romantic and deeply moving melodies and lyrics I have ever heard – it is guaranteed to induce immense nostalgia.  Pour a sifter of Cognac, lay back in your leather recliner and drift away.

I bought a copy for my mom as a surprise - lets hope she doesn’t read this post.

I guess tonight while packing I had a few too many cups of coffee so I was obviously wired and decided to sit down and write some code.  I ended up writing an XMPP / Jabber relay for ENUMPlus which I must say works pretty damn good.  Setting this all up is a three step process ;

1. Create an account / Login to enumplus.org and click “Notifications”.  Input your XMPP user account in the form and press “Send Me Notifications!”.
2. Copy the provided dialplan addition and paste it into /etc/asterisk/extensions_custom.conf.  Reload your dial plan of course with asterisk -rx “dialplan reload”.
3. Add enumplus@gmail.com to your buddy list and test it out!

Here’s a screenshot to get started.

Anyway, go get signed up and test it out for yourself – it is a ton of fun!

Dreamhost has been the “best of the worst” shared hosting providers for a long time standing – I believe I have been a registered user for over four years.  Recently we have all seen a huge decline in quality of service as well as huge security issues.  I haven’t hosted a site there in over a year, it used to be a very reliable and affordable service.  Now I find myself stuck with a $130.00 bill ($9.95 / month) for them simply maintaining registrant status.  If you ask me, pointing a few DNS records to my own DNS server should not cost this much.

Here’s a support ticket I just posted – I will keep you updated on it’s progress.