Roughly 15 years ago I abandoned Windows for a Mac, and since then have been flip-flopping between MacOS and Linux as my primary operating system. For the last 15 years, as long as I was running some Unix-like operating system, I was happy. However, even when I was using MacOS …

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For the second time in the last few months, GoDaddy has locked my account and forced a password change “for security purposes”. While I would expect this kind of behavior if someone managed to login to my account in another country or in an area that I’m not normally …

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I don’t really like the way Multicraft handles backups. If you’re using a non-official server such as Bukkit or Spigot, and use a plugin that allows you to have multiple worlds (such as Multiverse), then Multicraft can’t handle backups of those worlds. Additionally, even if you allow …

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Last night, I wrote a script to install the Spigot Minecraft server on a server (or desktop) running CentOS 6. It will install all dependencies on a fresh installation as well as creating a user to isolate the server and setup monitoring with monit, and automatically start the server. This …

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Last week, I setup my own mail server using Postfix, Dovecot, and Horde. The only problem I have with this setup is there’s no way to update Postfix’s aliases directly from Horde. This may not really seem like a problem, however I have several email addresses with new …

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