Category Archives: Computers

Stuff related to computers.

eMusic/J website update finished

Well, mostly. I’ve finished rearranging the content on it so that it’s no longer in one great big page. Now all the important stuff is on the front page, and all the stuff that people are only likely to use a little bit are a click away. It still needs a real user manual, but… Read More »

eMusic/J 0.14 is out

Run to your nearest browser and get your copy now!. I didn’t get the drop directory stuff I hoped done, but the main thing I did get done is the application icon (well, James did that a while back, I just had to find the time to put it in), and a system tray icon.… Read More »

New eMusic/J page

Hopefully tomorrow I’ll find some time to put a bit of work into eMusic/J. In preperation for tidying up the webpage, I’ve moved it to its own group on the wiki, so there is a new URL: http://www.kallisti.net.nz/EMusicJ. This will make it easier to split the page into parts, the homepage having the pertinent information… Read More »

The Unmaking of IBM

I’ve just finished reading Big Blues: The Unmaking of IBM, by Paul Carroll. Published in 1993, it’s a bit out of date now, but it provides an interesting look into the mid-80’s to early-90’s IBM. This was a time when it went from being the largest US company, to posting a loss greater than the… Read More »

Making webalizer do DNS lookups

The default install of Webalizer on Debian doesn’t perform DNS lookups on the log files, although it is capable of it. There are three ways of getting Webalizer to do this, in rough order of recommendedness: 1) make your webserver do the lookups when it writes the logfiles (this makes your webserver slower, and has… Read More »

eMusic/J status

The purpose of the emusicj category is to give me a place to put information on the development and releases of eMusic/J (a Java-based download manager for eMusic aimed at Linux users). If you are interested in seeing what’s new and shiny in the new versions, then keep an eye on this. If you aren’t… Read More »