Musaul Karim

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• Getting wTorrent working with Apache
  wTorrent is a web interface for the rTorrent bit-torrent client. This post shows you how to get it working in ubuntu or another similar debian derivative. This presumes you already have working copies of rTorrent and apache2, and they are running on the same computer. To get wTorrent running you need the following: xmlrpc-c library xml-rpc php5 module mod_sc […]
• Upgrading the hard drive in the Buffalo Linkstation LS-GL (LS-Pro) NAS
  If you have one of the older Buffalo Linkstation Pro NAS drives (pictured below) and it is running out of space, you can simply upgrade the drive. It really isn’t that difficult if you are used to upgrading bits in your computer. Might be a little daunting if you have never opened your computer though. [...] […]
• NYT – Microsoft’s Creative Destruction
  The New York Times has an account from a former Microsoft Vice President, Dick Brass, on why the company is no longer an innovator. It’s an interesting read. […]
• FIX: Firefox 3.6 not starting in Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha (Lucid Lynx)
  I got Firefox 3.6 in a Lucid alpha update on 27 January. The problem is that it wouldn’t start. I tried it with a new profile, which made it work. So I ran firefox with the -safe-mode argument and disabled all add-ons. Then in firefox, I tried each add-on to figure out which one’s weren’t [...] […]
• Thunderbird 3.0 is officially available!
  Mozilla have released the new major version of Thunderbird. It has huge improvements in the interface. First of all, the inboxes of all your mail accounts are grouped together and they’ve been moved to the top. You can also view a collated list of emails from all your accounts by clicking on the top level [...] […]
• Nocturne – showing the lowlight video prowess of the new Canon 1D-mk4
  Another canon demo video shot by Vincent Laforet. This was shot at night, using only available light. […]
• How to disable kvm and kvm_intel to allow VirtualBox to run
  If you are getting the VirtualBox can’t operate in VMX root mode error dialog shown below … … it is because you have the kvm and kvm_intel kernel modules enabled. You will need to unload them using the following commands: sudo modprobe -r kvm_intel sudo modprobe -r kvm You should now be able to start your Virtual Machine. If you [...] […]
• What to do if Firefox no longer starts after installing a rogue add-on
  If Firefox no longer starts up after you installed an add-on, what you can do is start Firefox in safe mode and just disable that add on. To do this, open up a console and run the following: firefox -safe-mode You’ll see the following dialog box: Press the Continue in Safe Mode button. Once Firefox has started up, go [...] […]
• Wolfram Alpha is not Skynet
  Mashable has a few easter eggs for the Wolfram Alpha search engine. Here’s one more … […]
• GkSpk Wordled!
  This site’s most prominent words according to wordle.net. Your browser doesn’t seem to understand the APPLET tag. You need to install and enable the Java plugin. According to the site’s blurb: Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. [. […]