MySQL Replication Health
MySQL Replication is a powerful tool to help with both disaster recovery and high availability, but many things can go wrong, including network and file corruption. → READ MORE
Xen Guest Utilities On Debian Sid/Squeeze
Installing the Xen guest utilities on the unstable version of debian is actually very easy. Let's see how! → READ MORE
Setting up FreeTDS against Sybase with Ruby
Connecting to Sybase from within Linux is not as easy as, say, connecting to PostgreSQL or MySQL, but if you know the steps involved it can be rather painless. To connect we are going to use the FreeTDS project and ODBC. → READ MORE
A week with KDE 4.4
This past week I decided to see what all the fuss was about KDE4.4. Read on for my review and comparison to XMonad → READ MORE
Connecting with PHP to Sybase on WAMP Server
Sybase is one of those systems that can be sometimes finicky to setup on the client side. I was pleasantly surprised to see that PHP has support for Sybase. Let's see how. → READ MORE
WebService::Linode 301 Moved Permanently
For those who, like me, use the Perl module WebService::Linode to configure their DNS settings with Linode, you will have noticed that starting today we are seeing 301 Moved Permanently at ... error message. → READ MORE
Encrypted LVM Hard Drive with Linux
While setting up a couple new hard drives I realized that the information on the internet to use LVM and encryption were either wrong or unnecessarily complex. Here's the commands I use with a brief explanation → READ MORE
RubyGems with Ubuntu 8.04 in a VM Woes
I use the fantastic virtual hosting solution Linode for my primary website. In order to launch one of my new projects using Ruby and Rails, I was required to install the RubyGems software on this site. → READ MORE
Ruby Histogram Chart
I'm working on a new project that involves creating dynamic charts and chose Ruby on Rails with GNUplot. Lets see how! → READ MORE
Tiling Window Managers and Productivity
On a recent walk whilst listening to one of my favorite podcast, the Stack Overflow Podcast, Joel and Jeff started talking about the productivity of dual monitors → READ MORE
Easy Email Disk Space Alerts
The other day I ran into an issue where a server of mine ran out of disk space. Not to be caught in this situation again, I've added a quick entry to my crontab → READ MORE
Amazon.com Wishlist Tracker
Amazon.com is one of my favorite online retailers. Their prices are [usually] great, they have incredibly fast shipping. How can we track those prices, though? Let's find out! → READ MORE
Monitor Network Usage With VNSTAT
With the recent threats from ISP's lately to implement bandwidth caps on their customers, I began questioning how much bandwidth my family uses in a typical month. → READ MORE
About Me
My name is Jonathan Gaudette, a software developer from the Northeast United States.
My passion for technology began at the age of 5, developing DOS-based menu's and games
at the guidance of my father.