So, I’m a computer science major at Rutgers. What is computer science? And WHY is it my major?

I was recently reading an excellent article online, by Neil McBride, a principal lecturer in the School of Computing, De Montfort University, UK. The Death of Computing essentially speaks to the …

In the theme of upgrades, I also purchased two APC SmartUPS1000 units from refurbUPS.com. Now, I know that a lot of people are perfectly happy with serial connectivity. And it has its positives. But I’m running 2-3 servers per UPS, older servers, wanted to be able to monitor …

Not much of an “upgrade” for anyone who’s in IT, but jasonantman.com is currently being upgraded from old desktops used as servers to a pile of generation-1 (G1) HP/Compaq Proliants. I know that there are utilities for Linux to manage the servers, specifically control fan speed and …

I just purchased four new servers, and set out to find some good asset management software. Specifically, I’m looking for a PHP package that allows me to track the details of all of my hardware. While software and configuration tracking would surely be good for some applications, I already …

Those of us who are involved in the Linux community are often frustrated by the lack of widespread acceptance of Linux. Granted, I haven’t used all of the newest “desktop” distributions (‘distros’), but I know that my choice - openSuSE - is far from being ready to compete with Windows for …

I get paid tomorrow, and it’s time to spend some money. Sure, there are some great toys out there. The stuff from ThinkGeek is always great. What about that monitoring server I want? Or upgrading my LAN to gigabit copper?

Of course, there are also many charitable causes. The …

So I decided to setup SSL on my Apache server. After looking around for ages, it seems that the answer to SSL Certs is that I need to buy one. There doesn’t seem to be any CA out there who will provide free certs that are accepted by most …

So, here’s an idea that I’ve been toying around with for a while.

I’ve been dong some development on a pair of Soekris embedded Linix boards I bought to use as a firewall/router and WAP. So, naturally, my interest in embedded systems is piqued. I know …

I’ve been resisting it for quite a while, but in an effort to cut down on extraneous content on my web sites (JasonAntman.com, php-ems-tools.com, and KC2OZU.com) I decided to give in and setup a blog.

The content will probably be a smattering of IT, Linux, GNU …