VPN-Mesh for multi-offsite backup

Over the last couple of weeks I've joined in with discussions and plans for a group of friends to set up a VPN-mesh so (legal) data can be stored on each other's networks.

Once the VPN side of things is set up, we'll each be providing space for the other members to store . . .
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Getting Ubuntu Netbook Remix installed on an O2 Joggler

I picked up an O2 Joggler last week and I've been having fun and games getting everything installed and working on it. I thought I'd document the process here. References to the original sources are below.

  1. Get a USB drive, minimum 4Gb.
  2. Plug it into a linux machine (or virtual) and create two . . .
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Co-parenting for poorly children

In times gone by, the role of raising children usually fell to the mother who would keep house while the father went out and was known as the 'bread-winner'.

In modern times, mothers are often keen to maintain a career and thus there are fewer stay-at-home mums. In these instances, when still in a relationship, . . .
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Yesterday's server issues

Yesterday morning, I rebooted the server which hosts this blog. It hadn't been rebooted in 358 days and during the last few months Debian's Unstable release had made huge modifications, including updating to Grub2.

I took a leap of faith and rebooted it; it didn't come back.

A few phone calls to the . . .
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