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Using a Linux Laptop as a Wireless Bridge

Is it possible to use Linux for a Wireless Bridge? You bet! Last night one of our USB wireless adapters kicked the bucket. Being down one, I decided to see if I could come up with a creative solution rather than plunk down another $20 that I may or may not have right now. One …

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libgcc_s.so.1 must be installed for pthread_cancel to work — cPanel Apache error

The other day I ran into theĀ error “libgcc_s.so.1 must be installed for pthread_cancel to work.” Apache on this cPanel server would produce “Internal Server 500” for any web page. When I checked the /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log, I found the following entry: [Thu Jul 17 03:51:41 2014] [error] [client 12.34.56.78] libgcc_s.so.1 must be installed for pthread_cancel to work …

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Mechanical Keyboard Review: Monoprice Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

IBM Model M Keyboard

Mechanical Keyboard: A long time coming (back) That’s how I’d describe my journey to the mechanical keyboard. But before I go into that, lets back up about 20 years to the mid 90’s. Or even farther, to about 1991. I was a teenager at the time and making money refurbishing XT/AT’s and 286’s. I came …

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