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My name is Ben Catlin, and this is where I rock out on topics like my life, technology and faith.

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Installing Linux

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Since no one seemed really interested in my Computers 101 idea from before, I’m just going to go ahead working on my project in my spare time. But, Josh 3 seemed interested in taking a look at how Linux installs and what-not, so tonight I’m planning on using a little of my free time to [...]

Get paid to blog?

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I applied for Googles Adsense program yesterday, got accepted, and now I’m in the process of augmenting my WordPress theme to add Googles little text-only adds to the sidbar of my page. ( Need Ideas for what to blog about )

Wanna Learn About Computers?

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I have parts laying around for somewhere from 2 to 4 computers at my house right now, and as soon as I get a case from a guy at work I’m going to build them up. I was wondering if it would remotely interest anyone if I turned that into a little info session. I [...]

A Little Batch File Help

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I’m writing a batchfile, and I can’t seem to get it to do exactly what I want. I’m taking a directory of files, and running all the .wav files through LAME and spitting out mp3′s with the correct encoding settings. I’m only writing the batch file because stupid winLame stopped giving me options to control [...]

Turning over to the Darkside

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Yes, With the annoucement of the MacBook Pro I am contimplating turning over to the dark side of the PC Universe. I’m mean, it is just so sexy, and I can dual-boot windows or OS X or any flavor of X86 linux I want. On a more serious note, I just want to run down [...]

I’ll spare the non-technical types, and just beg for help from people better than me with Linux. ( Getting email to work ) Oh yes, and GO BEARS!!!!! According to Seth, Rex Grossman is the touchdown Jesus. I had to agree with him. I think the bears have found their new starting quarterback who will get us [...]

Zimbra improvements

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I spent some time over the last week or so checking out the forums on Zimbra’s website, trying to iron out some kinks that were preventing a few of the components from starting up. Well yesterday I fixed the last one, and this thing started to fire on all cylinders…or at least it wanted to [...]