Install the latest smokeping (without distributed polling) on a virgin Centos 5.3 minimal box… It’s probably the best (free) tool for monitoring network latency at a glance. Examples: Pipe Ten Derby and Pipe Ten Sheffield.
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CentOS 5.3 Smokeping 2.4.2 Install (quick)
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CentOS 5.3 Zabbix 1.6.5 Install (quick)
A quick reference for a from-scratch Zabbix install on CentOS 5.3. We’ve used Zabbix for the past 3 or 4 years and just implementing 1.6.5 across multiple Xen nodes for funky distributed monitoring.
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Ardunio Visible Distance Detector
I’ve had the Arduino Mini Pro for about 2 months now, but as I forgot to order/have some sort of USB FTDI converter I’ve not been able to play with it. As part of another planned project I intend to use the SRF02 ultrasonic sensor to detect and alert upon someone getting too close to [...]
Arduino and HD44780 LCD
I’ve just been playing with a new HD44780 4×20 LCD from ebay on the Arduino. As I’m still ‘playing’ I’ve tried to document a kind of breadboard interface for the Arduino to LCD. It should help me to remember how things are setup so I can use it a modular fashion later.
Can handle paper clips, cds, cars…
I couldn’t really understand the hype about destroying expensive shiny toys and random objects with kitchen equipment.
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Web Remote Control Crane
Harking back to the online coffee pot and office wandering robot, I was pleased to find this gem via hacker news.
