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  • Look Ma, I’m on PlanetGeek

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    Odrakir

    In case you didn’t noticed, I’m now part of the best portuguese Tech Blog community – Planetgeek.org Hey guys, am I the last member of 2010 or the first one of 2011? 😉

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  • My Mac Died…

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    Odrakir

    … but it’s now back from the grave. I have a Macbook Pro built in 2008. It was the last “Discrete” model made before the “Unibody” model. Although it’s a great machine, the graphics card was the cursed Nvidia Geforce 8600M GT. Basically, I hade a time bomb inside my Mac, and by Murphy’s law,

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  • Still on Squid integration with Active Directory

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    Odrakir

    I wrote a post a few months ago explaining briefly how to integrate a Squid proxy with a Microsoft Windows Active Directory. While with Windows XP and Vista the single sign on works flawlessly, with Windows 7 it needs a little tweak. You’ll need to change your a GPO on your AD: Computer configuration >

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  • Integrating Squid with Active Directory

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    Odrakir

    Recently I needed to integrate a Squid Proxy server in an Active Directory environment. The main objective was to grant / deny access to the Internet by user / group validation, using single sign on. The solution might not be the most elegant, but it’s a working one. You’ll need to install the Kerberos, Samba,

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  • LAN IPs on Mail.app Email Headers

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    Odrakir

    Dear Apple, please explain why is my computer (added to not be mistaken with the router’s IP) LAN IP address showing on the email headers of the mails I send with Mail.app. Thanks! Bellow, in red, my computer’s private LAN IP Address. In green my Router’s Public/WAN IP address which is “normal” to be included

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  • The Art of Community – Now Free

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    Odrakir

    Jono Bacon has released his book “The Art of Community” under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Creative Commons license, which means you can download and read it legally. If you like it, follow the author’s advice: Firstly, buying a copy sends a tremendous message to O’Reilly that they should continue to publish books (a) about community and

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  • Asus EEE PC 1008 HA SeaShell

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    Odrakir

    Until a few weeks ago, the netbook market / scene was a bit of a unknown thing to me. I lacked the information mainly because I was never attracted to small notebooks and netbooks felt into that “class”. What made me change my mind? Well, my wife often mentioned she would like to have a

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