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Archive for December, 2008

Flash Media Server 3 RedHat Linux Install – Error: Flash Media Server needs the NSPR library installed.

After installing FMS3 on a couple of brand new servers running RedHat Linux Enterprise, I found that the FMS server would not successfully boot even though there were no errors reported during the install.

The following error was produced when attempting to start the server from command line:

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Mac OS X Screen Capture, Default Image Format and How To Change It

Most of you Mac users are probably aware of the screen capture features that are part of Mac OS X: the Grab utility, the keyboard shortcut commands and the screencapture command in Terminal. No?

Let’s look at the options:

Grab

The Grab application (Applications->Utilities->Grab.app) is a free, built-in screen capture program in Mac OS X that allows you to capture an area with the selection tool, a window, the whole screen and even the whole screen in Timed mode. The last option gives you time to move items or whatever for 10 seconds before taking the snapshot.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are a very fast way to snap screen captures once you memorized them:

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Adobe Flash Media Server 3 Admin Password Retrieval/Reset

So what do you do if somehow your admin password is no longer authenticating when you try to log into the Flash Media Server Admin Console on the web?

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Dallas’ Motopia Cafe Shifts To Private-Member Status Effective Jan. 1, 2009

The unique Motopia Cafe has announced on it’s website that it will become a private club starting January 2009. It’s unfortunate that founders Rene Larrave and Ramir Camu have decided to monetize the business in this way.

Motopia is becoming a private club.

Motopia is becoming a private club.

Motopia is unique in Dallas in that it has been a European-styled cafe built around a full-service motorcycle garage and, oddly, a business center. The ambiance, food and coffee offered at Motopia set it apart from any other cycle-centric establishment in the DFW area but had always been open to the general public.

Memberships will initially be limited to 100 people with an initiation fee of $100 and monthly dues of $100. (They should be calling it the 100 Club.)

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