Zak Ainsworth

Latest Project: Twitter/PFT Mashup

zak — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:17:42 +0000

For awhile now I’ve been wanting to do this but I haven’t been able to find the time. However, this weekend I finally was able to through together a simple app (ruby) to put Pro Football Talk (PFT) on Twitter.

You can follow PFT here.

iPod Video For Sale

zak — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:00:34 +0000

I’ve decided to sell my Apple iPod 30GB Video. It’s in great shape and works perfectly. So, if you’re in the market for an iPod, check it out on eBay.

Dropbox Launches Publicly

zak — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:27:51 +0000

Dropbox is a new service that lets you share files between Windows, Mac and even Linux. It’s incredibly easy to use and is absolutely free. It’s been in private beta for a while now but just launched publicly today! Go to the website and sign up now!

Fantasy Football

zak — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:34:11 +0000

Well, it’s that time again… Football season is upon us. And with football season comes fantasy football. This year I’m in three leagues (yikes). I was in three leagues last year and had a really hard time keeping up with all of them. This year will not be a repeat.

I’ve already drafted for all three teams and I have to say that I did okay. It could have been better…a lot better. But I’m content with what I have. Here are the rosters for all three of my teams:

Stupid Steelers		Blue Team		Purple Pride
Ben Roethlisberger, Pit	QB	Carson Palmer, Cin	QB	Tony Romo, Dal	QB
Eli Manning, NYG	QB	Brett Favre, NYJ	QB	Vince Young, Ten	QB
Marion Barber, Dal	RB	Edgerrin James, Ari	RB	Joseph Addai, Ind	RB
Larry Johnson, KC	RB	Reggie Bush, NO	RB	Larry Johnson, KC	RB
Laurence Maroney, NE	RB	DeAngelo Williams, Car	RB	Selvin Young, Den	RB
Ronnie Brown, Mia	RB	Ray Rice, Bal	RB	Anquan Boldin, Ari	WR
DeAngelo Williams, Car	RB	Shaun Alexander, FA	RB	Marvin Harrison, Ind	WR
T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Cin	WR	T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Cin	WR	Hines Ward, Pit	WR
Wes Welker, NE	WR	Jerricho Cotchery, NYJ	WR	Nate Burleson, Sea	WR
Nate Burleson, Sea	WR	Derrick Mason, Bal	WR	David Patten, NO	WR
Jerricho Cotchery, NYJ	WR	D.J. Hackett, Car	WR	Todd Heap, Bal	TE
Tony Scheffler, Den	TE	Todd Heap, Bal	TE	Randy McMichael, StL	TE
Alge Crumpler, Ten	TE	Zach Miller, Oak	TE	Matt Stover, Bal	K
Adam Vinatieri, Ind	K	Rian Lindell, Buf	K	Colts Defense, Ind	D/ST
Steelers Defense, Pit	D/ST	Adam Vinatieri, Ind	K	Packers Defense, GB	D/ST
49ers Defense, SF	D/ST	49ers Defense, SF	D/ST
		Colts Defense, Ind	D/ST

This fantasy football season is going to be a lot of fun. I’ll be posting every so often about my progress throughout the season. Wish me luck!

RHCT Certified

zak — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:26:54 +0000

This past week I’ve been in Red Hat training for their RHCT certification. The class was fun and I learned a lot. On Friday I took the 3 hour certification exam. It was challenging but I passed with 100%. Now I’m officially a Red Hat Certified Technician.

The next step is becoming RHCE certified. I’ll be scheduling that class hopefully for some time early 2009.

CentOS: Free Red Hat Enterprise Linux

zak — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:00:17 +0000

Awhile back I was looking for a Linux operating system to do some testing on. I needed to test on Red Hat Enterprise Linux but was not about to pay out the $349/yr for a RHEL license. I’m just to cheap for that. That’s when I stumbled upon CentOS.

CentOS is a free version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux… Well, kind of.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is technically an open source operating system…meaning the source code is publicly available. However, the compiled operating system requires a license which costs money.

CentOS is built from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux source code. Any Red Hat branding and artwork is removed. Also, any non-free packages are altered in compliance with the Red Hat redistribution policies. You can read more about this here.

The current CentOS version is CentOS 5. In my experience, CentOS 5 runs great and is identical to RHEL 5 under the hood. I’ve been running it on my server at home for several months now with no issues.