Archive for November, 2011

Rain Gods: A Novel

Published by admin on November 20, 2011 under Fiction

A slight detour on the Burke highway with some interesting scenery.

Rain Gods: A Novel

The Glass Rainbow: A Dave Robicheaux Novel

Published by admin on November 20, 2011 under Fiction

A weird tale that ends with a punch in the face.

The Glass Rainbow: A Dave Robicheaux Novel

Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II

Published by admin on November 15, 2011 under Military

Kind of story that makes fiction seem pointless.

Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II

Dexter Is Delicious

Published by admin on November 10, 2011 under Fiction

The mental equivalent of oreos and ice cream.

Dexter Is Delicious (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)

The Return of the King

Published by admin on November 10, 2011 under Fiction

The gang is all here – time to watch the movies again.

The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings

The Two Towers

Published by admin on November 10, 2011 under Fiction

The muddle in the middle – some fun stuff but drags at times.

The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings

How To Get X11 Working On An EC2 AMI

Published by admin on November 9, 2011 under Coding

I had installed Xming and PuTTy, but couldn’t get an x window to load in EC2. This fixed it:

$ sudo yum install xauth xeyes
$ xeyes

echo $DISPLAY should return localhost:10.0 on the AMI

Should be set to localhost:0 in PuTTy Connection/SSH/X11/X Display location

root SSH access on Amazon Linux AMI instance

Published by admin on November 9, 2011 under Coding

sudo su

Enable ping through Win 2008 firewall

Published by admin on November 8, 2011 under Coding

netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8 disable