Managing a blog can be a hassle. Operating system updates, blog software updates, and server security take up tons of time. Don’t forget about scaling your blog if you get popular. Inspired by the Rackspace DevOps post on their new blog format, I’ve setup my own version using Pelican instead of Octopress .

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This tutorial will assume you have two systems to manage your blog.

• Local Workstation
• Remote Server

The local workstation will be used to manage your blog posts, as well as uploading the content. This system will need git and Pelican installed.

I ran into an interesting problem today when installing the newly released Fedora 18 . It was quite annoying, so I wanted to document it here.

Using the new installer, I configured my computer’s host name to subdomain.domain.com on the network setup page. After I finished the installation, I noticed my host name was still the default localhost.localdomain. I tried the usual tricks to set the host name, but all the following tactics failed:

The Battle for Wesnoth is a turn based strategy game that has unique and fun campaigns and great multiplayer maps. Playing on the official server is fun, but sometimes you’ll want a private server on which you and your close friends can play.

Installing the Server Software

Most popular Linux distributions have the wesnoth-server package available in their repositories. For this example, I’ll be installing this service on a machine running Fedora 17. To install the Wesnoth multiplayer service, run the following command as root on your machine.

Strong passwords are important, today more than ever. Clever passwords like “Password123”, “hunter2” , and just the letter “a” just won’t cut it anymore. How can someone create strong passwords, use a different one for every account they have, and still remember them all? KeePassX is the answer.

KeePassX

KeePassX is a password database. It allows you to create an encrypted database file to hold all of your passwords. You unlock this database with a single master password. Since you choose where to save this database file, this tool has an edge over cloud based password tools like LastPass . It also has tools that allow you to generate really secure and random passwords.

Everyone has a collection of documents and pictures that are important to them. Don’t make the mistake of not backing up these files.

I keep all of my music, pictures, and important files in Dropbox. You receive 2 GB of storage free (plus a small bump of free space if you use my referral link .) Once you install Dropbox and choose your folder location, make sure you put all of your important files in the Dropbox Folder.