I’ve written a couple blog posts referring to teamspeak 3 (ts3) by now. In both of those articles, I mentioned that it was a pain in the ass to manage permissions. Yeah well, I forgot to mention another problem it has: crashing for no reason.
Sorry Drupal, You're Too High Maintenance
Some here who have read my articles know that briefly I had them running on Drupal. I’d heard about drupal through a fellow web developer of mine, who said using drupal to make his websites was really easy, and made his life a lot easier since he didn’t have to develop things from scratch.
What he didn’t tell me was that Drupal was a constant annoying pain in the ass, requiring lots of time wasted on trying to fix and maintain the damn thing.
IT Support Conundrum: Why Windows Sucks at Permissions
I’m a junior web developer at my company. They give me a nice laptop with a dock that includes 2 additional monitors (neither of which go up to 1920X1080 resolution…). When I log into my pc, I have a profile set up for me on that pc. That profile is under the Administrator group.
You wanna know what’s funny about that? It’s a big damn lie.
Taking Control of the MMORPG – A LOTRO Burglar's Tale
I thought I’d mix it up a bit here with technology and throw in some gamer tips. Chances are, if you’re into technology, you most likely play video games as well. I don’t plan on having a gamer blog, because I’m a casual gamer and have no idea what I’m doing… so I’ll leave it here inside the technobabble, since video games are familiar to the realm of technology (hell, video games are the driving force behind technological change in today’s industry).
From Ubuntu to Debian – The Training Wheels Are Off
So now you’ve read how I got to an Ubuntu Server running teamspeak, subsonic, minecraft, and apache… Well, recall that all of this runs on a repurposed Dell tower. This Dell tower has 3GB of ram, 80GB hard drive space, and a single-core processor that goes up to 3.40-somthing GHz. This tower can’t do it all.
I now run 2 minecraft servers (sometimes even 3) which because of java use a lot of memory and resources. My uncle had no further use for his dell when he switched it up to a mac (pff) so he gave me his Dell tower. It’s superior to mine, minus the graphics card. Same ram, but better processor (dual-core), and more than half a terabyte of storage. Not too shabby.
Books Are Deprecated Sources of Information
I don’t think physical print is worth the trouble of using it anymore. Electronically-obtained information is superior to physical information storage (aka paper) in every way. Society needs to rethink their assumption about printed material being more qualified or having more worth than internet material.
Tutorial – How to Run Your Very Own Teamspeak 3 Server
Update: I don’t bother using teamspeak 3 anymore. I prefer Mumble now. I’ll leave this tutorial up, however, because I’m sure there are those who still for whatever masochistic reason prefer teamspeak, or at the very least want documented proof of why teamspeak 3 is such a pain in the ass.
Update 2: man how time flies. Somewhere in 2016 (October 25 if my dokuwiki is to be believed), I discovered the awesomeness that is Discord. Never become complacent - always take a look at what else is out there, and stay ahead of the curve. Godspeed, nerds.
This tutorial focuses on getting the server to run, and giving you access to change anything you want about it. This is where it ends, because I’m not very clear on how to change things about the server aside from channels. Teamspeak 3 isn’t very intuitive with regards to changing parts of your server, and if I can’t make sense of it there’s no way I’ll be able to explain it in a way that’ll make sense to you.
Also note: I’ve heard some say the best practice is to make a separate user for the teamspeak server to run off of. That sounds like a great idea, but I’m too impatient to jump through hoops like that, so I’ll focus on getting the server onto your machine, running it, getting serverquery, and setting your machine up to always start teamspeak when it boots up.
Teamspeak – Because Typing is Just Too Slow
My friends and I all started with Teamspeak 2. This was how we spoke with one another while playing final fantasy XI. We finally got to hear what we sounded like, and we didn’t have to type anymore. When you’re in the midst of a good fight, you’re too busy with your hands on the fighting buttons to worry about typing a message to your friend saying “he’s about to use special attack alpha!” That’s the last thing you need to be worried about. It’s easier, and faster, to just say it out loud.
Tutorial – How to Set Up a LAMP Webserver in Ubuntu10.10
I’ve read guides galore, and none of them were straightforward enough to just tell me what to do. I decided to make one here. I felt it unfair that I had to have so much difficulty when Ubuntu is something I want to be easy for noobs.
Webs.com – If You Want Something Done Right, You Have To Do It Yourself
I used to have a website on Webs.com; it was a Maddox-inspired website. I wrote articles that were just rants about things that were bothering me, and it just felt good to write in that style. It’s abrasive, vulgar, aggressive, and all-round negative writing. It contains harsh language, anger, and an ignorant condescending attitude. Everything the growing body needs.
My site consisted of little more than text on the screen, with the occasional picture up to further illustrate my point. These pictures were all PG-13 or lower.