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YouTube Legal at BYU?

The third most popular website on the internet has just been unblocked by Brigham Young University (BYU).  YouTube has been blocked since Fall 2006.  BYU blocked YouTube because students could access pornographic and adult content.  They also claimed that BYU bandwidth should be used for academic purposes.  YouTube uses much bandwidth, and in the University’s [...]

Hulu Desktop Beta

Hulu has recently released “Hulu Desktop Beta” as a desktop alternative to using a web browser.  Hulu is a website that provides on-demand streaming video of TV Shows, Movies, and clips.  I do not own a television because of services like Hulu.
I have been impressed with Hulu Desktop for the week I have been using [...]

Using DNS to Forward All Subdomains

DNS is used to translate domain names into IP addresses. If you have ever owned a domain name, you have probably had to mess with DNS at least a little bit. In this article, I will tell you about forwarding all of your subdomains using a wildcard in your A (Host) DNS records.
Why:
Here are some [...]

How to Flush Your Local DNS

In this article, Joe Russell explains how to flush your local dns
Why?

DNS is used to translate a domain name into an ip address.  As a webmaster you will probably change multiple settings within your DNS server while configuring your web sites.  Whenever your OS needs to lookup a domain, it contacts a remote DNS server [...]

The Requested Operation Requires Elevation (Windows Vista)

I’m Joe Russell, and in this article I will explain the “The requested operation requires elevation” message in Windows Vista.

Why?
In my days of tech support, I found a fast way to open the command prompt using (Windows key) + R, cmd, (ENTER). Since upgrading to Windows Vista, this has proven to be a less [...]

thejoerussell.com Opens Its Doors!

Congratulations!  I’m Joe Russell, and you have stumbled upon my personal website.
A few things about myself and this site you may want to know:

I am working on my masters degree in Information Systems at Brigham Young University
This website is a tool to help me to learn linux
Thejoerussell.com is currently being run on a Ubuntu Server [...]