Earlier tonight I was attempting to install ‘rar’ onto my FreeBSD system.  unrar was already installed.  Weird how I had one but not the other.  Anyway, when I attempted to install the port, I got an error!

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The shape of the web is changing these days, and nobody is sure where it is leading.  A real problem for everyone involved has been how some of these cool new technologies can be monetized.  Ad serving is one area to explore for this.  Helping in this regard is OpenX.

If you haven’t already heard, OpenX is a free open source ad server.  Descended from the code bases of phpAdsNew and Max Media Manager, OpenX (previously OpenAds) is hands down the best solution out there right now for websites wanting to get into the ad game.

Taking some time yesterday to poke around the OpenX website, I discovered that there was a lot more than meets the eye.  Go beyond the pretty new look and feel, and you’ll find one of the most feature complete websites for an open source project around…
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