Cheap Bulk StorageCheap Bulk Storage
The Problem Some of my clients need systems that store reasonable amounts of data. This is enough data that we can expect some data corruption on disk such that traditional[...]
Author: etbe
Asperger Syndrome – Disability vs “Over Pathologising”Asperger Syndrome – Disability vs “Over Pathologising”
Is Asperger Syndrome a Disability? Some people tell me that I’m disabled. Usually it’s an unstated implication such as referring to Asperger Syndrome as a disability with the assumption that[...]
Links September 2012Links September 2012
Scott Adams has an interesting idea for political debates he calls “Fact Bubbler” [1]. It sounds implausible the first time you read it, but then so did Wikipedia. Arstechnica has[...]
Server Use Per PersonServer Use Per Person
I’ve just read Diego’s response to an ill-informed NYT article about data-center power efficiency [1]. This makes me wonder, how much server use does each person have? Google Almost everyone[...]
Australian Mobile Phone CostsAustralian Mobile Phone Costs
I previously wrote about the changes to bundling prices by Virgin (which are similar to changes by other telcos) which make it uneconomical to take a bundled phone [1]. This[...]
Changing Phone Prices in AustraliaChanging Phone Prices in Australia
18 months ago when I signed up with Virgin Mobile [1] the data transfer quotas were 200MB on the $29 per month plan and 1.5G on the $39 per month[...]
Servers in the OfficeServers in the Office
I just had a conversation with someone who thinks that their office should have no servers. The office in question has four servers, an Internet gateway/firewall system, the old file[...]
Back to the Xperia X10Back to the Xperia X10
10 months ago I was given a Samsung Galaxy S Android phone [1] to replace my Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. I also installed Cyanogenmod on it (here is a more[...]
Links August 2012Links August 2012
Google are providing some really good employee benefits including benefits to a life partner of a deceased employee [1]. It’s not known if all those benefits are available outside the[...]
Woolworths Maths FailWoolworths Maths Fail
The above is a picture of the chocolate display at Woolworths, an Australian supermarket that was formerly known as Safeway – it had the same logo as the US Safeway[...]