Ethernet Interface NamingEthernet Interface Naming
As far as I recall the standard for naming Linux Ethernet devices has always been ethX where X is a number starting at 0. Until fairly recently the interface names[...]
Author: etbe
Cyborgs solving Protein Folding problemsCyborgs solving Protein Folding problems
Arstechnica has an interesting article about protein folding problems being solved by a combination of brute-force software and human pattern recognition in the form of a computer game [1]. Here[...]
The Lord of the FriesThe Lord of the Fries
Today I bought a box of fries from The Lord of the Fries [1]. I bought it from their new stand at Flinders St station because I was going past[...]
Why Clusters Usually Don’t WorkWhy Clusters Usually Don’t Work
It’s widely regarded that to solve reliability problems you can just install a cluster. It’s quite obvious that if instead of having one system of a particular type you have[...]
WordPress MaintainabilityWordPress Maintainability
For a while I’ve been maintaining my own WordPress packages. I use quite a few plugins that weren’t included in Debian, some of them have unclear licenses so they can’t[...]
Pre-Meeting Lightning TalksPre-Meeting Lightning Talks
This evening I arrived at the LUV [1] meeting half an hour before it started. I was one of about a dozen people sitting in the room waiting, some of[...]
Yubikeys Have ArrivedYubikeys Have Arrived
In my previous post about the Yubikey I suggested that computer users’ groups should arrange bulk purchases to get the best prices [1]. I ran such a buying club for[...]
Creating a SE Linux Chroot environmentCreating a SE Linux Chroot environment
Why use a Chroot environment? A large part of the use of chroot environments is for the purpose of security, it used to be the only way of isolating a[...]
Links July 2010Links July 2010
David Byrne gave an interesting TED talk about how changes to architecture drove changes to musical styles [1]. I think he does stretch the point a little. To a certain[...]
SE Linux status in Debian/SqueezeSE Linux status in Debian/Squeeze
ffmpeg I’ve updated my SE Linux repository for Squeeze to include a modified version of the ffmpeg packages without MMX support for the i386 architecture. When MMX support is enabled[...]