IDE hard drivesIDE hard drives
I just lent two 80G IDE drives to a friend, and he re-paid me with 160G drives. Generally I don’t mind people repaying hardware loans with better gear (much better[...]
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xenxen
I’m currently working on a little Debian Xen server, and I encountered a few problems that aren’t documented. The first problem I found was that serial ports don’t work with[...]
Hans ReiserHans Reiser
According to this article in the San Francisco Chronicle Hans Reiser pled “not guilty” to the charge of murdering his wife. This isn’t particularly exciting news as all previous indications[...]
economics of a computer store (why they don’t stock what you want)economics of a computer store (why they don’t stock what you want)
In some mailing list discussions recently some people demonstrated a lack of knowledge of the economics of a shop. Having run a shop for a few years (an Internet Cafe)[...]
flash for main storageflash for main storage
I was in a discussion about flash on a closed mailing list, so I’ll post my comments here. I believe that flash will soon be suitable for main storage on[...]
Sell a BandSell a Band
sellaband.com has an interesting business model. If you want to make money from your band you can sign up to their site and create a web site with some sample[...]
religious requirements for free software developmentreligious requirements for free software development
Relgions commonly require contributions to charitable causes and helping other people. Developing free software without expecting a reward seems to fit that criteria. If my primary religious belief (atheism) turns[...]
Xen and serial portsXen and serial ports
Currently there is a serious problem with Xen. Fedora Core 5 with kernel 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5xen and Debian/unstable with kernel 2.6.18-1-xen-686 will not recognise both PC serial ports, and it appears that[...]
day 8 of the beardday 8 of the beard
The beard is still growing steadily, and I’m still waiting for the beardly powers that some of the bearded delegates at LCA 2006 assured me that I would develop. Related[...]
debate via wikidebate via wiki
Lars Wirzenius seems to be seconding my idea for using wikis to solve contentious issues. My latest idea in this regard is to have several wiki pages, one for each[...]