CensusCensus
I’m just completing Jeff and Pia Waugh’s Australian Open Source Industry & Community Census [1]. There are some things that can be improved with that survey in particular and surveys[...]
Blogger is Not for Serious BloggingBlogger is Not for Serious Blogging
When I started blogging I used Blogger [1]. After some time I decided that it did not offer me the freedom I desired. I could not easily make changes (I[...]
DMCA and Sci-FiDMCA and Sci-Fi
My previous post about the SFWA falsely issuing DMCA take-down notices [1] has got some reactions, many of which indicate a lack of clear reading of my post. I am[...]
Context of /dev/xvc0Context of /dev/xvc0
I have just converted a Fedora Core 5 server to a CentOS 5 Xen Dom0 with Fedora Core 5 as a DomU. The process took a little longer than expected[...]
Multiple DNS NamesMultiple DNS Names
There are many situations where multiple DNS names for a single IP address that runs a single service are useful. One common example is with business web servers that have[...]
Custom Search for Planet Linux AustraliaCustom Search for Planet Linux Australia
Here is a Google Custom Search for Planet Linux Australia (homepage): Related posts: Google Custom Search Engine I’ve just been experimenting with Google Custom Search [1]. Below... planet debian I[...]
Google Custom Search EngineGoogle Custom Search Engine
I’ve just been experimenting with Google Custom Search [1]. Below are two custom search engines I created to generate searches for Planet Debian and Planet Ubuntu (for each Planet it[...]
Uncategorized
Categories for Best and Most Popular PostsCategories for Best and Most Popular Posts
I have just added two new categories to my blog, one is for the most popular posts [1] (as indicated by the number of hits on the permalink pages). The[...]
The Surge and War for OilThe Surge and War for Oil
On scienceblogs.com there is an interesting article about statistics and “The Surge” in Iraq [1]. It explains how there is not yet enough data to statistically determine whether The Surge[...]
Web-ScabsWeb-Scabs
I have just read an interesting post by Ted Ts’O about copyright protection on the net [1]. Ted is well known as a free software programmer, but it’s slightly less[...]