Gear Acquisition SyndromeGear Acquisition Syndrome
I have just read an interesting post about Gear Acquisition Syndrome [1] as applied to the guitar industry. Apparently it’s common for people to spend a lot of time and[...]
Comparing Debian and FedoraComparing Debian and Fedora
A common question is how to compare Fedora [1] and Debian [2] in terms of recent updates and support. I think that Fedora Rawhide and Debian/Unstable are fairly equivalent in[...]
ISP Password Change by Untrusted PeopleISP Password Change by Untrusted People
After dealing with Optus phone support [1] in regard to a routine request for a password change I have been thinking about better ways of managing password changes for a[...]
Duplicating a Xen DomUDuplicating a Xen DomU
A fairly common request is to be able to duplicate a Xen instance. For example you might have a DomU for the purpose of running WordPress and want another DomU[...]
Citing References in Blog PostsCiting References in Blog Posts
A significant problem with the old-fashioned media is that as a general rule they don’t cite references for anything. Some of the better TV documentaries and non-fiction books cite references,[...]
Dead LinksDead Links
I’ve found a reasonably good free spider for checking for dead links, www.dead-links.com. When I told it to spider my main site www.coker.com.au it worked well and informed me of[...]
George Monbiot’s Solution to Emissions TradingGeorge Monbiot’s Solution to Emissions Trading
I previously posted about Interesting Ideas from George Monbiot, one of which was to establish individual emissions trading. Gyros Geier disagrees with this and cites the current emission trading schemes[...]
Photography and Censorship at APECPhotography and Censorship at APEC
World News Australia reports that Police forced three tourists to delete photos of a fence. Apparently the officers in question believed that such photos would be a threat to security.[...]
Optus Password changemeOptus Password changeme
I have just given my parents a new computer, and part of the upgrade process lost their email passwords (which were stored in KDE preferences – this seems to happen[...]
Out Of Memory Errors and ApacheOut Of Memory Errors and Apache
I’ve been having problems with one of my Xen virtual servers crashing with kernel error messages regarding OOM conditions. One thing I had been meaning to do is to determine[...]