Hydrogen Powered Cars Will Never WorkHydrogen Powered Cars Will Never Work
One of the most important issues for a commodity fuel for vehicles is that it be convenient and safe to transport. For quite a while LP Gas has been available[...]
Writing a CV for a Contract PositionWriting a CV for a Contract Position
There is a lot of career advice related to writing CVs in books and floating around the net. Unfortunately almost all of it is tailored to permanent positions. Some advice[...]
Never IRC as RootNever IRC as Root
Ben Fowler blogs about the issues related to running IRC as root. Google searches for (irc client exploit) and (irc client “buffer overflow”) give a number of interesting web pages.[...]
Solar Hot Water – Not ExpensiveSolar Hot Water – Not Expensive
The Australian has a new Environment writer named Matthew Warren who has a history of doing PR work for the coal industry. This has the potential for insightful articles based[...]
Does Having Fewer Rules Inspire Hard Work?Does Having Fewer Rules Inspire Hard Work?
I was recently talking to a client about the lack of guidelines for acceptable personal use of office resources in his company. He rejected the suggestion that he provide any[...]
Designing Computers for Small BusinessDesigning Computers for Small Business
Dell just sent me a letter advertising their new Vostro line “especially for small business“. They say “we listened, then we listened some more” and explain that it’s based on[...]
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Base Load Solar PowerBase Load Solar Power
A frequent criticism of solar power is that the sun only shines brightly for part of the day, and that many of the times when there is significant electrical load[...]
Water Prices and ScarcityWater Prices and Scarcity
Due to climate change and population increases we are having increasing problems with the water supply in Australia. Peter Lieverdink suggests that we have more options for water supply including[...]
Cheney Flip-Flopped on IraqCheney Flip-Flopped on Iraq
Here’s an interesting CSPAN interview with Dick Cheney from 1994. It’s amazing how accurate Dick’s analysis of the Iraq situation was in 1994 when justifying the decision to merely destroy[...]
The Start of My Computer CareerThe Start of My Computer Career
When I was about 11 years old I decided that I wanted a career related to computers. My first computer was the TEC-1 single-board Z80 based kit computer from Talking[...]