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[...]
LED Headlights in Audi Sports CarLED Headlights in Audi Sports Car
It’s interesting to see that Audi is releasing a car with LEDs for all lights including the headlights. This is being promoted as an environmental benefit, however a quick google[...]
SE Linux vs chrootSE Linux vs chroot
A question that is often asked is whether to use SE Linux or a chroot to restrict a program. In Unix chroot is a way of running a program with[...]
Music VideosMusic Videos
I’ve been thinking about music videos recently while compiling a list of my favourite videos of all time. It seems that YouTube has changed things through the re-mixes of videos[...]
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When to Use SE LinuxWhen to Use SE Linux
Recently someone asked on IRC whether they should use SE Linux on a web server machine (that is being used for no other purpose) and then went on to add[...]
Suggestions and ThanksSuggestions and Thanks
One problem with the blog space is that there is a lot of negativity. Many people seem to think that if they don’t like a blog post then the thing[...]
Feedburner Item Link ClicksFeedburner Item Link Clicks
For a while I used the Item Link Clicks feature in Feedburner. For those who aren’t aware Feedburner is a service that proxies access to an RSS feed (you need[...]
Controlling a STONITH and Upgrading a ClusterControlling a STONITH and Upgrading a Cluster
One situation that you will occasionally encounter when running a Heartbeat cluster is a need to prevent a STONITH of a node. As documented in my previous post about testing[...]
Colorado Software Summit 2007Colorado Software Summit 2007
On about 5 years I attended the conference The Colorado Software Summit. The first one was the last conference under the old name (ColoradOS/2) but then as OS/2 was rapidly[...]
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A Great Advertising Web SiteA Great Advertising Web Site
The site noonebelongsheremorethanyou.com is an advert for a book of short stories. The web site is funny and quirky (two qualities that are required for a site to become virally[...]