Robots vs SheepRobots vs Sheep
Mark Greenaway writes about writes about robots being designed to remove weeds from farms. This seems like a bad idea given that we currently have an energy crisis due to[...]
Fragmenting Information about JobsFragmenting Information about Jobs
A comment on my previous post about my Linux Jobs Blog suggested that I shouldn’t fragment the information. However I believe that fragmenting the information is ideal due to the[...]
The War Was About Oil!The War Was About Oil!
They admit the truth at last: “We need to ensure, notwithstanding the significant natural resources that our country has been blessed with, that we are able to access the energy[...]
CPU time use from WordPress JavascriptCPU time use from WordPress Javascript
Currently I have some significant problems with Javascript CPU use when editing my WordPress blog. Some operations take about 10 seconds to complete which involves Konqueror using 100% CPU time.[...]
Linux Job AdsLinux Job Ads
It seems to me that we need to have syndicated feeds for Linux job adverts. To start this I have created a new blog for Linux job adverts, it will[...]
New Storage DevelopmentsNew Storage Developments
Eweek has an article on a new 1TB Seagate drive. Most home users don’t have a need for 1TB of storage (the only way I’ve ever filled a 300G drive[...]
Committing Data to DiskCommitting Data to Disk
I’ve just watched the video of Stewart Smith’s LCA talk Eat My Data about writing applications to store data reliably and not lose it. The reason I watched it was[...]
Strange SATA Disk PerformanceStrange SATA Disk Performance
Below is a GNUPlot graph of ZCAV output from a 250G SATA disk. The disk has something wrong with it (other disks of the same brand in machines of the[...]
Advertising Free Software ProjectsAdvertising Free Software Projects
Today I just noticed the following advert on one of my web pages: MINIX3 is a new reliable free operating system. Smaller than Linux. Try it It’s free! www.minix3.org This[...]
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Xen and HeartbeatXen and Heartbeat
Xen (a system for running multiple virtual Linux machines) and has some obvious benefits for testing Heartbeat (the clustering system) – the cheapest new machine that is on sale in[...]