praying for rainpraying for rain
Paul Dwerryhouse posted a comment about the Prime Minister asking people to pray for rain. I don’t think that Johnny is suggesting this because he’s overly religious (compare his actions[...]
a Heartbeat developer comments on my blog posta Heartbeat developer comments on my blog post
Alan Robertson (a major contributor to the Heartbeat project) commented on my post failure probability and clusters. His comment deserves wider readership than a comment generally gets so I’m making[...]
2 node vs 3+ node clusters2 node vs 3+ node clusters
A comment on my post about the failure probability of clusters suggested that a six node cluster that has one node fail should become a five node cluster. The problem[...]
failure probability and clustersfailure probability and clusters
When running a high-availability cluster of two nodes it will generally be configured such that if one node fails then the other runs. Some common operation (such as accessing a[...]
Debian/Etch release party in Melbourne – AustraliaDebian/Etch release party in Melbourne – Australia
We are having a release party on Saturday the 14th of April. We meet at mid-day under the clocks at Flinders Street Station and then go somewhere convenient and not[...]
Spooks and GConfSpooks and GConf
Jeff Waugh wrote an amusing post about SE Linux and GConf support. It’s good to see SE Linux being promoted to the GNOME community. Related posts: music for children Adam[...]
presentations about SE Linuxpresentations about SE Linux
I have just read the Presentation Zen blog post about PowerPoint. One of the interesting suggestions was that it’s not effective to present the same information twice, so you don’t[...]
Xen and SE Linux – EWeek review of RHEL5Xen and SE Linux – EWeek review of RHEL5
The online magazine EWeek has done a review of RHEL5. It’s quite a positive review which can be summarised as “good support for Xen as service (not an appliance), better[...]
what is a BOF?what is a BOF?
BOF stands for Birds Of a Feather, it’s an informal session run at a conference usually without any formal approval by the people who run the conference. Often conferences have[...]
A Strange Interpretation of the US Constitution About CopyrightA Strange Interpretation of the US Constitution About Copyright
In a blog on infoworld the following strange statement appeared: The US Constitution is clear that the reason for copyright/patent/etc. is to benefit creators of property, not users of property.[...]