google readergoogle reader
From a suggestion on my previous blog entry I decided to test out google reader. The first problem was that it caused Konqueror to SEGV in etch, I filed a[...]
planet – resource useplanet – resource use
I just noticed that /usr/bin/planetplanet is using about 120M of RAM. This isn’t currently a problem as I’m running it on a machine with 256M of RAM, however I would[...]
DOSing Windows VistaDOSing Windows Vista
Chris Samual writes a good summary of Peter Gutmann’s analysis of the cost of Vista (in terms of DRM). The following paragraph in the article however seemed more interesting to[...]
MythTVMythTV
I’ve just been trying to set up a MythTV system, I’ve had the hardware for this for a while but until my TV broke I hadn’t found the time to[...]
installing Debian Etchinstalling Debian Etch
A few days ago I installed Debian/Etch on my Thinkpad. One of the reasons for converting from Fedora to Debian is that I need to run Xen and Fedora doesn’t[...]
another visual migraineanother visual migraine
This morning while travelling to work by tram I had another visual migraine. It was a little worse than last time, not only did everything I focussed on appear to[...]
encryption speed – Debian vs Fedoraencryption speed – Debian vs Fedora
I’m in the process of converting my Fedora/rawhide laptop to Debian. On Fedora the AES encrypted filesystems deliver about 38MB/s read speed according to dd. On Debian the speed is[...]
hybrid Lexus is best luxury carhybrid Lexus is best luxury car
The Lexus GS 450 hybrid petrol/electric car has been given the award for Australia’s best luxury car! The judging for this contest rated fuel efficiency as low importance, because luxury[...]
interesting thingsinteresting things
/tmp /mnt/bind bind bind 0 0 Today I discovered that the above syntax works in the /etc/fstab file. This enables a bind mount of /tmp to /mnt/bind which effectively makes[...]
AMD developer CenterAMD developer Center
This morning I received an email from the AMD Developer Center advising me that I need to fill out their NDA if I want access to their development machines. I[...]