upliftuplift
For a long time I’ve enjoyed reading books by David Brin. Not only does he have some good sci-fi ideas and a good writing style, but he’s also a cool[...]
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RAID etcRAID etc
On a closed mailing list someone wrote: 2 X 120gb ide drives installed as slaves on each ide channels. … Presto. A 230’ish GB storage NAS for all my junk.[...]
Debian SE LinuxDebian SE Linux
Yesterday Erich Schubert blogged about reducing Debian SE Linux work due to lack of hardware. To solve such problems I’ve put a Debian/unstable machine on the net and given Erich[...]
planet debian, spam, and SE Linuxplanet debian, spam, and SE Linux
In regard to my post yesterday about Planet Debian I received the following response: James Purser said I’m betting that your feed is an atom feed. We had the same[...]
planet debianplanet debian
I am aware of the problems in displaying my blog in Planet Debian. I have filed a bug report with blogger and informed mako. There’s nothing else I can do[...]
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root-kits on robotsroot-kits on robots
This story on 365tomorrows.com on the topic of rootkits is interesting (note the OSs involved). Also it made me wonder about the other possibilities for a root-kitted robot, the mind[...]
clean energyclean energy
There are many people claiming that nuclear power will solve all the ills of the world. However this does not seem to be possible. Firstly you have to consider the[...]
first significant project goes livefirst significant project goes live
One advantage of not being a permanent employee is that I am free to do paid work for other people. This not only gives a greater income but also a[...]
SRS developmentSRS development
I’ve been working on a mail forwarding system which required me to implement SRS to allow people who use SPF to be customers of the service (as I use SPF[...]
which blog and syndication server to use?which blog and syndication server to use?
I’m currently working for a company that in the past has not embraced new technology. One of my colleagues recently installed a wiki which did a lot of good in[...]