A Long Term Review of Android DevicesA Long Term Review of Android Devices
Xperia X10 My first Android device was The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10i [1]. One of the reasons I chose it was for the large 4″ screen, nowadays the desirable phones[...]
The Purpose of a Code of ConductThe Purpose of a Code of Conduct
On a private mailing list there have been some recent discussions about a Code of Conduct which demonstrate some great misunderstandings. The misunderstandings don’t seem particular to that list so[...]
BTRFS TrainingBTRFS Training
Some years ago Barwon South Water gave LUV 3 old 1RU Sun servers for any use related to free software. We gave one of those servers to the Canberra makerlab[...]
RAID PainRAID Pain
One of my clients has a NAS device. Last week they tried to do what should have been a routine RAID operation, they added a new larger disk as a[...]
Smart Phones Should Measure Charge SpeedSmart Phones Should Measure Charge Speed
My first mobile phone lasted for days between charges. I never really found out how long it’s battery would last because there was no way that I could use it[...]
One Android Phone Per ChildOne Android Phone Per Child
I was asked for advice on whether children should have access to smart phones, it’s an issue that many people are discussing and seems worthy of a blog post. Claimed[...]
BTRFS Status June 2015BTRFS Status June 2015
The version of btrfs-tools in Debian/Jessie is incapable of creating a filesystem that can be mounted by the kernel in Debian/Wheezy. If you want to use a BTRFS filesystem on[...]
Anti-Systemd PeopleAnti-Systemd People
For the Technical People This post isn’t really about technology, I’ll cover the technology briefly skip to the next section if you aren’t interested in Linux programming or system administration.[...]
SE Linux Play Machine Over TorSE Linux Play Machine Over Tor
I work on SE Linux to improve security for all computer users. I think that my work has gone reasonably well in that regard in terms of directly improving security[...]
Systemd NotesSystemd Notes
A few months ago I gave a lecture about systemd for the Linux Users of Victoria. Here are some of my notes reformatted as a blog post: Scripts in /etc/init.d[...]