Cheap NAS Devices SuckCheap NAS Devices Suck
There are some really good Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices on the market. NetApp is one company that is known for making good products [1]. The advantage of a NAS[...]
Links March 2012Links March 2012
Washington’s Blog has an informative summary of recent articles about corporate psychopaths [1]. Including the fact that some banks deliberately hire psychopaths. Anu Partanen wrote an insightful article for The[...]
An Introduction to AndroidAn Introduction to Android
I gave a brief introductory talk about Android at this month’s LUV meeting. Here are the slides with a brief description. All the screen-shots were made on a Samsung Galaxy[...]
Long Term AdvertsLong Term Adverts
I’ve just seen a mailing list post from someone who needs an ancient printer to work with their old software. As the printer is no longer manufactured and changing the[...]
Airtasker – Outsourcing Small JobsAirtasker – Outsourcing Small Jobs
Airtasker.com is a new company that is dedicated to outsourcing small jobs [1]. It’s still in a “beta” phase and has no way of making money – the worker is[...]
USB Flash StorageUSB Flash Storage
For some years I have had my Internet gateway/firewall system in a cupboard in my bedroom. While I don’t mind some computer noise (I’ve slept near a server for most[...]
SE Linux Status in Debian 2012-03SE Linux Status in Debian 2012-03
I have just finished updating the user-space SE Linux code in Debian/Unstable to the version released on 2012-02-16. There were some changes to the build system from upstream which combined[...]
LUV Hardware LibraryLUV Hardware Library
What is it? Last month I started what I am calling the LUV Hardware Library. It’s a briefcase full of computer parts that are free to LUV members which I[...]
Links February 2012Links February 2012
Sociological Images has an interesting article about the attempts to apply the word “Camping” to OWS and framing the issues [1]. Lester Macgurdy wrote an insightful article about “the snake”,[...]
Cooling a ThinkpadCooling a Thinkpad
Late last year I wrote about the way that modern laptops suck [1]. One of the problems that inspired that post was the excessive heat generated by my Thinkpad T61.[...]