DRBD BenchmarkingDRBD Benchmarking
I’ve got some performance problems with a mail server that’s using DRBD so I’ve done some benchmark tests to try and improve things. I used Postal for testing delivery to[...]
Autism and a Child Beauty ContestAutism and a Child Beauty Contest
Fenella Wagener wrote an article for the Herald Sun about an Autistic girl who won the “best personality” award from the controversial new Australian children’s beauty pageant [1]. The girl’s[...]
Standardising AndroidStandardising Android
Don Marti wrote an amusing post about the lack of standards for Android phones and the fact that the iPhone has a better accessory market as a result [1]. I’d[...]
Links December 2011Links December 2011
Barry Ritholtz wrote an insightful post quoting Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Thomas Hoenig, who warns that the nation’s biggest banks are putting the U.S. capitalist society at[...]
Sociological ImagesSociological Images
I’ve recently been reading the Sociological Images blog [1]. That site has lots of pictures and videos that are relevant to the study of Sociology (most of which have a[...]
My Blog Server was CrackedMy Blog Server was Cracked
On the 1st of August I noticed that the server which runs my blog among other things was having an occasional SEGV from a sshd process. Unfortunately I was busy[...]
Secure Boot and Protecting Against RootSecure Boot and Protecting Against Root
There has been a lot of discussion recently about the recent Microsoft ideas regarding secure boot, in case you have missed it Michael Casadevall has written a good summary of[...]
Some Notes on DRBDSome Notes on DRBD
DRBD is a system for replicating a block device across multiple systems. It’s most commonly used for having one system write to the DRBD block device such that all writes[...]
Hetzner Failover KonfigurationHetzner Failover Konfiguration
The Wiki documenting how to configure IP failover for Hetzner servers [1] is closely tied to the Linux HA project [2]. This is OK if you want a Heartbeat cluster,[...]
Cocolo ChocolateCocolo Chocolate
Cocolo Overview I recently wrote about buying a fridge for storing chocolate [1]. Jason Lewis (the co-founder of Organic Trader [2]) read that post and sent me some free samples[...]