Timing ProcessesTiming Processes
One thing that happens periodically is that I start a process from an interactive shell, discover that it takes longer than expected, and then want to know how long it[...]
Pants To PovertyPants To Poverty
On Wednesday I saw a group of people wearing nothing but underwear walking through the Melbourne CBD. They were promoting Pants To Poverty which is a UK based underwear company[...]
Noise Canceling Headphones and People TalkingNoise Canceling Headphones and People Talking
The Problem I was asked for advice on buying headphones to protect students who have medical conditions that make them sensitive to noise, such headphones would have to allow them[...]
systemd – a Replacement for init etcsystemd – a Replacement for init etc
The systemd projecct is an interesting concept for replacing init and related code [1]. There have been a few attempts to replace the old init system, upstart is getting some[...]
Flash, Apple, and LinuxFlash, Apple, and Linux
Steve Jobs has published an interesting article about Flash [1]. He criticises Flash for being proprietary, this seems a little hypocritical coming from Apple (who’s the only competitor for Microsoft[...]
Lexmark Supposedly Supports LinuxLexmark Supposedly Supports Linux
I wanted to get a Lexmark Prestige Pro805 printer to work under Linux, due to bad drivers from Lexmark and no driver support in Debian/Unstable I’ve given up and advised[...]
Marshmallow Challenge for Linux ProgrammersMarshmallow Challenge for Linux Programmers
Tom Wujec gave an interesting TED talk about training people in team-work and engineering through building the tallest possible structures from 20 pieces of spaghetti, 1 yard of string, and[...]
Link WithinLink Within
Good Things about LinkWithin For the last 10 weeks I’ve been using the LinkWithin.com service to show links to other blog posts at the end of each post (the links[...]
CPL Still SucksCPL Still Sucks
I previously described my experience with Computers and Parts Land (CPL) [1] who gave me a product that didn’t do what I wanted (because they thought that they knew better[...]
Links April 2010Links April 2010
Sam Harris gave an interesting TED talk about whether there are scientific answers to moral questions [1]. One of his insightful points was that when dealing with facts certain opinions[...]