NBD and PXE Booting on DebianNBD and PXE Booting on Debian
I have a Xen server that I use for testing which is fairly lightly loaded. I considered making it diskless to save some electricity use (which also means heat dissipation[...]
Mail Server SecurityMail Server Security
I predict that over the course of the next 10 years there will be more security problems discovered in Sendmail than in Postfix and Qmail combined. I predict that the[...]
ReWineReWine
I have just discovered an innovative Melbourne company that has apparently been running for five years. ReWine is a wine seller that sells bottles of wine and then refills the[...]
CEO PayCEO Pay
The latest news is that the CEO of the new NBN (National Broadband Network) will receive a $2 million salary [1]. This has been defended as “the price required to[...]
The Lack of Browser SecurityThe Lack of Browser Security
For a long time the use of HTTP cookies [1] for tracking the web browsing habits of users has been well known. But I am not aware of any good[...]
School ReunionsSchool Reunions
I’ve never understood the point of school reunions. The past students association of a secondary school can potentially be of some use when you are looking for your first job,[...]
Why you should maintain old URLsWhy you should maintain old URLs
Below is a message from the thanks file on my SE Linux play machine [1]: Hello from San Juan, Puerto Rico! I just found out about this server by reading[...]
Child Abuse and CensorshipChild Abuse and Censorship
In Australia we are currently in the middle of a long drawn out saga about Internet censorship [1]. In summary we have fundamentalist Christians wanting to prevent anyone from accessing[...]
Ffmpeg and Video on a Viewty PhoneFfmpeg and Video on a Viewty Phone
I recently decided to copy some of my FLV (Flash Video) collection to my LGU990 Viewty mobile phone [1]. I was inspired by the ffmpeg cheat sheet [2]. deb http://www.coker.com.au[...]
Links August 2009Links August 2009
IQ as a Social Multiplier – Michael of Accellerating Future summarises some research into the effect of increasing IQ [1]. It seems to me that increasing the health of children[...]