A Police SMS about Fire RiskA Police SMS about Fire Risk
My wife and I have each received SMS messages from “Vic.Police” that say: Extreme weather expected tonight (Monday) & tomorrow. High wind & fire risk. Listen to the ABC local[...]
Links February 2009Links February 2009
Michael Anissimov writes about the theft of computers from the Los Alamos nuclear weapons lab [1]. He suggests that this incident (and others like it) pose a great risk to[...]
Tragedy and ProfitTragedy and Profit
Every time something goes wrong there will be someone who tries to take advantage of the situation. The recent bushfires in Australia that have killed hundreds of people (the count[...]
Red Hat, Microsoft, and Virtualisation SupportRed Hat, Microsoft, and Virtualisation Support
Red Hat has just announced a deal with MS for support of RHEL virtual machines on Windows Server and Windows virtual machines on RHEL [1]. It seems that this deal[...]
Lenny Play Machine OnlineLenny Play Machine Online
As Debian/Lenny has been released and the temperatures in my part of the world are no longer insanely hot I have put my SE Linux Play Machine [1] online again.[...]
Xen and LennyXen and Lenny
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 AKA “Lenny” has just been released [1]. One of the features that is particularly noteworthy is that Xen has been updated and now works fully and correctly[...]
Do Spammers target Secondary MX ServersDo Spammers target Secondary MX Servers
Rumour has it that some types of spammer target the secondary MX servers. The concept is that some people have less control over the secondary MX server and less ability[...]
Normalising WagesNormalising Wages
John Robb writes about the normalisation of salaries that is driven by the use of the Internet and global corporations [1]. He cites an example of IBM forcing many of[...]
Bridging and RedundancyBridging and Redundancy
I’ve been working on a redundant wireless network for a client. The network has two sites that have pairs of links (primary and backup) which have dedicated wireless hardware (not[...]
Employment PackagesEmployment Packages
Paul Wayper has said that he only wants to work for companies that will send him too LCA [1]. While that criteria is quite reasonable it seems overly specific. Among[...]