Netbook Thermal IssuesNetbook Thermal Issues
Recently there has been increasing attention paid to thermal issues. The power used by computers not only impacts the electricity bill (and battery life for a portable device) but is[...]
Voting and Linux AustraliaVoting and Linux Australia
Dhanapalan writes about the small number of voters for Linux Australia elections [1]. I guess that blacklist-voting is partly to blame for my inactivity in this regard. Linux Australia is[...]
It’s too Hot in MelbourneIt’s too Hot in Melbourne
The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast temperatures of 43, 43, and 35 for today and the next two days. Those temperatures are in celcius. Yesterday was also above 40C so[...]
Links January 2009Links January 2009
Jennifer 8 Lee gave an interesting TED talk about the spread and evolution of what is called “Chinese food” [1]. In that talk she compares McDonalds to Microsoft and Chinese[...]
SE-LAPPSE-LAPP
On Tuesday afternoon I gave a talk on behalf of KaiGai Kohei about SE Linux and the LAPP (Linux Apache, PostgreSQL, PHP/Perl) stack. KaiGai has blogged about this [1], unfortunately[...]
Status of SE Linux in Debian LCA 2009Status of SE Linux in Debian LCA 2009
This morning I gave a talk at the Security mini-conf of LCA about the status of SE Linux in Debian. Here is a summary of the issues I covered: General[...]
Security Lessons from a FerrySecurity Lessons from a Ferry
On Saturday I traveled from Victoria to Tasmania via the ferry (to attend LCA), they grossly failed in their security measures and provide three lessons for others: Make it possible[...]
Security Enhanced PostgreSQLSecurity Enhanced PostgreSQL
Today was the first day of Linux Conf Au 2009 [1]. KaiGai Kohei was unable to attend the conference and give a database mini-conf presentation about his work on Security[...]
Old PDA vs New Mobile Phone for PDA useOld PDA vs New Mobile Phone for PDA use
Since about 2002 I have been using a iPaQ [1] for taking notes while on the move. I have a pair of H3950 iPaQs that were given to me for[...]
Planet FloodingPlanet Flooding
One annoying thing that happens regularly is “Planet Flooding”. This is when one of the many blogs that is syndicated by a public Planet installation changes it’s time stamps and[...]