EC2 and IP AddressesEC2 and IP Addresses
One of the exciting things about having a cloud computing service is how to talk to the rest of the world. It’s all very well to have a varying number[...]
Support Gay Marriage in case You Become GaySupport Gay Marriage in case You Become Gay
A common idea among the less educated people who call themselves “conservative” seems to be that they should oppose tax cuts for themselves and support tax cuts for the rich[...]
Basics of EC2Basics of EC2
I have previously written about my work packaging the tools to manage Amazon EC2 [1]. First you need to login and create a certificate (you can upload your own certificate[...]
Christian Principles in an Election YearChristian Principles in an Election Year
The National Council of Churches in the US [1] has produced some advice for Christian voters titled Christian Principles in an Election Year [2]. It starts by saying “Your church,[...]
Types of Cloud ComputingTypes of Cloud Computing
The term Cloud Computing seems to be poorly defined at the moment, as an example the Wikipedia page about it is rather incoherent [1]. The one area in which all[...]
Integrity and Mailing ListsIntegrity and Mailing Lists
One significant dividing factor between mailing lists is the difference between summary lists (where the person who asks a question receives replies off-list and then sends a summary to the[...]
JabberJabber
I’ve just been setting up jabber. I followed the advice from System Monitoring on setting up ejabberd [1]. I had previously tried the default jabber server but couldn’t get it[...]
The Latest Dick Smith CatalogueThe Latest Dick Smith Catalogue
I was just reading the latest catalogue from Dick Smith Electronics (a chain of computer stores in Australia). The first interesting thing that I noticed is that laptops are cheaper[...]
Links October 2008Links October 2008
Here’s a blog post suggesting that anti-depressant drugs such as Prozac may have helped the US mortgage crisis [1]. Apparently such drugs cause poor impulse control, so it wouldn’t be[...]
Moth in my CeleryMoth in my Celery
Above is a picture of a moth that I found in a packet of shrink wrapped celery from Foodworks (a Melbourne chain of grocery stores). I took several pictures from[...]