I’m an AspieI’m an Aspie
I’ve recently been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome (AS) [1]. Among other things this means that I am genetically predisposed to have an interest in solving technical problems and give lectures[...]
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New Play MachineNew Play Machine
Update: Thanks to Sven Joachim and Andrew Pollock for informing me about /etc/init.d/mountoverflowtmp which exists to mount a tmpfs named overflow if /tmp is full at boot time. It appears[...]
WordPress PluginsWordPress Plugins
I’ve just added the WordPress Minify [1] plugin to my blog. It’s purpose is to combine CSS and Javascript files and to optimise them for size and it’s based on[...]
Virtual Hosting FeaturesVirtual Hosting Features
I’ve just been setting up new virtual servers at Linode [1] and Slicehost [2]. I have previously written a review of both those services [3], based on that review (and[...]
Mobile Phones Are ComputersMobile Phones Are Computers
One thing I noticed when I got my new LG U990 Viewty [1] mobile phone is the way the core telephony functionality has suffered while features for web browsing etc[...]
TPG LiesTPG Lies
Shortly before 9AM this morning I discovered that the IP address for my mail server was not being routed, according to my logs the problem started shortly after midnight. It’s[...]
New Servers – a non-virtual CloudNew Servers – a non-virtual Cloud
NewServers.com [1] provides an interesting service. They have a cloud computing system that is roughly comparable to Amazon EC2, but for which all servers are physical machines (blade servers with[...]
Gnash and use of Free SoftwareGnash and use of Free Software
There is currently a discussion on a private mailing list about whether some money from a community organisation should be used to assist the development of Gnash (the free software[...]
Bad but Appealing Copyright ArgumentsBad but Appealing Copyright Arguments
Some people seem to believe that the problem with copyright law is the inability of people on the free culture side of the debate to compete with the large amounts[...]
Free Books and T-Shirt SalesFree Books and T-Shirt Sales
Cory Doctorow has written an interesting column for the Locus Magazine about his experience in giving away free copies of his books [1]. Mainly he rants about some of the[...]