Not Visiting the USNot Visiting the US
I won’t be visiting the US in the forseeable future. For some time I have been concerned about the malfunctioning legal process and other related issues that arose from the[...]
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Redirecting Output from a Running ProcessRedirecting Output from a Running Process
Someone asked on a mailing list how to redirect output from a running process. They had a program which had been running for a long period of time without having[...]
Hot Plug and How to Defeat ItHot Plug and How to Defeat It
Finally I found the URL of a device I’ve been hearing rumours about. The HotPlug is a device to allow you to move a computer without turning it off [1].[...]
Low Power – They Just Don’t get itLow Power – They Just Don’t get it
For a while I’ve been reading the Lenovo blog Inside The Box [1], even though I plan to keep my current laptop for a while [2] (and therefore not buy[...]
Fluorescent vs Incandescent lightsFluorescent vs Incandescent lights
Glen Turner writes about silly people who think that fluorescent lights don’t save energy over their lifetime [1]. A compact fluorescent light (one that is designed for the same socket[...]
New Bonnie++ ReleasesNew Bonnie++ Releases
Today I released new versions of my Bonnie++ [1] benchmark. The main new feature (in both the stable 1.03b version and the experimental 1.93d version) is the ability of zcav[...]
Pentium-3 vs Pentium-4Pentium-3 vs Pentium-4
I recently was giving away some old P3 and P4 machines and was surprised by the level of interest in P4 machines. As you can see from my page on[...]
Conditions of Sending EmailConditions of Sending Email
Update: Due to the popularity of this post I have created a T-Shirt and put it on sale at http://www.cafepress.com/email_eula . Update: Unlike most of my blog content I permit[...]
Better Social NetworkingBetter Social Networking
When advogato.org was still cool I signed up to it. It was an interesting research project in skill metrics (determining the rating of people’s coding skills by the votes of[...]
Software vs Hardware RAIDSoftware vs Hardware RAID
Should you use software or hardware RAID? Many people claim that Hardware RAID is needed for performance (which can be true) but then claim that it’s because of the CPU[...]