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2007-01-27 dilbert rocks
Someone posted these links on the sclug mailing list, they're pretty accurate to the industry.
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2007-01-24 a little rsync
The rsync program is a great little backup too. I often forget how useful it can be. Tonight I have spent a few minutes putting a short rsync page together.
2007-01-23 what was it now?
I was going to do something really important when I got home... I can't think what it was... Totally gone... Maybe the world can forgive me.
Well who's going to mind. Totally bored. I have decided to do something about this noisy 64 bit computer and have bought a smaller, quieter, cleaner slower mini ITX for a couple of hundred. Aside from a small CPU fan it should be reasonably capable of doing all the things I need. I will post various configs etc in the near future for those who might happen to need them.
ruby broadcasts
This seems so simple, it's worth a post:
#!/usr/bin/ruby require "socket" s = UDPSocket.new s.setsockopt( Socket::SOL_SOCKET, Socket::SO_BROADCAST, true ) s.send( "Lo!", 0, '192.168.0.255', 1024 );
2007-01-21 rosettacode
Looks like someone else has started rosettacode. This project aims at making it possible for one to find common routines in many languages. This was something that I attempted some while ago, but by doing this as a wiki my idea is usurped. The problem with the method that I attempted was that it's incredibly difficult to cram all the information into a single table.
2007-01-20 saving some power perhaps
I've been getting sick of my primary computer, an AMD Athlon 64, a real beast. With time, shouldn't things be getting quieter, cheaper, cooler? Not with processors. Things seem to be getting louder, more expensive and hotter. So, someone pointed me towards a C7, an ITX based CPU/board. These supposedly run with much reduced power at ~1GHz.
By now I am pretty much convinced that this is economically a sound solution. They offer most components on the main board. Should I find it unsuitably for my desktop I shall be making it my replacement firewall. There are some really cool offerings besides traditional PC work. There is a 6port daughter board for a three port router board also. Now that's damn cool!
2007-01-16 language building delays dementia
There is an interesting thread on slashdot regarding bilingualism|printer friendly. This research shows that those who manage mutliple langauges build a better brain for delaying dementia. This is interesting. I have read previously that chess players can delay symptoms of dementia by several months, maybe years.
Sadly, there is no mention of adult language building. It would be no shock to me if I learn that this has no effect on the dementia since the language skills learned in later life seem to test the brain in different ways, it is more logic than pattern building. Chess is a pattern finding exercise mainly, there is logic too, but far more pattern finding.
lugradio read out an email from me (ed) in their recent show brilliant show it was too...
Some time soon I will do a write-up on how I change the layout of this page. It does appear to have made most things a bit better for me.
2007-01-12 regular expressions
This is an interesting cartoon, slightly amusing. Worth a look.
2007-01-07 "why i wrote vi" - bill joy
I really, really, really like the vi editor and it's offspring, vim. Here is an article on Reg from Bill Joy, the original author. the reg.
in other news
I've decided to re-format this page, in yet another attempt to abstract the design.
Maybe *this* time I will make things a little easier for myself.
Now hosted on apache2, new server: