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Links of interest for 19 May 2008 - 19 Jun 2008: June 2008 | TOP500 Supercomputing Sites - Woohoo!!! Sun are finally back in the top 10. Anything But a Flash in the Pan - Sun's shares may be tanking at the moment, but you've got to read this to see where Sun is going. Once again, Sun is light years ahead of the competition. Now lets hope they market this and make a killing from it. (Yes I'm a shareholder). goosh.org - the unofficial google shell. - Google CLI for the hardcore techie Virtualization smackdown: Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 1 Feb 2008 - 14 Feb 2008: Major Linux security hole found - Ooops. This is going to be around for some time and I wouldn't be surpised if a worm is created to capitalise on this vulnerability in the not too distant future. How one clumsy ship cut off the web for 75 million people - Just goes to show how fragile the internet really is. Given that it only took a ship to take out most of the emerging markets, imagine the chaos terrorists could cause if they took out the cables for the... Continue reading ►

For some unknown reason, Firefox on my Mac Mini has been running incredibly slowly and consuming huge chunks of CPU time recently, so I thought I'd try Safari again. It's been a while since I used Safari for anything other than checking site compatibility, and I noticed the most recent OS X update (I'm still on Tiger) included Safari 3, so I took it for a spin, and I'm impressed. The performance is amazing. It starts up quickly and runs quickly too, even with tons of open tabs. Of all the enhancements detailed, the ones I like the most are... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 9 July 2007 - 18 July 2007: Ethernet Autonegotiation Best Practices (Blueprint) - I wish more network admins would read this guide. There is no need to force interfaces. Doing so only opens you up for more work and more problems. With auto-neg enabled, EVERYTHING should work out the box. The Solaris Fingerprint Database (Blueprint) - A very useful guide on verifying binaries on a Solaris using using the Solaris Fingerprint Database Creating Icons - Great tutorial on creating icons using GIMP Installing Solaris 10 11/06 Trusted Extensions on a Laptop Computer - A great document... Continue reading ►