Posts tagged with: unix

The time right now, in seconds since epoch, is exactly... 1234567890 If you're visiting after the event, it's Friday 13 February 2009 @ 23:31:30 GMT (aka UCT).

Links of interest for 29 Jan 2009 - 12 Feb 2009: Stop developing for Internet Explorer 6 - I couldn#039;t agree more. I stopped checking all of my site in IE 6 years ago. I#039;m not a web developer by profession so I don#039;t need to keep everyone happy. If you#039;re running old and backward software, that#039;s your problem, not mine. Saving Big Money With Open Source Storage - OpenSolaris and ZFS saving someone#039;s money and ass. Countdown (actually up) to the UNIX Epoch time being 1234567890! - It#039;s amazing how excited techies get about the simple things ;-) Sun... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 12 Oct 2008 - 14 Oct 2008: ZFS & MySQL/InnoDB Compression Update - Real world ZFS & MySQL compression testing from the guys at SmugMug. Success with OpenSolaris + ZFS + MySQL in production! - Woohooo!!!! Another happy OpenSolaris + ZFS customer. Nice one Don. NetApp faces Sun lawsuit loss - Looks like NetApp's patents are falling apart. BT's 21st Century network, er... isn't - I guess the UK will be last on the IPv6 bandwagon :-( Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder - I have my own reservations about "cloud computing", some of... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 21 Mar 2008 - 25 Mar 2008: Paper Enigma Machine - What a brilliant idea, and a great teaching tool too. Sun turns to lasers to speed up computer chips - Now this would be brilliant if Sun research proves to be a success. Sun's continually proving it is light years (excuse the pun) ahead of everyone else in the processor business and this is just another example. Australian WiMAX pioneer trashes technology as "miserable failure" - I wonder how many more people are going to come forward now and bring their problems to light. All... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 18 Oct 2007 - 7 Nov 2007: System Profiling 101 : Getting started using sys_diag v.7.04 - A very useful performance gathering script that used Dtrace, amongst other tools to gather performance information Sun sues NetApp, California style - Well, if the previous case wasn't enough to let NetApp know Sun are serious, this one probably will. Sun's ZFS is close to perfect, but widely misunderstood - How's this for a rave review of ZFS. If you've tried ZFS, read this article and get out there and play with it. It's in OS X Leopard, FreeBSD,... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 19 July 2007 - 2 August 2007: OS X is Now Officially UNIX - Now you can legitimately call OS X "UNIX with a pretty face". OS X has been certified to UNIX03 standards, like Solaris, AIX and HP-UX. Bubble 2.0 Coming Soon - Dvorak believes we're in for another pop. Maybe, maybe not. Only time will tell. Sun preps 2048-thread monster - I really hope Sun can deliver on this. If they do, they'll be so far ahead of the like of IBM, Intel and AMD it won't be funny. None of these companies 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 ►