The Kind of Day I'm Having
Me: “I wonder when Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 will actually get released.” Coworker: “What is ‘exactly one month after it would have helped you solve a problem’?”
links for 2010-05-13
Our thoughts on open markets | Adobe Adobe has never been interested in open markets until now. Flash, PDF, and PostScript are all great examples of Adobe lock-in. And if Adobe had a quality product in the least with Flash this wouldn't be happening. If I were them I'd STFU until Flash is rock-solid stable and super efficient with resources.
Power Consumption of a Dell PowerEdge R610
For planning purposes I just did some power draw testing of a Dell PowerEdge R610. Dual Intel X5550 CPUs, 24 GB of RAM, four SSD disks attached to the PERC6/i, and dual 717 Watt power supplies. My testing methodology was to measure the draw using a Fluke 322 clamp meter, both at idle and running a stress test under Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (stress -c 32 -d 8 -i 8 -m 16). I did this with one and two power supplies active. 1 PS, idle: 0.65 Amps @ 202.3 Volts = 131.5 Watts 1 PS, loaded: 1.51 Amps @ 202.3 Volts = 305.5 Watts 2 PS, idle: 0.35 Amps @ 202.3 Volts = 70.8 Watts each (total of 141.6 …
links for 2010-05-11
8 Websites You Need to Stop Building – The Oatmeal I love The Oatmeal. I really do.
Cisco & Gartner Censoring ViewYonder
Steve Chambers of Cisco, blogging over at ViewYonder.com, has had one of his recent blog posts censored by his employer, Cisco. This is really too bad. I don’t always agree with Steve’s opinions but I like that they’re out there. As an example, very few people would have the balls to point out that many IT failures are actually because IT people cause those failures. Very true, in my opinion. I’ve even started referring to “MTBC” in conversation. However, I’m not at all a fan of Cisco, for a few specific reasons, and now I can add censorship to that list. It’s obvious that Cisco doesn’t want, and cannot handle, passionate employees. Too bad. It’s people like Steve that drive …
links for 2010-04-22
Are you one of the 10% of programmers who can write a binary search? « The Reinvigorated Programmer Just pulled this off Jeremy Zawodny's linkblog. Interesting — I've written a binary search before, I will have to dig it up and see if I can find bugs in it. I want to know if I'm part of the 10%! (I better be, I get depressed when I'm not in the top echelon of dorks). 🙂 Breaking: Android – Now On The iPhone :: App Advice I am totally doing this as soon as I have my iPhone back near my normal PCs, so I can restore… Letter from Here: Mayor Dave takes on the Lycra dress code "More people will …
links for 2010-04-21
Struggling with Time-Debt The idea of time-bankruptcy is something I'm familiar with. I just declared myself time-bankrupt recently. It's been awesome. The down side is feeling like you are quitting or abandoning your commitments, but if you didn't have enough time for your commitments in the first place it's probably good that you are getting out of them. You free up time, and the task or group you committed to can find someone else who CAN spend the time. rc3.org – Why you need books in your home "Kids who grow up near books do better in school than kids who don’t, on average." I know as a kid I didn't have DVD players, TVs, etc. around me at all …
links for 2010-04-20
Richard Dawkins calls for arrest of Pope Benedict XVI -Times Online Hitchens, author of God Is Not Great, said: “This man is not above or outside the law. The institutionalised concealment of child rape is a crime under any law and demands not private ceremonies of repentance or church-funded payoffs, but justice and punishment."
On Lost iPhone Prototypes
I’ve been reading the comments on Gizmodo’s “How Apple Lost the Next iPhone.” I have a few observations in response to a few of the types of comments. “I can’t believe someone like Gray Powell would have a prototype phone out in the wild.” I can. It makes perfect sense for the guy who writes the baseband controller firmware to have one out for personal testing. When there’s a problem he can dump logs, etc. while it’s happening. There is sometimes no substitute for being able to see a problem in action, and having the guy eat his own dog food is a great way to do that. I, as an iPhone user, appreciate this level of testing. “I can’t …
links for 2010-04-19
IBM prunes low-cost AIX rev • The Register You can only have 8 GB of memory per core in AIX Express? Um, why in the world would you buy an AIX box anymore in the face of the new Intel CPUs and Linux? The IBM licensing fees alone pay for the Intel hardware. Althouse: Why should it be illegal for airlines to charge a fee for carry-on bags when they can charge a fee for checking bags? "Right now, the checked baggage fee has cost-conscious travelers dragging more bags on board. Why is it always the most annoying people who find champions in Congress?" AMEN. I hate people who fill all the onboard compartments with giant luggage. I've only had …
