I’ve been running OpenSolaris Nevada on my file server for a while now. While ZFS makes administration of filesystems beautiful, I’ve been disappointed with the zpool functionality. In addition, administering the rest of Solaris is a maze of twisty passages, all alike. Things like Perl’s CPAN, which is supposed to have a high level of [...]
Last week, my poor Tempo decided that it no longer wished to be for this world. As this leaves me carless, I went and got myself a new car. What type of car, you ask? A 2001 Audi A6 Quattro. And I love it. It’s smooth, comfortable, and a great highway cruiser. That last part [...]
Apple’s walled garden works well for most people. I, unfortunately, am not most people. This is my story. As I’ve already discussed previously, iTunes has a certain amount of suck involved. So, I’ve discovered Play, which sucks less in some ways, and sucks more in others. As so far, the more suckage hasn’t been so [...]