Fun With Ohcount
I’m sure you have heard of Ohloh, the site that tracks progress and code/documentation contributions to free and open source software projects. What a lot of people (even today) don’t realize is that ohcount, the tool used to track the metrics of the projects is free software under the terms of the GPL v2 (only). [...]
Way Over The Top
I hate politics. I usually avoid political discussions and arguments at any expense, much like I would avoid punching myself in the head until I pass out. I tend to follow things related to technology (i.e. patents, litigation, etc) but not really politics in general. However, being an expat for so long, it seemed like [...]
Breaking Out Of POSIX Thinking
I have realized that I am spoiled by the same standards that I was so happy to see succeed. I hate to admit it, but I now get uncomfortable in the absence of glibc or dietlibc. I get even more uncomfortable in the absence of POSIX signals and NPTL. I then think back to days [...]
Almost Paravirtualized Introspection, But Not Quite
In the world of Virtualization, introspection refers to examining the memory of a running guest from the privileged domain at key addresses. For instance, if you know where to find the running kernel task structure, you can read it while the guest is completely oblivious that you are doing so. In other words, it allows [...]
US National Archives Joins Flickr Commons
In case you have not heard, the US National Archives has dumped the mother load of photographic treasures on Flickr. Check out the photo stream if you have a few hours to get lost while exploring. You’ll find candids of presidents, work by Ansel Adams and more. This is great, because these free treasures will [...]
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