The Real End Of The First Great Depression
People age and then forget. That applies equally to individuals and societies in general, though individuals seem to do a better job of retaining wisdom. The Great Depression began in 1929 for most Americans. By the end of 1930, the entire world was suffering from the effects. For the sake of this short essay, let [...]
The Xen Dom-u Kernel And The Kitchen Sink
Does anyone still like configuring and building their own Linux kernels to taste? I do. Call me a nerd, but I actually enjoy spending countless hours slimming down my kernel so it has just enough support for my hardware, with modular support for anything that I might be inclined to plug in. No, the performance [...]
What Is Vendor Lock-in?
After weeks of searching, you finally found it .. the killer application that adapts to your business perfectly and requires a minimal initial investment in the form of a license fee. You can’t wait to seal the deal, your job is about to become infinitely easier because support will be handled by the vendor. The [...]
Backup To .deb Or .rpm ?
A silly but interesting thought came over me today while I was working on a backup suite, wouldn’t it be easier if full system backups produced archives that could be re-installed via the system package manager? This would allow a bare metal restore on top of a base system, up to any version of the [...]
Pygame Is Leading Me To Python
I can’t help but talk about how great I think my highly modified version of Ubuntu is with my friends. I’ve got virtualization galore, a great development environment with tool chains for every architecture you would want, a nice blend of Gnome and KDE apps, good security and just the right mix of desktop effects. [...]
