jzawodn's latest updates (page 2)
Programming Annoyance: Libraries that Exit on Me
This is something that's been bugging me for a long time now. Over the years, I've come to realize that programming time is 10% about writing the code to do the work, 70% about figur (more)...
Ubuntu Kung Fu: Best Book Cover Ever!
I just ran across news that Ubuntu Kung Fu is Shipping and happened to look at the cover. As a cat lover and technical book author myself, I felt a little slighted.
That's right. (more)...
Mustard Lime Beef Steaks Recipe
A few days ago I made a new grill recipe that turned out even better than we expected, so I've reproduced it here for your grilling and eating enjoyment.
Ingredients
4 sirloin beef (more)...
HTPC Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Recommendations?
Dear Lazyweb,
As of a few weeks ago, we
have a
computer hooked up to the 66 inch TV full-time. However, it
currently has a wired keyboard and mouse, both of which are less than
opti (more)...
Never Buy a House from a Realtor
A couple weekends ago we embarked on a seemingly simple painting project at home. We wanted finally paint over the wall that was torn up when I had plumbing problems a few years ago (more)...
Long Term Data Archiving Formats, Storage, and Architecture
I'm thinking about ways to store archival data for the long term
and wanted to solicit anyone who's been down this road for some
input, advice, warnings, etc.
Background
Essenti (more)...
The Perl UTF-8 and utf8 Encoding Mess
I've been hacking on some Perl code that extracts data that comes
from web users around the world and been stored
into MySQL (with no
real encoding information, of course). My (more)...
Dumber is Faster with Large Data Sets (and Disk Seeks)
I remember
reading Disk
is the new Tape earlier this year and how much it resonated.
That's probably because I was working for Yahoo at the time and
hearing a lot about their (more)...
Lembert Dome Hike in Yosemite
Last weekend afforded an opportunity to explore the Lembert Dome Hike in Yosemite National Park.
Lembert Dome is the monolithic dome that dominates the eastern end of Tuolumne Meadow (more)...
Open Source Queueing and Messaging Systems?
Dear Lazyweb,
I'm interested getting an idea of what open
source message
queueing systems exist that are fast, stable, and have some good
replication (think multi-colo) and fau (more)...
