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So, I figured everyone else was going with a fixed 2 column centered layout, so why not me? I’ve tested it on most mac browsers, but not on the PC side of things yet. I’m sure it breaks in aContinue reading… Another Day, Another Design

I have been a long time reader of Salon. I was there when there were no memberships. I still visited salon throughout their uncomfortable efforts to turn a profit. Nowadays, I mainly stop in to read the AP wire stories,Continue reading… Bye Bye Salon

Well, samba remains my mortal enemy. It is a fickle mistress. I am now getting 30MB/sec downloads, which I am pleased as punch about, but uploading is so all over the boards that it’s hard to figure out what’s goingContinue reading… I hate you Samba

So as my comment-ors have indicated, linux is making my chest very hairy. The Gist: Realtek ethernet boards suck. At least in linux. Replaced the realtek with a D-link 530T. I can now read from the RAID as fast asContinue reading… My Hairy Chest

So I thought, hey, my linux box is working reasonably well, lets break it this weekend and spend a lot of time rebuilding it. Whee! Actually. I was getting bothered by the fact that I could only get 15MB/sec readsContinue reading… Fun with 2.6.4

Okay, so here’s something interesting for you linux/mac os x geeks. I’m getting insanely fast results for DD tests on the Mac. i.e. dd if=/dev/zero of=user_fs bs=1m count=1000 1048576000 bytes transferred in 19.193296 secs (54632409 bytes/sec) 52MB/s is not howContinue reading… whither to dd

I have had some pretty annoying spam action on the blog, so I, like the Big Swede, have taken action. So now I have one thing to say to my spammers. I’m Rick James Bitch!