I miss the days when server software was written in PL-1 or C and carefully run through Purify software to check for memory leaks by competent, and conscientious programmers who actually deserved and earned the term software engineer. These days I spend far too much time managing rolling bounces of crappy Java servlet code because […]
This is now a repeatable bug. Everytime Time Machine tries to back up my MacBook Air (OS X 10.5.2) to our Time Capsule (v7.3.1) over our wireless network, the MacBook Air suffers a catastrophic crash (entire OS, the kind where you must press and hold the power button to reset the machine). Time Machine backups […]
Last week I set up Mom’s TimeCapsule and new 20″ iMac so that when she returns to central New York she can get regular backups done automatically. It is pretty impressive as a backup device, network storage, 4 port LAN hub, DHCP server, and 802.11N wireless access point. As a router and firewall it is […]
My new employer has several Apple XServe 1U rack-mount servers more than they actually need. Is there any interest in XServe G5 hosts? What value do these things have? Each is a dual 2.3GHz G5 with 4GB memory, gigabit ethernet, multiple firewire slots, and two to three hard drives. I cannot sell them for Ruckus […]
Notice anything funny about this: gromit:~ snolan$ ls -la /opt/local/sbin total 72 drwxr-xr-x 4 root admin 136 21 Feb 14:10 . drwxr-xr-x 12 root admin 408 14 Feb 11:56 .. -rw-r–r– 1 root admin 0 9 Jan 22:48 .turd_MacPorts -r-s–x–x 2 root admin 35564 21 Feb 14:10 fping In UNIX sysadmin lingo, a “turd” is […]
I am thrilled with my new job and the team I am on. I love my old team too, but the big appeal of the new job is the new stuff I get to learn every day. Since Thanksgiving I have had to quickly brush up on generic Linux skills and learn the strange nuances […]
I just finished secure-erasing the hard drive and then reloading the operating system on Erci’s old PowerBook G3 (Wallstreet II) that she bought brand new in January 1999. That makes this machine over 9 years old. It is being given away because we’ve moved on to smaller, lighter, faster machines a couple of times since […]
My pristine and loaded 12″ PowerBook G4 is for sale, because I have replaced it with a MacBook Air. Specifications: 12″ PowerBook G4 (1.5GHz/1.25GB/55.89GB/DVD-ROM/CD-RW) two finger touch trackpad, USB 2.0, Firewire, 802.11b/g, 10/100baseT v90 modem, mini-DVI, bluetooth, 64mb vram on nVidia GeForce FX Go5200 Mac OS X v10.4.11 with classic emulation loaded, install CDs come […]
If you happen to have a few computers near your desk, or frequently have a laptop sitting next to your desktop computer; Synergy is very useful software you should know about. Synergy lets you treat adjacent computers and their screens as if they were a multi-display computer. Your keyboard and mouse movements, and cut&paste buffers […]
So I have installed Mac OS X 10.5.2 updates on 4 different machines now and it has been flawless on all and works very well. One was an in-place upgrade from Tiger (10.4.11), and that one had a strange anomaly before upgrading to 10.5.2… it got itself into a “Setup Assistant” loop, and would not […]
