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| Hello Google Voice |
So after many many tries I finally received my invite for Google Voice. First impressions: I really like it. I am a firm believer that voicemail is a dead medium. Leave me a voicemail and I get it as text, email, sms, or just shows up in my G1 voice… |
derrick |
07/24/09 |
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12/11/09 |
| Solaris adds Failsafe boot option for Sparc |
Sun has added a much needed feature to the Solaris Sparc baseline and ass usual no one even knows it really exists. You can find the documentation here regarding Failsafe boot. This was something that I ran into while first using Opensolaris on X86. Just after they first started adding… |
derrick |
06/21/09 |
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01/25/10 |
| Oracle Buys Sun, better option than IBM |
By now everyone knows about Oracle buying Sun. My opinion on this is as a customer and not an employee or competitor. For a great read on an employee view I recommend visiting c0t0d0s0.org. I currently feel that this is better than an IBM buy. Right now I am a… |
derrick |
04/20/09 |
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| Lenovo T500 local review |
It was finally time to upgrade the old Thinkpad Notebook. It was still working but was over 5 years old and just wouldn’t do everything anymore. I looked around to see if I wanted to get another thinkpad or try something new. There are some specific features about the Thinkpad’s… |
derrick |
04/19/09 |
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03/09/10 |
| Is the Sun shining once more ? |
From the NY Times Story it looks like IBM buyout of Sun is off the table. With that comes new rumors of Cisco, HP or Dell buying the company. The question is why ? Looking at the quarterly statements I don’t see where Sun is going to go bankrupt. They… |
derrick |
04/05/09 |
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| Open letter to Sun’s Jonathan Schwartz (don’t kill Sun) |
If the WSJ and other reporting outlets are to be believed then Monday may be the last day of SUN as we have known it. This is an incredibly sad rumor if IBM does buyout Sun. When I first started in computers I was surrounded by IBM with AIX, OS2,… |
derrick |
04/03/09 |
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| A defaultrouter for Zones |
Virtualization is the next big thing that we have already done before (think mainframe’s and clock sharing). Sun Solaris has 2.5 versions (Zones and LDOMS) of this that I have been working with a lot lately. When your looking for quick application isolation but full resource sharing and control you… |
derrick |
01/30/09 |
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| End of Year Updates |
It’s that time of year again. The time when the major care and feeding of servers, notebooks, and desktops gets done. Cleaning up the hard drives, checking on software updates and finding time to install new items. First I saw over on my favorite Solaris blog that LDOM 1.1 is… |
derrick |
12/28/08 |
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10/31/09 |
| ZFS Hammer time |
ZFS Hammer or Drill time So there are a few videos around regarding ZFS and failed drives. Part of what they are showing is how well ZFS as a filesystem deals with 1 and 2 driver failures. This is worlds better than Raid 5 and is a strong point of… |
derrick |
11/30/08 |
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06/27/09 |
| 30 Days with the G1 |
So about a month ago I upgraded from a T-Mobile wing to the G1. Somehow in the process I missed the requirement for a voice plan as I previously had data only for the wing. So now it’s been about 30 days that I have had the G1 and I… |
derrick |
11/30/08 |
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| New Book Review Posted on Slashdot Frontpage |
A co-worker sent me a message letting me know that our Book was recently reviewed and that was posted on slashdot. Today being a long work day I hadn’t gotten to slashdot today but I did find time to read through the review. I felt it was fair and identified… |
derrick |
10/08/08 |
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01/27/10 |
| And the winners are…. |
Found this through the Sun Blogs Award Winners. Now reading through the winners there are some great submissions. One of these really grabbed my interest. Everyone seems to be working towards a LAMP, AMP, or other package of all you need. These packages normally give you Apache, Mysql, PHP, and… |
derrick |
09/30/08 |
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| Eventually Credit Monitoring is Free |
Here in the US monitoring your credit report is an important thing to do. Sometime last year I canceled whatever bad service I was using ans was planning on finding a new one. So recently I thought about looking for a new credit monitoring service. After about 2 minutes of… |
derrick |
09/11/08 |
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| Cloud Desktops have arrived |
It was only a matter of time but the next evolution in the desktop is here with DesktopTwo. Sponsored by Sun this new free service gives you a virtual desktop. * Caveat. With all cloud services you need to balance the service vs the risk of having your data on… |
derrick |
09/03/08 |
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| Opensolaris is growing Up |
For the past few months I have started running a dedicated opensolaris desktop system on my desk at home. It has two monitors, one screen displays nagios network status while the other one does generic web browsing and some twit live watching. I had run into an issue with 2008.05… |
derrick |
08/28/08 |
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| Software with License dates (the VMware bug) |
From http://www.deploylinux.net/matt/2008/08/all-your-vms-belong-to-us.html Quoting “As of tomorrow morning, VM’s running on all hosts with ESX 3.5U2 in enterprise configurations will not power on.” The current thought is that some beta/preview code got left into the application that basically is a nothing works past this data kind of thing. The workaround fix… |
derrick |
08/11/08 |
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| “Clear” Program loses data |
Via Slashdot to the CBS SF web site Security Breached At SFO Due To Stolen Laptop. So all Clear users have possibly had all their data stolen, however I doubt this is new. There are more of these stories everyday and I think we are finally seeing critical mass on… |
derrick |
08/05/08 |
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| Read Only CGI Patch for Nagios 3.0.3 Updated |
For many many version now I have maintained a patch for Nagios called the Read Only Patch. I have found in most cases that when I have a Nagios install I have some type of external user involved. Nagios is a great tool for showing what’s working and not just… |
derrick |
08/04/08 |
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03/11/10 |
| SlingBox Solo FTW |
Finally bought a SlingBox Solo. I have a DirecTV HD DVR at the house and wanted to see what windows mobile can really do. I installed the Slingbox on the DVR using the Comp video out. I was able to setup the software pretty easily. I had one issue where… |
derrick |
08/03/08 |
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| T-Mobile Wing for Data |
First Impressions I really like this device. It has a full qwerty keyboard and is easy to use. It includes a stylus and has the critical Cellular data and WiFi built in so I have data anywhere. Now I did have to take the first one back after 3 days… |
derrick |
07/27/08 |
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| Site move to Expression Engine |
Originally I installed and was using B2Evolution to run this site. It was an easy install and had decent features. Then I started getting alot of comment spam. Well a version upgrade fixed that but I also saw alot of limitations. Having worked with Textpattern before someone I know recommended… |
derrick |
07/22/08 |
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| OpenSolaris Install FTW |
Since about 1994 I have always had some type of Sun Sparc machine somewhere near my desk. Usually acting as a server or some other minor task it has helped keep me proficient at my solaris skills. Now this has almost always been as a server because really that is… |
derrick |
07/18/08 |
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| ASUS P5NSLI Rev 2.00G, The torture is over. |
Bought this motherboard about a year or so ago. I have previously owned ASUS products and they had all worked very well and had decent features. This one however was pretty much the opposite. Ever since day one the thing has had an issue that I had never seen in… |
derrick |
07/18/08 |
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01/27/10 |
| OpenMoko Neo FreeRunner - Cool Tech |
So there is the i-Phone. While the phone as a phone is maybe par ? (I don’t own one I have just been told this). The true greatness of the phone comes from the apps. I have been needing a phone for about two years that has 2 things. Decent… |
derrick |
07/16/08 |
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| Oops - Low Clearance |
Things like this amaze me. People should be able to keep aware of their environment. |
derrick |
07/11/08 |
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| Why do I hate linux ? (when really I don’t) |
I have been accused of not liking linux. Mainly because I prefer to use FreeBSD or Solaris. Now for the history part (If you don’t care about the history skip this section). The first Unix I touched growing up was AIX and AT&T Unix. With that and my… |
derrick |
07/06/08 |
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| The true secret of LDOM Virtualization |
As part of Sun’s Datacenter and new multi-core servers they have released LDOM’s (Logical Domains) which pair well with Solaris Zone’s. As with any new technology it’s nice to have functional assessments. Sun has posted the above linked blueprint which details overall sever capacity and functionality when using virtualization. Virtual… |
derrick |
07/03/08 |
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01/17/10 |
| TWIT 149 A really good listen |
TWIT (This week in Tech) is normally a good podcast that I enjoy hearing. This weeks episode is exceptional. Some really good stories about the early days of computers and operating systems. The one quote I found really interesting was the comment that “If it works ship it”. The comparison… |
derrick |
07/02/08 |
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| Symantec VPM vs Sun xVM |
Symantec last year really tried to enter the Server Provisioning and Data Center Management with it’s product of Veritas Provisioning Manager 5.x Since 2007 Symantec has really stalled on Unix software development and features. I mentioned this before when comparing Clustering software. It really seems that Symantec has lost it’s… |
derrick |
06/23/08 |
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01/17/10 |
| Boycot Denon |
:!::!: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000I1X6PM Denon AKDL1 Dedicated Link Cable Okay this tom foolery has got to stop and stop now. Denon is selling this cable for 500$. This is for a Cat 5 ethernet cable. First problem, this is for digital signals, the old 0 or 1. No analog sine waves or… |
derrick |
06/16/08 |
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| Nagios 3 Enterprise Network Monitoring Now Available |
Amazon.com now has this book in stock and available (finally they have the cover image). Please use the link to the right if you would like to order I am one of the co-author’s of this book and it is my first published item. Quite a learning process for me… |
derrick |
06/11/08 |
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| Just Read “Oath of Fealty” |
Oath of Fealty by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle Over the weekend I was traveling and had some time. Wandered into the local book store in the airport and found a book by Both Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle called “Oath of Fealty”. I have always been a fan of both… |
derrick |
05/14/08 |
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| Wow a Pleo |
I want a Pleo. http://www.pleoworld.com Lots of videos of this little guy in action. And you can write your own code for them. http://pleohq.com/faq/how-do-i-program-pleos-behavior It’s great to see these items that are not only really cool but are open and can be tinkered with. D~ |
derrick |
05/05/08 |
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| MySQL and Sun and the Crud |
http://www.crypticide.com/dropsafe/article/2461 So I too found the recent Internet fluff on MySQL and enterprise only features being added since Sun bought the product to be an interesting topic. IE: http://www.techspot.com The basic rumor was that with the next release of MySQL there would be non-GPL backup features and this was the… |
derrick |
04/21/08 |
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| ZFS and Booting |
ZFS and Boot -http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/boot/ Normally I am not wowed by File systems. ufs has just worked forever. Most of the time I end up using vxfs because veritas is somehow involved, the added bonus there is the shared file access and other veritas features. With Sun getting into the clustering… |
derrick |
04/20/08 |
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| Go Gilligan |
Okay so found this on the Dvorak blog. All I can say is wow, a theme song can make a big difference in a show. Makes you wonder what the show would have been like or how long it would have lasted if they kept to the pilot setup. :D… |
derrick |
04/12/08 |
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| Nagvis and Nagios 3 |
I finally found time to install Nagvis this weekend on a small Nagios server I manage. http://nagvis.org/ Nagvis is a really interesting idea that allows you display network status in a more graphical option. I believe in simple, let the monitor show me only what is broken. But there are… |
derrick |
04/06/08 |
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| Nagios 3.0.1 Released |
http://www.nagios.org/development/changelog.php Nagios 3.0.1 is now out (yes 3 was released about 2 weeks ago) but there were 2 issues with Trends and another item that Ethan put out a patch this week. If you are new to Nagios then stay tuned as you will see many more posts on this… |
derrick |
04/03/08 |
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| Veritas vs Sun. Will Symantec wake up ? |
So a while back Symantec bought Veritas. Like many other mergers this has led to in my opinion worse support, and delayed product development. For a long time the standard for System Clustering and Failover was Veritas Clustering Tools. Even with the Symantec buyout and the problems that caused there… |
derrick |
04/03/08 |
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| Verizon is truly evil |
Not so much the company itself just more along the lines of Large Corporations and Unions. Have a T1 at a local office here. For the last 8 days it has died 6 times. Each outage lasting at least 10 hours. RFO’s range from cleared while testing (my favorite) or… |
derrick |
04/01/08 |
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| T5220 Cont. |
Okay so more details on the fun with new hardware. I have seen several pics on T5220 and tried to figure out the difference. Sun is selling both a Netra T5220 and an Enterprise. The pic in the previous post is the Enterprise. The other nice part on these servers… |
derrick |
04/01/08 |
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02/23/10 |
| T5220 (oooh shiny) |
So I got to play with a new Sun T5220 server http://www.sun.com/servers/coolthreads/t5220/ These are a really nice improvement from the T2000 systems. The T2000 truly did pack alot of power into 2u but this new server is the next step and Sun added in all you need. The big CPU… |
derrick |
03/31/08 |
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