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Free Software in Education
Sunday, 24 May 2009
Free Software: "Free Software is political because it is strongly tied with a deep political question: that of education, and access to it."
A Great Multi-Platform Music Management Application: Jajuk
Sunday, 24 May 2009
Web Upd8: "Jajuk is a very comprehensive and feature rich Open Source music management software written in Java. The software program is therefore available for Windows, Linux and Apple Macintosh comp
Kiwi Imaging System - Forge your own operating system images in a matter of hours
Saturday, 23 May 2009
Dedoimedo: "Would you like to be able to create custom, ready-to-use operating system images that can be used as VMware images, Xen virtual machines or live DVDs or booted from USB sticks? Would you l
Linux Myth: No Simple, Easy Database Software
Saturday, 23 May 2009
The ERACC Web Log: "In this installment of my Linux Myth series I take aim at the GNU/Linux database nay-sayers, and shoot them down."
Finding the right open-source savvy lawyer
Saturday, 23 May 2009
Practical Technology: "Some days, like it or not, you need a lawyer. For most business purposes, picking the right law firm isn’t usually that big of a deal"
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getting ctrl-forward/backward working on cygwin and sles console
Tuesday, 7 November 2006 10:04 P GMT
Ever frustrated with 2D and 3D appearing on the screen when you want to jump words using ctrl-left or ctrl-right on the console?
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Maximising Apache httpd in low memory
Thursday, 19 October 2006 11:41 A GMT
Squeezing as much out of Apache as possible is critical if you have limited memory dedicated to the process.
tags: apache
Putting a MySQL query to sleep
Tuesday, 10 October 2006 8:05 A GMT
There are a number of reasons why you would want to put a MySQL query to sleep, here is how.
tags: mysql
How to convert a string to upper or lower case in bash?
Monday, 2 October 2006 2:46 P GMT
How to convert a string to upper or lower case in bash?
tags: linux command line
How can I start a Java process and retain its process id?
Monday, 2 October 2006 2:41 P GMT
How can I start a Java process and retain its process id?
Using Fetchmail to forward email
Monday, 2 October 2006 2:29 P GMT
Fetchmail is a remote-mail retrieval and forwarding utility. This article describes how it can be set up to forward emails from a particular folder to another mailbox.
Handling different Java runtimes on a single machine
Thursday, 14 September 2006 10:48 A GMT
This entry takes a quick look at how you can best utilise different Java JVMs on the linux using a couple of techniques.
How to stop /etc/resolv.conf from being changed by DHCP?
Thursday, 7 September 2006 3:55 P GMT
Show how to keep /etc/resolv.conf unchanged when using DHCP.
How do can I tell if my network is receiving/sending multicast packets?
Tuesday, 5 September 2006 2:51 P GMT
If you are coding a multicast network application and want to make sure you are receiving muticast udp packets you can use the tcpdump linux utility. This entry shows you how.
How to clear shell command path cache?
Tuesday, 5 September 2006 1:57 P GMT
Way to clear the cached paths for various commands on bourne-like shells.
tags: command line linux
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Cloud Boot Camp heads to Prague May 19th
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Preparing to take our Cloud Boot Camp Road Show to PragueLeave CommentRelated Entries:Closing TimeCloud Boot Camp Post NotesSing-a-long to Cloud ComputingNew York's Cloud Boot Camp Final ScheduleCloud
Closing Time
Sunday, 12 April 2009
Another couple of conferences close their doors as we move forward into 2009.Leave CommentRelated Entries:Cloud Boot Camp heads to Prague May 19thCloud Boot Camp Post NotesSing-a-long to Cloud Computi
Sing-a-long to Cloud Computing
Friday, 27 March 2009
Come on now, lets all sing-a-long to the cloud computing song, a parody of Joni Mitchell.Leave CommentRelated Entries:Cloud Boot Camp heads to Prague May 19thClosing TimeCloud Boot Camp Post NotesNew
New York's Cloud Boot Camp Final Schedule
Thursday, 26 March 2009
The final schedule for next weeks Cloud Computing Expo boot camp has been finalised. Looking forward to next week.Leave CommentRelated Entries:Cloud Boot Camp heads to Prague May 19thClosing TimeClou
CloudBerry Explorer - a very polished S3 utility
Monday, 23 March 2009
If you are looking for a familiar interface for moving files up and down to Amazon S3 then you'll be hard pushed to find something as slick for the price.Leave CommentRelated Entries:Cloud Boot Camp h
Part 1 of my java.sun.com interview
Friday, 20 March 2009
I was recently interviewed for java.sun.com on the wonders of cloud computing and javaLeave CommentRelated Entries:Cloud Boot Camp heads to Prague May 19thClosing TimeCloud Boot Camp Post NotesSing-a-
Developing in the cloud without falling
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Developing applications for the cloud is not as trivial as you may think, but nor is it as a hard as some make out. Be mindful of what can and can't done. Looking at 3 major areas, which will be cov
Windows Azure suffers first major outage
Monday, 16 March 2009
Microsoft flight into the clouds took a nose dive for 22 hours this week as it suffered an outage.Leave CommentRelated Entries:Cloud Boot Camp heads to Prague May 19thClosing TimeCloud Boot Camp Post
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