Category Archives: Technology

Covering all my technical interests. Things like gadgets, computers, software, etc..

Published another Grid Article

Wrote another article about Grids.  This one is about migrating from WS-RF to WS-RT.  It covers some of the general issues and components of each standard you’ll have to focus on and provides links to more detailed information for implementing … Continue reading

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New Mac Pro and refeshed MM20 with Fedora 7

Well, looks like I won’t have to lug my heavy MacBook Pro 15″ to work anymore. I work with computers a lot, and it’s generally helpful to have a laptop with me on my commute in and out of work. … Continue reading

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New GAIM, uhm, I mean Pidgin

The latest version of Pidgin (used to be gaim) was released. I haven’t found any nice rpm’s for Fedora Core 6 yet (that would install) so I went ahead and made my own. No warranty whatsoever on anything about them. … Continue reading

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Nice Article on SELinux in RHEL5 (and some interesting Comments)

Here is a good article on what SELinux in RHEL 5 has brought to the table. Some cool new features and a lot more protection: http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/05/04/whats-new-in-selinux-for-red-hat-enterprise-linux-5/ There is also some interesting points in the comment section. Basically, a reminder that … Continue reading

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LinuxWorld NY down, FOSE 2007 down, two more to go..

— @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –> Ok, been a busy busy couple of months, two conferences down, two scheduled. In February, I helped with the new LinuxWorld/OpenSolutions World Summit in NY. … Continue reading

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Two Managing Grid Articles published

I recently worked on two grid management articles for IBM’s developers center that were just published: Managing a Grid, Part 3: Monitoring and Scheduling Managing a Grid, Part 4: Day-to-day tasks for a grid admin I’m pretty happy with how … Continue reading

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My Wii and a remote exploit?

Well, once again, I seem to be sparse on the posts. Maybe it’s because I’ve been busy with LinuxWorld Summit NY, or trying to get a new software project at work finished, or maybe cause I’m devoting my free time … Continue reading

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Ok, yes, it’s been a while

Wow, it’s been a very long time since I last posted something. Well, I do have somewhat of an excuse, I’ve been busy and traveling. On the busy side, I’ve been trying to get several projects at work moving or … Continue reading

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How not to do secure online credit transactions

Ok, been meaning to write a little about this, just couldn’t find the time. To ALL those in charge of taking private information via secure webforms (credit cards, SSN, etc..) PLEASE READ THIS. Yes, you must use an SSL encrypted … Continue reading

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LinuxWorld/OpenSolutions World San Francisco 2006

Well, I just got back from LinuxWorld and have to say I had a great time. This was a much better show than Boston was. Actually, after attending this show I realized how much the Boston show lacked for attendance … Continue reading

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