Monthly Archives: May 2007
Inner Life of a Cell
Very cool video from Harvard, taking us on a whistle-stop tour of the inside of a cell. The first version is the condensed version with all the pretty animation and no actual science. There is also the full 8 minute … Continue reading
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Free as in Freedom, Bitch
Most people will no doubt have already seen this delightful interview with Bill Hilf. In this interview Bill, who I had previously taken to be an energetic and eloquant linux engineer working on Windows/Linux integration issues, reveals himself to be … Continue reading
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new server
The newest addition to the racks at WeSC is a Dell 3250. Two Itanium processors, redundant power supplies and a proper lights-out management card. Total Cost? Less than 500 quid from ebay.
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Project Indiana
As reported by ZDNET. Apparently a version Solaris that will be more friendly to linux admins. I can’t help but be under-whelmed by this news. Isn’t this what Nexenta are already doing? In other news my Solaris 10 V880 is … Continue reading
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Welsh Assembly Elections
The first election I very nearly didn’t vote for. In the end I voted so that I can still complain about them for the next three years. At least the scots get to vote for people who can actually legislate.
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One of those days
Due to a scarcity of meetings (a rare thing these days) I thought I might actually be able to get some work done today. What I actually ended up doing was trying to work out why my Solaris 10 V880 … Continue reading
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