http://www.hlynes.com Industry Best Practice is another way of saying "Follow the Herd" Fri, 02 May 2008 13:22:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://blogs.sun.com/jonasdias/entry/tacc_ranger_tour A nice video of the new Ranger cluster at Texas ACC. Uses the same APC cooling system as the new Cardiff machine. Hopefully in the not too distant future I'll be able to post some pretty pics of our new cluster. Incidentally, Bristol just announced start of service on their new ... http://www.hlynes.com/2008/05/02/ranger/ Yes I'm a sheep, I admit it. [huw@w1199 ~]$ history|awk '{a[$2]++ } END{for(i in a){print a[i] " " i}}'|sort -rn|head 223 ./condor_accounting.py 101 rm 81 ls 73 ssh 61 ./condor_usage.py 58 python 42 cd 40 pylint 38 sudo 28 ./condor_status_logger.py My desktop at work. No prizes for guessing what I've been working on recently. http://www.hlynes.com/2008/04/11/silly-shell-history-meme/ The Libre Graphics Meeting is putting out a call for donations after one of their big sponsors didn't come through. Given the amount of time I've spent in Inkscape and GIMP recently (writing manager-friendly documentation for the current cluster project) I think I should really pony up some cash to ... http://www.hlynes.com/2008/04/08/moneymouth-interface/ A long weekend is always a good time for a new release. So without further ado I give you Peapod 0.7 Notable bug-fixes include improved syncing with ipods and some clean-up of the verbose output so that it makes more sense. For those of you who don't know: peapod is a command-line ... http://www.hlynes.com/2008/03/23/peapod-07/ Another kernel update so I go into my usual habit of vmware-config.pl ..rebuild modules etc when it dies on it's arse. /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_types.h:170: error: conflicting types for ‘uintptr_t’ include/linux/types.h:40: error: previous declaration of ‘uintptr_t’ was here In file included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/x86.h:23, ... http://www.hlynes.com/2008/03/19/vmware-server-borkage-on-fedora-8-2624/ ...I can now see three chillers the size of transit vans. This is a very good thing. http://www.hlynes.com/2008/02/11/out-of-my-office-window/ I'm in the middle of drawing up an equipment list for the new workshop and machine room. So far I've come up with the following: Decent workbench Steps (to work on the machines at the tops of racks) Lots of storage bins and shelves technical vacuum cleaner work lights/torches toolkits lifting gear (possibly a scissor lift of ... http://www.hlynes.com/2008/01/11/workshop-kit/ My aged Nokia 6600 died the day before going on holiday. Generous souls might want to text me their numbers. Anyone mentioning backups will be met with a rant about broken SyncML implementations. I wish FIC would hurry up and release their consumer phone. http://www.hlynes.com/2007/12/19/dead-mobile/ My descent into responsible adulthood continues apace. The vacuum cleaner that came with my current flat appears to be powered by elastic bands. It doesn't suck. So finally in a fit of practicality and technophillia I bought one of these. To quote one of Neal Stephenson's characters: "Until a man is twenty-five, ... http://www.hlynes.com/2007/09/22/badass/ The unfortunate limerick cascade on the Linux Kernel Mailing List is a horror to behold. However I have to share with you Alan Cox's song about memory management to the tune of the Beatles Eleanor Rigby. Ah look at all the laundered pages Ah look at all the laundered pages Handling Pages Pick up the ... http://www.hlynes.com/2007/07/26/kernel-humour/