I have my webserver (at the time of this writing, the one on which this blog is posted) configured rather nicely, however, as with everything that accumulates over time, it’s current state is a combination of quite a lot of trial-&-error sessions that would be really hard to duplicate the first time I tried to do so on another environment. Therefore, I’m going to try to log the configuration I use to get a system working as I like. This may or may not turn into a tutorial-type series, but for now, it’s just notes for myself. Continue Reading »
I work at a company that is involved in providing consulting services to K-12 educational organizations (that is, schools). My officemate gets the pleasure of writing & rewriting our testing coding, which basically handles the testing & test scores of students. Therefore, it should be no surprise (or, well, at least only moderately surprising) that I found the following site mildly interesting:
http://www.fairtest.org
This is an interesting organization whose purpose is to show the implicit failure of standardized testing. I have to say, I kinda agree with some of their points…I almost wish I could help them redesign their website…
Is there anything Linux can’t do (other than take over the desktop market, that is…*ducks*)?
http://www.linuxbios.org/index.php/Main_Page
I meant to post this a long time. I guess I was planning on fleshing out the two lines above a bit more but I decided to go ahead & just post it anyway, just to trim down my pending post queue (I have, like, 10 unfinished posts waiting on me to complete & post them…)
I’ve ordered 4 case fans from Newegg, because ever since I’ve closed-up my case (a gift from an old friend), the noise level is actually higher as the CPU fan is spinning faster to keep it cool now that it’s closed. I figure adding a few larger fans will help keep the internal temperature lower and keep that (hopefully noisier) CPU fan running more quitely. We’ll just have to see. Until I get the camera I want, you’ll just have to imagine what all this looks like.
Currently, the CPU idles around 46°C with a case temperature of 46°C, likewise. This peaks at almost 60°C when running a fill CPU load (runs Prime95 for a short while…) 61°C CPU, 46°C case. The CPU fan also runs at 6250 RPM at this temperature. Once I’ve installed the new fans (I might do them one at a time to measure their individual contributions), I’ll report back.
Whilst browsing Slashdot today, I came across a post describing yet-another-computer-science debate. This one in particular is regarding the debate regarding microkernels versus monolithic kernels in operating system design. The players: Andrew Tanenbaum & Linus Torvalds. Torvalds is, of course, the original writer & maintainer of the Linux kernel, while Tanenbaum is the author of what can be called the precursor to Linux - Minix (undergoing a Slashdotting at the time of this writing).
But I didn’t make this post to discuss operating system design. As it turns out, Tanenbaum is a rather decent writer, and I found myself rather drawn to the numerous writings he has up on his website. Amongst the interesting reads I encountered were the following:
(I think I was really interested in this particular series of events, apparently).
I came across a link to this article describing some good development practices & procedures from an announcement on the Tigris project site.
I’m posting it up here so I don’t forget about it. I’ll try and offer a better write-up and/or analysis when I get some time (most likely outside of work hours). Feel free to share any comments if you get a chance to read it & have something to share.
