http://www.jessies.org/~car/ LIFF (n.) A book, the contents of which are totally belied by its cover. For instance, any book the dust jacket of which bears the words, &#39;This book will change your life&#39;. en Copyright 1996 - 2009, Chris Reece Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:35:50 GMT Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:58:44 GMT car@jessies.org car@jessies.org 60 http://www.jessies.org/~car/img/crank_rss.png http://www.jessies.org/~car/ 48 48 LIFF (n.) A book, the contents of which are totally belied by its cover. For instance, any book the dust jacket of which bears the words, &#39;This book will change your life&#39;. http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200907142140-arg-list-too-long.php <p>Sometimes shit happens. The great thing about our never-ending race for bigger, faster computers and storage is that more and more often, shit happens real fast, and makes a lot of mess in the process. <a href="http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200907142140-arg-list-too-long.php">more...</a></p> car@jessies.org Chris Reece/Blog http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200907142140-arg-list-too-long.php Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:58:44 GMT http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200907081926-for-firefox-sake.php <p>What&#39;s the big deal about SSL? It&#39;s been around for yonks; we must have it taped by now, right? Wrong, sadly. <a href="http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200907081926-for-firefox-sake.php">more...</a></p> car@jessies.org Chris Reece/Blog http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200907081926-for-firefox-sake.php Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:57:07 GMT http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200905241256-no-mans-land.php <p>This weekend, I stand a man between two employers. A day after terminating my contract with my previous employer, and the day before I begin work for my new employer, now seems like the ideal time to comment on the events that followed my last article. It seems clear that these words, more than any others I may have authored, can be no-one&#39;s but my own. I looked forward to this day. <a href="http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200905241256-no-mans-land.php">more...</a></p> car@jessies.org Chris Reece/Blog http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200905241256-no-mans-land.php Sun, 24 May 2009 00:56:00 GMT http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200904251343-the-horror-sun-patch-137138-09.php <p>More eye-gouging awfulness courtesy of Sun kernel patch 137138-09. <a href="http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200904251343-the-horror-sun-patch-137138-09.php">more...</a></p> car@jessies.org Chris Reece/Blog http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200904251343-the-horror-sun-patch-137138-09.php Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:43:00 GMT http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200904250755-openbsd-ldom.php <p>The intarnets held that the latest snapshot of OpenBSD was equipped to deal with LDom virtualisation. The intarnets were right. <a href="http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200904250755-openbsd-ldom.php">more...</a></p> car@jessies.org Chris Reece/Blog http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200904250755-openbsd-ldom.php Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:55:00 GMT http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200904230737-debian-ldom.php <p>It can be done, with a little bit of jiggery here, and some pokery there. Here are a few notes that might save you some time, couched in a verbose and conversational tone that&#39;s guaranteed to waste you some. <a href="http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200904230737-debian-ldom.php">more...</a></p> car@jessies.org Chris Reece/Blog http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200904230737-debian-ldom.php Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:37:00 GMT http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200904211248-be-prepared.php <p>So goes the Cub Scout motto. How ironic, then, that we don&#39;t seem to think of the children. Won&#39;t some body please think of the children? <a href="http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200904211248-be-prepared.php">more...</a></p> car@jessies.org Chris Reece/Blog http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200904211248-be-prepared.php Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:48:00 GMT http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200903251203-py-foo.php <p>I know Python in almost exactly the same way as Keanu Reeves knows Kung Fu: observed from a distance, through a select series of fixed viewpoints, with a trillion dollars of post-production, I might look like a fricken ninja. <a href="http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200903251203-py-foo.php">more...</a></p> car@jessies.org Chris Reece/Blog http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200903251203-py-foo.php Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:03:00 GMT http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200903221627-learning-python.php <p>I felt motivated to learn something new this weekend, and promised myself that I&#39;d plough through as much of the O&#39;Reilly rat book as possible. After chewing through 300 pages on Saturday, I figured I might offer an early opinion or two. <a href="http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200903221627-learning-python.php">more...</a></p> car@jessies.org Chris Reece/Blog http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200903221627-learning-python.php Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:27:00 GMT http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200903191219-in-the-door.php <p>Wait for the green light. <a href="http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200903191219-in-the-door.php">more...</a></p> car@jessies.org Chris Reece/Blog http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200903191219-in-the-door.php Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:19:00 GMT http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200903171257-ask-me-a-question.php <p>Quickly, for the love of Mike, someone please ask me a question! <a href="http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200903171257-ask-me-a-question.php">more...</a></p> car@jessies.org Chris Reece/Blog http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200903171257-ask-me-a-question.php Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:57:00 GMT http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200903142353-failure-not-fault.php <p>There are powerful forces at work. More powerful, even, than the almighty dollar. <a href="http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200903142353-failure-not-fault.php">more...</a></p> car@jessies.org Chris Reece/Blog http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200903142353-failure-not-fault.php Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:53:00 GMT http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200903042136-muh-iloms-borked.php <p>What do you do when your Sun reseller ships you an X4500 with forgotten ILOM and Solaris root passwords? <a href="http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200903042136-muh-iloms-borked.php">more...</a></p> car@jessies.org Chris Reece/Blog http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200903042136-muh-iloms-borked.php Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:36:00 GMT