January 2012
dns - Hotmail sending email to A record not MX... →
Well played hotmail, well played. Not, wait, I don’t mean that. I mean “Hotmail, you are a bunch of fail”
“> So Tim, what is it that you do?
> You know in Formula One, you have...”
– Hello, I’m Tim and I have a job no one understands. « Tim Dobson
I’m totally stealing that Formula 1 quote ;-)
“Finally, let’s go ahead and use Chef to bring up a CFEngine client, which will...”
– CFEngine Puppet and Chef Part 1 - A Fistful of Servers
Yo Dawg, I heard you like config management…
“If I end up needing to do a ton more typing in college than I do now,” Annette...”
– Post-PC era, indeed – Wind on a Leaf
I have to admit, I’m thinking along the same lines. An ipad and wireless keyboard would probably do 99.9% of my computering needs. Well, an ipad, a wireless keyboard, and a remote server that I can ssh onto.
Almove - Porta MacBook 13 →
I do like the idea of this laptop case, but I imagine it’ll be a pain to actually carry about.
http://www.whattheduck.net/strip/1297 →
December 2011
Git pretty — justinhileman.info — Readability →
A handy “how to get yourself out of a mess in git” flowchart.
Using Jenkins for System Administration |... →
Interesting things here about using the Jenkins continuous integration server for system administrator tasks. I’m definitely going to look into the reverse DNS entry cleanup/IP Range documentation stuff.
Saving time and money with the Alias Record |... →
An interesting (vendor-specific) DNS thing to improve CNAME performance.
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London 'Tech City' quango burns through £1m on...
[shared via Google Reader from The Register]
The Silicon roundabout - it’s a nonstop social whirl!
The taxpayer-funded quango given the job of rebranding and promoting the nontrepreneurs of Shoreditch has blown through £1m on admin costs alone in a year.…
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FAA Approves iPads in the Cockpit
[shared via Google Reader from The Brooks Review]
Jason D. O’Grady reporting an FAA/American Airlines (it’s not clear which) statement: On Friday, American Airlines is the first airline in the world to be fully FAA approved to use iPads during all phases of flight. That’s great, so if I fly AA I never have to shut off my iPad, right? RIGHT? ∞
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The AOL of Today
[shared via Google Reader from The Brooks Review]
Brent Simmons on Facebook: I wonder sometimes if Facebook is the America Online of today, with roughly the same future where we look back and wonder why we were all on it and we wonder what happened and then remember that it still exists, sort-of. Not a bad thought. ∞
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Macworld Buying Guide: iPad Keyboards Review
[shared via Google Reader from The Brooks Review]
Dan Frakes: I’ve tested approximately three dozen of the iPad keyboards on the market. Here’s a quick look at the main types available, along with my recommendations for a few of the best in each category. What a great guide — even makes me consider getting some sort of setup like this. ∞
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A Sign You’ve Gone Overboard Drinking
[shared via Google Reader from Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes]
(Pub | Dublin, Ireland) (Two elderly men are sitting at the bar and are quite drunk. I overhear this part of their conversation.)
Customer #1: “Was it you or your brother who was drowned at sea?”
Customer #2: *pauses a few moments* “I think it must have been John. He’s the one that worked on the fishing boat.”
How diamond geezer would make Bow roundabout safer... →
A superb taking apart of just why Bow roundabout is so bad for the pedestrian, and a solution so sensible/workable/affordable/good that even if TFL hadn’t considered it already, it’s certain they never will. Can’t have that sort of sensibility and whatnot in the traffic planning department of TFL.
Usenix: Google deploys IPv6 for internal network →
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Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro...
[shared via Google Reader from Motivational Quotes of the Day]
“The shortest route to getting things done is just do it.”
GE Competition to Hire Instagram Photographer →
Really? A job that pays you to take crappy photos with your phone?
What Really Happened Aboard Air France 447 →
An absolute must read about the final minutes of Air France flight 447.
“1. The new Playstation Vita will only permit one account per device. Preventing...”
– Three sad things Sony did this weekend - Boing Boing
Funny coming across this in my RSS feeds whilst watching a video interview with Richard Stallman…
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Apple’s Supply-Chain Secret
[shared via Google Reader from The Brooks Review]
Adam Satariano and Peter Burrows on Apple’s supply chain mastery: Apple’s retail stores give it a final operational advantage. Once a product goes on sale, the company can track demand by the store and by the hour, and adjust production forecasts daily. If it becomes clear a given part will run out, teams are deployed and given approval to spend...
November 2011
Study: Bandwidth hogs aren't responsible for peak... →
I’m a “bandwidth hog” - I usually transfer between 350 and 500GB per month, so I’m glad to see it’s not my fault ;-)
In my defence, I do the majority of my downloading midnight to 6am, throttle my downloading 6am to 4pm, and pause it 4pm to midnight. I’m a considerate bandwidth hog…
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Opinion: Why I'm not unboxing my Kindle Fire (or...
[shared via Google Reader from DVICE]
I just received my Kindle Fire. It’s in this box. Just to be clear, this Fire is my Fire: it’s money out of my own pocket. This isn’t a unit Amazon gave DVICE for review.
Like many, I tossed my name in early for a Kindle Fire pre-order. I was at the unveiling, and got just as excited by the prospect of a $200 tablet as anyone else....
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Motorola Droid 4 is a Droid Razr with a keyboard
[shared via Google Reader from DVICE]
Droid fans, the Droid 4 is coming in a few days and it’s everything the Droid 3 should have been, but wasn’t.
HackerThings: Products for the discerning hacker →
I wonder if I can make this into my christmas list…
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Jabba the Cupcake
[shared via Google Reader from Boing Boing]
Who knew that fondant icing was such a great medium for sculpting Hutts?
Jabba cupcake
(via Super Punch)
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Simple alternative to deprecated Google Reader...
[shared via Google Reader from Hacker News]
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Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles" →
Yes, I’m sharing this absolutely everywhere, but I think it’s one of those TED talks that everyone should take the time to see. So do it, find a spare nine minutes and five seconds, and watch this.
x tile « giuspen →
I’ve moved from two smaller monitors to one larger one at work, and this seems to have solved my “how to more easily tile” windows problem. And yes, I know I should be using a tiling window manager. Baby steps ;-)
BBC News - Manchester United shirt warning for... →
What sort of muppet would go in the home end wearing the shirt of another club anyway, never mind when that other club is the away team?
New Mouse from HP Has a Dedicated Facebook Button... →
Possibly the single most stupid thing I’ve ever seen.
USB Stick Contains Dual-Core Computer, Turns Any... →
ZOMG! Do want. Definitely want one of these. It looks superb.
Hey, Hipster – “Ninja” Isn’t Cool: What Developers... →
So, folks prefer it if their employer is a little bit grown up, Who knew? ;-)
Waterproof Your iPhone, Everything Else With This... →
This has to be voodoo.
App Store - Minecraft – Pocket Edition →
I never got into minecraft. I’m wondering if this is going to be the thing that pushes me into it.
Airport full-body X-ray scanners banned across... →
Congress Reaps Pizza Harvest « NotionsCapital →
Now, I’m not calling the people in the American Congress stupid, but…
Unhosted: separating web apps from data storage →
Interesting idea, allowing people to use their own backend storage with your webapp. This I like. Keeping your data out of someone else’s silo is good.
A Disturbing Dialog About Ubuntu and Unity - Linux... →
Personally, I’m going to give Mint and straight Debian a crack on my home machine, with a view to switching my work desktop in time.
Project Black Mirror: It's my turn →
Mind control of Siri? Oh hell yes.
Fingerprint scanner can detect drugs in sweat •... →
Do. Not. Want.
matstace.me.uk →
Yes, fine, it’s a little bit crass to share my own homepage, but I got bored of a plain list of links to my various profiles, so did some artworks instead. Enjoy ;-)
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes...
On the off chance that anyone actually has this bookmarked, the address has changed. My list o’crap now lives at listocrap.matstace.me.uk.
Galaxy Tab 7inch →
I got to see a 7 inch Samsung Galaxy Tab in the flesh the other day, and it really is the killer form factor (for me). I’m not sure I could go back to android though, especially a non-honeycomb version. I’m a simple fool, and do like my iOS. I’ll never say never though.
Don't look now, but there's something stirring...
Hello, in case you’re following this here tumblr thing without realising, as it’s been dormant for a few months, and you’re wondering what these links are, well, I’ll tell you.
I used to pipe my google reader shared items into this here tumblr account, so people could see what I found interesting and the like. Google recently took the sharing function away, so...
How to Calibrate Your HDTV and Boost Your Video... →
A timely article, as I’ll be calibrating the replacement for the crap Samsung UE40C6530 soon
The Stanza Ereader is Back, Now with iOS 5... →
In all honesty, I can say that I wasn’t expecting Amazon to ever update Stanza.
Built With Bootstrap →
Mainly putting this here to remind me to go and take a closer look at Bootstrap.
HTC Figured Out a Way to Make HTC Phones Sync with... →
I wonder how long it will be until Apple kill this…