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A response to Danny Nalliah

(Non-technical post: Fedora folks can skip this if they like, I just feel the need to rant as this offends me deeply) Context: My city of Brisbane, Australia is currently experiencing the worst floods in the region since 1974; Outlying areas and regional towns and cities are cut off and

De-stressing

Hey Yaakov, make that four users [http://loupgaroublond.blogspot.com/2009/05/fedora-devshell-is-now-packaged-in.html] once I’ve set it up, I certainly do like the looks of it. A good tool that makes any job easier is a winner in my book, and that looks like a good one indeed.

A Koan

A novice once came to a systems software roshi seeking wisdom: “I am troubled. My project has become large and I am having trouble reproducing the environment across test servers. I have all my sources and I’ve installed them from source in the ways our forefathers have, but some

I'm getting fitter!

As most folks who know me personally know, I’m not exactly a little guy. Not huge (175cm / 95kg or 5’9″ and 205lb in the old money) but not a lightweight either. I used to be even bigger in times past – 110kg at one stage a few years ago.

Enlightened kids and new toys and spring cleaning..

Posted to the U-Zendo mailing list: [https://i0.wp.com/www.thatfleminggent.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/ch080428.gif] …even comic characters understand the concept of impermanence ? Me: I’ve been doing some server infrastructure and web R&D lately; I am a fairly recent convert to the benefits

A story saved for posterity.

The redesign of the site is progressing well and I would expect it to be essentially complete by the weekend at the latest. I’ve had to make some calls regarding stuff that should stay and go – among the casualties is my old Journal, which will remain but have no