Just away at the moment, been at CCGrid 2005 in Cardiff.. More when I'm back in Australia!
Category Archives: Writing
Back from LCA!
Well, we’re back from Canberra and LCA 2005 went really well, and I even survived presenting at the Clustering Mini-Conference which was worth the trip in itself.
Anyway, no time to write more at the moment, been very busy fixing up the new mailsystem on one of these (with 128MB RAM and a 40GB hard disk) running Gentoo Linux using Maia Mailguard to control Amavisd-new with SpamAssassin and Clam Anti-Virus.
Just wish I’d been able to afford the model with 256MB when I’d bought it!
United Revised Church Of Google
I’ve been bouncing the idea of a Church of Google around at work for a while now, but of course consulting Google itself leads me to the knowledge that I am not innovating (again). There is already a Church of Google, but they hide away on Orkut, shame on them!
I hereby declare that there has been a schism, and the Church of Google has forked. We now have the United Revised Church Of Google (URCOG) (v0.42beta)!
All you need to do is:
- Be faithful to Google
- Blog occasionally about how Google has helped you in your life
In the meantime here are some a collection of deep and/or silly thoughts in relation to Google from 2003 from Philipp Lenssen’s blog coverage of Google..
The Long Emergency
Found via Mark Greenaway’s blog, an interesting Rolling Stone article about the peak oil production problem, which has had a fair bit of press in New Scientist recently..
4 More Earthquakes Shake Sumatra
Sumatra has had another 4 sizeable earthquakes (5.8, 6.3, 5.5, 5.9) in the space of 90 minutes after the magnitude 6.8 one. This earthquake map is a good way of seeing them.
There is a BBC News story about the 6.8 quake here.
Strong Earthquake (Initial Report Mag 6.8) Near Sumatra
USGS reporting a magnitude 6.8 quake 70 miles SW of Padang, Sumatra (population 721,000). See their 10 degree map for the location.
MG-Rover Deny Receivership Claims
The plot thickens, MG-Rover have denied going into receivership after a statement by the UK’s Trade Secretary saying that they had.
MG-Rover Calls in the Receivers
Just got a news email from the BBC saying that MG-Rover, the last big British car firm, has had to call in the receivers when a deal with a Chinese car company fell through due to uncertainty over a UK government bridging loan. Sad news, I hope something can be salvaged to keep it going.
The Morgan Motor Company in Malvern, where I used to work, still seems to be going strong with a waiting list of 12 months from ordering a car from them. They make lovely cars..
Large Aftershock (5.9) in Nias
I’ve just had an email from the USGS saying there has been a Magnitude 5.9 earthquake in the Nias region of Indonesia within the last hour.
It looks like yet another in a long series of hefty aftershocks that are happening as the faults in the area “unzip” after the massive quake nearby on Boxing Day.
New Google Drink
Think a DNA scanner embedded in the lip of your bottle reading all 3 gigabytes of your base pair genetic data in a fraction of a second, fine-tuning your individual hormonal cocktail in real time using our patented Auto-Drink™ technology, and slamming a truckload of electrolytic neurotransmitter smart-drug stimulants past the blood-brain barrier to achieve maximum optimization of your soon-to-be-grateful cerebral cortex. Plus, it’s low in carbs!
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