Author Archives: ianmacd

Learning Ruby is turning out to be a lot of fun. If you’re a Perl fan, do check out this relatively unknown language. Mark my words: a few years from now, it’s going to be in extremely widespread use. The … Continue reading →

jules finally updated his diary. Bravo! By the way, Jules, I like your dingen page. Web logs definitely seem to be the flavour of the month right now. It looks great, too. Well, the save-the-date cards have gone out. That’s … Continue reading →

jules, it’s really getting time for you to update your diary. 11 months and counting. So many people no longer seem to update their diaries. I, myself, am posting my first entry in more than two weeks. Back in 2000, … Continue reading →

Maui was great. There’s something about whale watching, standing atop a volcano, beautiful beaches, crystal clear seas, lush vegetation, great food, the company of a beautiful woman and not having to work that somehow brings out the best in me. … Continue reading →

Damn, the machine rebooted again last night with 2.4.17. Half an hour later, it hung for 2.5 hours until I could power cycle it. I brought it back up with 2.4.16 and grsecurity. It ran fine on that for a … Continue reading →