Third party software installation woes
Let’s say you wanted to run two completely separate instances of Apache’s web server. (I.e. not just multiple virtual hosts listening on different ports, but actual separate httpd processes.) All you’d...
View ArticleUnix command line utility program conventions
Sometimes a vendor supplies a command-line utility for performing some function that we want to use from within our scripts and programs. There are some unwritten (at least as far as I can find) rules...
View ArticleQuis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? Monitoring your monitoring system
The group I’m in here at a major telecommunications provider has a nice little setup of HP’s OpenView and Remedy’s Action Request System. OpenView listens for and seeks out problems with various...
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Pet Peeve: Learning Curve Misuse
How many times have you heard this? This product has a steep learning curve. I’ve lost count. But it never ceases to annoy me. What does the above actually mean? And what is the person saying it really...
View ArticleRefactoring Dynamic Code
This has been one of my concerns all along. The claim is that “enough testing” will eliminate the need for the compiler to do static checking at compile time....
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Cloud Computing Presentation
The presentation went well, the Elluminate software worked just fine. People reported good audio quality, and the features like “raise hand” and the chat window allowed for questions to be asked and...
View ArticleThe Checklist Manifesto
I’ve just finished listening to the audiobook version of The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande. (Book web site at thechecklistmanifesto.com). Overall I think it’s worth reading, especially for those...
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