Coffee in Bangkok
2008-01-13
TravelSometimes you get a coffee that makes you stop what you’re doing because it’s so good. You stop everything and just admire the cup for a moment and say something...
VMWare Server on Debian Linux with Accurate Timekeeping
2007-12-30
InfrastructureHow to setup VMWare Server properly so that your guest operating systems dont suffer from slow or fast running clocks, and so you don't get the "rtc: lost some interrupts"...
How to work around the Debian installer hanging at 5% on software selection
2007-11-25
InfrastructureThe Debian apt system is awesome - it makes it incredibly easy to install new software onto a Debian box. It’s Achilles heel is the central repositories that host all...
Automated Tomcat / mod_jk / Apache httpd Setup
2007-11-25
Infrastructure Software engineeringGetting Apache HTTPD and Tomcat to talk to each other via mod_jk is one of those things that always seems to be a painful task. I think this is because...
Favorite find Commands
2007-11-14
InfrastructureI’m always ducking into the man page for find - the syntax never seems to stick for me, so this my online MRU list of find commands:
Creating an ISO with dd under Cygwin
2007-11-01
InfrastructureAlright, this is a “blog it so I don’t forget it” post.
Divine Code
2007-10-27
Software engineeringOften while naming variables or methods I’ve noticed that some related words have the same number of characters. I love this because it makes your code so much prettier, and...
Desktop: Numb
2007-10-17
Graphic designI created this desktop wallpaper a few months ago, but never got around to posting it.