New low power comsumption Core 2 Quads
Core 2 Quad Gets Efficient: Enter The Q8200S And Q9550S : Four Cores For The Power Consumption Of Two
New screenshot app (Shutter)
If you blog, Shutter will rock your socks
Bricked you Asus EEE, or Acer Aspire One? try Knoppix 6.0
Knoppix 6.0: Perfect Distro (also for Netbooks) – Linux Magazine Online
Blog moved
I’m moving my blog to www.dailykebab.net, and reserving this blog for quick posts.
Work History
Mastercard Ireland Orbiscom Ireland Web Reservations Ltd Orbiscom Ireland The Credo Group Iona Technologies Penman Research IBM Ireland Lotus Development Ireland Metropolis Software Aldus Corporation/Adobe Inc Workhorse Systems Tower Technology Business Technology Centre Elstar Computer Systems Harmony Business Systems (aka CMM) Ramtech Ireland
Debian Debian Debian Debian
Yes you heard me right, Debian. I used to hate it back before apt. Despite plenty of pressure from peers, I never got the “Debian” way, but with the release of Etch I decided I would give it another go; this time I would not be disappointed. Etch worked flawlessly, powering my server since late …
Better directory services coming in Ubuntu Jaunty
Ubuntu Directory Service: Canonical Requests Help | WorksWithU
Version Control
In the early days when I was programming on DOS we had no version control software, and PKZIP was typically used to archive releases (crude but functional). I knew from a brief exposure to Xenix about SCCS, and what real version control was like, so I created my own version control system for DOS. I …
Install ATI’s FireGL driver on Debian
Kano (of Kanotix fame) provides this excellent script to install the latest ATI FireGL driver on yer Debian box. I have installed Debian Lenny x86_64 (5.0) on a new box with a AMD 780G chipset, that includes an on board HD3200 graphics processor. Could I get the video working by installing the driver direct from …
Domain specific language design
Over the years I have developed a number of domain specific languages, or translator front ends. My first ever translator was a front end for MS-Basic. I had learned programming initially in Basic, and then Z-80 assembler, finally graduating to Pascal. Then I got my first job, and it was pure Basic, line numbers and …