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Author Archives: M@
MySpace Openly Selling User Data
Per this /. post, MySpace is now openly selling user data. If you don’t think FaceBook et. al. can and will (and do) do the same when it benefits them, you’re sorely mistaken. “one-time leading social network is now selling … Continue reading
On Leadership
[NOTE: This essay was originally written for a now-defunct publication, and was never published. The exclusivity period granted to them has expired, and it is being reprinted with minor edits.] It’s rare that I quote the US Military, however they … Continue reading
Nagios Tray 3
The long-awaited release of Nagios Tray 3 has arrived. This version has been gutted and large swaths rewritten using Visual Basic 2010 (from VB6) reducing the size, memory usage, code complexity and dependencies greatly. The .NET 3.5 runtime will be … Continue reading
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Go
As you may or may not have heard, some monkeys at Google have been working on a “new” language called Go. Several features of the language interested me, and as such I’ve spent around 200 hours writing and debugging in … Continue reading
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Generating Work
Accidents happen. No seasoned analyst, admin or engineer I know hasn’t typed ‘reboot’ in the wrong term window, deleted the wrong file, created the odd network loop, etc. These are generally accidents: what was being done was judgmentally sound, however … Continue reading
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Chicken Tikka Masala
This Indian classic is very easy to make. This is not the easy version, but instead the amazing Matt-went-home-two-hours-early-to-cook-the-feast gourmet version, heavily adapted from numerous sources. 3 lbs boneless chicken breasts 1 lemon, cut in half 1/4 cup ghee, melted … Continue reading
The Next Five Years of Storage
[NOTE: This essay was commissioned by a client in December 2006. It’s the third in a series of old-yet-relevant position-papers whose exclusivity has expired, that I’m editing and posting. Things for the next five look “similar”. There is no formal … Continue reading
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The Next Five Years of Bandwidth
[NOTE: This essay was commissioned by a client in December 2006. It’s the second in a series of old-yet-relevant position-papers whose exclusivity has expired, that I’m editing and posting. Things for the next five look “similar”, yet scaled up in … Continue reading
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Disposable Appliance Computing
[NOTE: This essay was commissioned by a client in February 2007. It’s the first in a series of old-yet-relevant position-papers whose exclusivity has expired, that I’m editing and posting] The hosted systems industry has turned another critical point. Several years … Continue reading
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Anniversary Dinner
My parents’ anniversary was September 10th. While their son is a [culinary] genius, they have only allowed me to cook for them about three times in my life. My mother doesn’t approve of all sorts of things I do, including … Continue reading