Some would call me a late adopter, but I've become a great fan of Aunty's Media Watch (Aunty is the ABC, or the Australian Broadcasting Commission, for those not from Oz). The program provides a reality check for the print media as well as news and current affairs programs on television and radio. Compulsory viewing in my … Continue reading Abandoning tabloid journalism
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We are really biased toward Open Source Software at Crossed Wires, especially when it looks as good and performs as well as Cacti. Cacti is a performance graphing tool that is really polished and sophisticated, and looks set to displace MRTG here.You might be aware that I've been using MRTG for graphing network traffic and system … Continue reading Cacti gets a run
Newly added to Crossed Wires is the Cool Sites navigation section. You'll see it at the left of the screen. Here I'll place links to some of the cooler stuff I surf through. Don't forget about the Other Blogs section at the right hand side, also!
If you've ever looked at our photo gallery (http://veejoe.com.au/gallery) you would probably notice that it's a little bit "update-challenged". Like the blog, you might say. Ha. This update problem should soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a little bit more free software.Our photo gallery operates using the wonderful Gallery software (http://gallery.menalto.com). It has its own methods … Continue reading Updates to the Photo Gallery
If you're like me, you'll be fed up with the trash that commercial TV serves up, and too cheap to pay for Pay-TV (it's still just TV, right?) An alternative, albeit audio-only, is available through your personal music device. Thanks to iTunes 4.9, I've discovered the marvel of "podcasting". For those who aren't familiar with the concept, think … Continue reading Podcasting
As the "downtime" story implied, I was in Canberra again last week -- not a month after having posted that I was done in Canberra! (I did say "for now", at least...)I was asked to cover for a friend of mine who was unable to do a piece of work because he was going to be … Continue reading Back in Canberra… and back from Canberra
We experienced some downtime here at Crossed Wires on Thursday and Friday, due to "backhoe attenuation". Grrr!We moved house (as I'm sure I blogged previously, despite my apalling reputation for keeping up-to-date blog entries), and there is (was) a vacant block next door. Construction started recently, with the digging of trenches for installation of drainage and electrical. Well, … Continue reading Crossed Wires downtime
My work in our nation's capital is done -- for now, anyway...I've had an entertaining couple of months travelling to Canberra every week to work at one of the government departments there (obviously can't say which one!). As is usually the case with govenment projects though (apparently) the money stopped on June 30, so it's all … Continue reading Farewell, Canberra
We bit the bullet here at the new Ellendale data centre. LDAP authentication! Works like a bought one.Coinciding with the relocation of the prime server from Rubicon DC to Ellendale DC, we've implemented LDAP authentication for Linux and Mac OS X clients. There's also automounted home directories to boot! It went quite smoothly, all things considered. Now will come … Continue reading Veejoe goes LDAP
Just to show that some things really don't ever change, we've maintained our incredibly high standard for blog-updating here at Crossed Wires.In the last three months there's been work changes, house changes, Nicholas has started walking, and probably any number of less-important things to write about. None of them made it to the blog, unfortunately! Talk about … Continue reading Long time between updates… What else is new?
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