After watching a wonderful documentary on Antarctica on MOJO TV, I decided to do some more up-to-date research on what the scientific community has to say about global warming. In my opinion, the only real source we can/should reference is the National Environment Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) and the National Climatic Data Center [...]
Monthly Archive for October, 2008
Dell PowerEdge vs HP Proliant - Firmware Updates
Posted in geek on Oct 12th, 2008
When it comes to server maintenance, there is nothing quite as useful as bootable media which contains a bundle of firmware updates. I realize centrally-managed server-maintenance environments are sexy, but there are always times when you need to power down a box and install firmware updates.
So whats the story with Dell vs. HP? Each company [...]
my.cnf for InnoDB
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 10th, 2008
A few friends have been asking me what my my.cnf looks like for a master database, using InnoDB. I’ve decided to just post it, removing only the bits that would compromise security. Ultimately this config is the most versatile one I’ve come up with to date. Just so everyone understands, the scale I was working [...]
More baseball bats a’flyin’
Posted in image of the day, life on Oct 9th, 2008
Just when you thought the bacon cheeseburger couldn’t get anymore … delicious?