Category Archives: Computer

Overriding DNS for Testing

Posted on July 16, 2011 by James Reuben Knowles

Once in a while it’s handy to override DNS and associate a host name with a different IP address. Continue reading →

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Sign of an Immature Programmer

Posted on July 8, 2011 by James Reuben Knowles

There are stages of development that people seem to go through as a programmer. Continue reading →

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看板 (Kanban) and Agile Software Development

Posted on July 5, 2011 by James Reuben Knowles

Agile software development is an evolutionary practice rather than a process (implementation). An 2009 article Kanban Development Oversimplified has a nice overview of adapting 看板 (kanban) ideas into the development cycle.  

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Git Tutorial

Posted on July 5, 2011 by James Reuben Knowles

For the uninitiated, here’s a nice git tutorial at progit.org. You can download the current stable version of git at the git home page.

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ZFS on Linux

Posted on June 24, 2011 by James Reuben Knowles

ZFS and Linux unfortunately collide. M. Tim Jones has a paper on IBM developerWorks called Run ZFS on Linux.  

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ØMQ (ZeroMQ) and a Bit of Philosophy

Posted on June 24, 2011 by James Reuben Knowles

While watching the SLLUG May presentation on SALT by Thomas S. Hatch, I was intrigued by his reference to ØMQ (ZeroMQ). This is a fascinating “intelligent” networking library, but some of the philosophy I found interesting. In the guide it … Continue reading →

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How to Set Up Viscosity for Windows for OpenVPN

Posted on May 20, 2011 by James Reuben Knowles

Step-by-step instructions on how to install and configure Viscosity for windows. Continue reading →

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Zimbra Tweaks

Posted on March 29, 2011 by James Reuben Knowles

This is a list of the various little tweaks I performed on Zimbra. Continue reading →

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OS X Preview’s Hidden Powers

Posted on March 25, 2011 by James Reuben Knowles

Link to an article that lists useful features of the OS X Preview app. Continue reading →

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Validating e-Mails: You’re Doing It Wrong

Posted on March 21, 2011 by James Reuben Knowles

Everything you knew about e-mail validation is wrong. Continue reading →

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