Last week I was privileged to be sponsored by the Network Time Foundation to give a talk at AusNOG 2017. The slides are now available on the conference site (and here, too). The talk covers some of the operational issues which NTP has faced over...
I'm no longer working for myself, so I've moved most of my old content to this new blog. The same entries should generally be available, although there may be some issues with paths not matching and images not showing by default. If there's...
(Warning: Contains political content about the upcoming Australian federal election - although not the type you might expect...) Annabel Crabb hit a nerve with this article opening recently: You're one week into a federal election campaign that...
I blogged previously about the podcasts I regularly listen to, and the topic came up again this week on the SAGE-AU mailing list, so I thought I'd update it with my current thoughts. Regular listens from the previous list SANS Internet Storm...
I've been asked a few different times to advise young (and sometimes not so young) people trying to get a start in IT. Every story is different, but there are a few commonalities. So here's my generic IT career/job seeking advice in rough...
I've always been interested in learning and developing my skills, and over the past couple of years i've been increasingly targeting my professional development. On a long commute, a great way to explore different areas of interest is listening...
Debian Project News recently linked to a helpful infographic of Debian versions. It doesn't include anything about backports, volatile/updates, or contrib, main, and non-free, but it's a great resource nonetheless. The main point i would disagree...
It seems in the merging of Oracle.com and Sun.com, Sun's blueprints site has disappeared from view. A lot of it was very specific to Sun hardware & software, but it had much general applicability as well. One of the treasures in their...
The Register has a review of the Ubuntu 11.04 beta release which suggests there are some rocky times for existing Ubuntu users ahead. The part the article that stuck out to me reads: The highlight of the current launcher is the plethora of...
I has been our privilege at Liberty Systems & Software to support the flood relief efforts of High and Dry Computers 4 U, a volunteer effort to provide computers for those affected by floods in the Ipswich area who are least able to provide them...