Author Archives: Mark Glossop

Daemons & Agents

Posted on 24 January 2009 by Mark Glossop

Quinn (well, technically DTS, but it’s pretty clear that Quinn wrote it) just posted a major update to the “Daemons & Agents TechNote”. If you’re a Mac sysadmin, you owe it to yourself to at least read or attempt to … Continue reading →

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The Mighty Eagles…

Posted on 23 January 2009 by Mark Glossop

For those who care about such things I think I’ll leave this post as simple as possible.

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Job Hunting

Posted on 20 January 2009 by Mark Glossop

So for those that fit into the somewhat unique domain of people that read my random rants and don’t see me at least once a week…I’m looking for work. I’m still not ready to go into details, but the startup … Continue reading →

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Khan is no more…

Posted on 15 January 2009 by Mark Glossop

For long time fans of Star Trek, the news may or may not have reached you yet, but Ricardo Montalban, who played Khan Noonien Singh in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan passed away yesterday. He was 88. Often … Continue reading →

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More New Goodies in Nevada

Posted on 9 January 2009 by Mark Glossop

Since the project I was working on throughout 2008 has now been axed shelved, I don’t want to do any “tech research” using the X4200 M2 that’s in my “home data centre” [aka under the stairs, and yes, there is … Continue reading →

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Demise of DDJ

Posted on 8 January 2009 by Mark Glossop

Thanks to Michael Tsai (via Eric Sink), commenting about the demise of Dr. Dobbs Journal. DDJ was a print magazine for developers started in 1976. I remember hearing about DDJ possibly as early as my last years in high school … Continue reading →

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2009 – Happy New Year

Posted on 31 December 2008 by Mark Glossop

So if there’s anyone out there actually reading this A Happy New Year to y’all. Currently just hanging out and veg’ing with Adz and Elle [he’s just had major surgery so not up for much], but spending time with friends … Continue reading →

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Project Euler – Level 1

Posted on 28 December 2008 by Mark Glossop

Just solved Project Euler #225. That got me to “Level 1” status. Yay I’m not quite sure of the etiquette yet about posting information on problem solutions, but my solution was just a brute-force hack anyway…nothing elegant about it, so … Continue reading →

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Finally…

Posted on 25 December 2008 by Mark Glossop

So – after an extremely busy year (which will likely be the subject of future posts, but that’s another story), I’ve finally gotten around to actually setting up a blog. Like most blogs, I expect it will be a place … Continue reading →

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