sysadmin madness, in relative perspective
This interesting article popped up (dutch only, sorry) about Microsoft (and all non-eu) sovereign clouds, and what it boils down to: it’s a lie. If you as an EU individual, company, or worse, government, puts your data in any american owned (but the same applies to anything not EU) cloud, your data is up for … Read More “the lies about non-eu ‘sovereign’ cloud” »
Last week we where in Scotland to deal with family affairs, but we had the chance to spend two days in Edinburgh and just relax and be tourists.
Absolutely lovely city, we missed being able to get tickets to go into the castle, but we had a couple of good walks around it.
I no longer have access to FortiADC products, so I cannot guarantee this still works. I have however received patches, so it should work. Sometimes, things don’t work out the way you plan. I have wanted to contribute to opensource software for a long time, after all, I have been using it for many years … Read More “my first opensource release : check_fortiadc” »
KLM is sometimes a baffling airliner. The first time I stepped on board of a KLM aircraft ( age 7, 31 years ago, a DC-10 to Hamburg ), it set in motion my undying love for aviation. I – seriously – love to fly. I sometimes joke I am most comfortable at 35,000 feet zooming … Read More “things KLM does that kind of baffle me” »
A US senator wrote a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, voicing concerns about the security and privacy aspects of this new technology. Unfortunately, the letter also reads as one big “we have grave concerns that the government will not be able to access this fingerprint data”. The senator starts off like a good (oxymoron) … Read More “US senator voicing “concerns” about apple touch ID.” »
The words “do not be evil” have been linked to Google for a while now, and has reached near mythical proportions now with some of its users. But how much of this is true? One would argue, successfully, that google must absolutely not be evil, since these very words where immortalized in it’s IPO. However, … Read More “The evil in ‘do not be evil’ google” »
A nice post from MacRumors points out that Samsung continues to poke fun at Apple users, who stand in line to get the a newly launched product. Now, as a dutch person, I am blissfully oblivious to the Super Bowl, but one thing I do know is: Super Bowl ads do not come cheap So, Samsung … Read More “Samsung Continues to Poke Fun at Apple Fans in Super Bowl Ad” »
I, like many others, like the iPad. I don’t own one, and never have, because as much as I love my iPhone, I don’t like one simple thing: – it’s got no separation for users Separation for users, while a common thing on computers, including OS X, is very uncommon on phones and tablets. On … Read More “The only thing the iPad might be lacking” »
In memoriam, Steve Jobs, 1955 – 2011 Apple has used the following text on more then one occasion, and I think it sums up Steve Jobs like few other texts could: Here’s to the crazy one. The misfit. The rebel. The troublemaker. The round peg in the square holes. The one who see things differently. … Read More “Steve Jobs : 1955 – 2011” »
One of the many things I like about Mac OS X (Server) is the fact it’s a pure-bred UNIX. It’s even certified as such. Not to mention that the Director of Unix Technology at Apple is the person who at one point started the FreeBSD project: Jordan K. Hubbard. (I love FreeBSD, so I’m very … Read More “Crouching lion, hidden UNIX” »
