sysadmin madness, in relative perspective
One of the nice things about Steve Ballmer, the CEO of Microsoft Corp. is that he always is full of FUD. This time, he continues on the subject of my previous ‘war on fud‘ post, where he stated that “linux users owe Microsoft“. According this article on Zdnet, he repeats his threats against Linux, and … Read More “Steve Ballmer : Linux is not free” »
Like I wrote earlier, I got a nice IBM eserver xseries 226. After I figured out that the CPU was, in fact, 64-bit capable (amd64/intel64 – EM64T), I went and downloaded the x86_64 version of FreeBSD 6.2, burned it on CD, popped it into the drive, and…. nothing Okay, nothing is an overstatement really, but … Read More “xseries 226 + FreeBSD amd64/intel64 = b0rk!” »
I recently got an IBM eserver xseries 226 from somebody, they only do HP in that shop, and it was a leftover from a takeover they did a little while back. Since he wasn’t going to use it, he gave it to me. Thanks a lot buddy! 🙂 After some investigation, I found out it … Read More “figuring out CPU capabilities” »
really do not match! Why do people take their bikes into a subway? The trains are overcrowded as it is in rush-hour, and every so many stops someone rams a bike into a compartment. It’s one of the many things I think the GVB (The company that does all of the public transport in Amsterdam) … Read More “Bikes and Subways” »