Linux is truly everywhere, even on the airlines. This is a photograph taken on Vietnam airlines where the entertainment system appears to be running a variant of Red Hat Linux. The system is booting up and loading the kernel and the various services are loading and it seems to be trying to access a SD … Read more
The tenth anniversary of the shocking attacks on 9/11 September is upon us and we are once again reminded of the threat of terrorism that still hangs over us today. The attacks on that fateful day are still the most shocking act of terrorism that we have ever seen, and it does not help that … Read more
I have switched to a better theme framework for my WordPress page. I am going to leave this as the default look as the theme is not as narrow as some of the WordPress themes I have tried, the proper menu on the left makes this easy to navigate and I think it looks rather … Read more
I have finished my C++ CGI script. The script is for Apache and any other Internet server software that can run C++ CGI scripts. I am very happy with the performance of this program compared to a Perl script, and it is much more streamlined than a lot of other C++ CGI scripts I have … Read more
Sony PS3 in the days before Other OS feature was removed from the Playstation 3. This allowed you to have a very fast and reliable system that could be networked into a supercomputing cluster using the Cell processor in the Playstation 3. That was a good system, still available if you have a PS3 that … Read more
This is a screenshot of the FVWM Crystal desktop I am running on Debian Linux. This is the latest desktop I am trying out and it is the best so far, I was getting annoyed with the Enlightenment E17 desktop and I installed this instead and it is faster and very light on memory as … Read more
Windows XP wallpaper. I am writing this post about the Windows XP operating system we all know and hate. I can not believe it is still used in 2011. Microsoft should release a newer and better operating system that is more reliable than this horrible concoction that is prone to file corruption and other misdemeanours. … Read more