End of July Misc post.
As usual I’m a bit behind in stuff but the excuse this time is that around 6 months ago I started playing chess competitively again ( previously was when I was still at school) so I’ve been spending a bit of time at it. Right now it involves going to the club ( site being redone soon) one evening a week, the odd tournament and some study and practice on sites like this .
I’m now ranked 332nd= in the country but I think with a bit of work I could be in the top 200 in a few months if I keep at it.
Other stuff that is happening is that a proposal for a Sysadmin Miniconf has been submitted to Linux.conf.au 2009 in Hobart. More details to come.
Some links:
A good paper at Usenix 2008 on Handling Flash Crowds from your Garage PDF version with the diagrams .
…and an interesting article on How long will we be trapped in this mobile hell hole? panders to my dislike of mobile applications.
And finally a Watchmen Trailer / Heroes Mashup video:
