I’ve started running some distributed computer programs using the excess computer hardware here at the condo. My dual-proc workstation and dual-proc linux server are normally idling 24/7. Figured I put it towards a good cause: The World Community Grid Project. World Community Grid’s mission is to create the largest public computing grid benefiting humanity. Our…

Now that GCC 3.4.4 has been marked stable in the Gentoo Linux portage tree, I finally started the long and arduous process of recompiling every system package on the linux box. Still have to do the: emerge -ev world Then I still have to configure and recompile the kernel. I think once this is all…

I had been planning to replace my iBook (I know it isn’t the most positive post, but it has my specs, and most of my performance issues were solved when I upgraded to Panther) this year having hit the end of my 3-year upgrade cycle. Given a lackluster Macworld Expo 2005 in January and some…

So I’ve been messing around with the Linux box again. I’ve updated to MySQL 4.1.x and the newest version of Textpattern (4.02). Very sweet. I am still working on getting the mail server up and running (I’m so very close), but I wanted to get the site up and running again. Cheers, Tai

The past two days at work, I have been setting up an old G4 500 MHz Powermac. We need it as a video editing and web compatibility testing box. Boy, was I envious. Now it isn’t much faster than my iBook (Late 2001 Dual USB), but I could tell right off that it was peppier…

Here is my host file: 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.0.1 dualamd 192.168.1.120 dualamd.pantages.ca Here is my use flags These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically built this stage Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example CFLAGS=”-O2 -march=athlon-xp -m3dnow -msse -mfpmath=sse -mmmx -pipe -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -frerun-cse-after-loop -frerun-loop-opt -falign-functions=4 -maccumulate-outgoing-args” CHOST=“i686-pc-linux-gnu” CXXFLAGS=”${CFLAGS}” MAKEOPTS=”-j4”…

From the “So Close…” Dept I installed Xandros Linux 2.0 Desktop on my dual processor workstation. You heard it here first: The year of the Linux Desktop will be in 2005. It’s almost ready for primetime. Will it ever replace Windows? No, not in North America or Europe—Linux’s impact will be in the developing nations.…

From the “Black List” Dept. I know several people who I’ve catologued onto my “alcohol quaffing blacklist”. Cristine’s friend Hanna is new addition. Tai

From the “I’m not cut out to be an adventurer” Dept. Well, the jig is up. For those of you who have never read this blog, there is a book that Jen, my girlfriend, gave me called The Da Vinci Code Read about in it in the following blog archive: More Ciphers? A New Adventure…