http://johndalton.info Unix/Linux Sysadmin and Web Developer Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:08:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been a bit quiet lately, but not because there's nothing going on! I'm changing jobs in a few weeks time, and beginning a new adventure. More on that later. In the meantime here's a tidbit from the world of High-Performance Computing, explaining a topic which is ... http://johndalton.info/2007/08/31/whats-all-the-fuss-about-multicore/ I've developed a particular interest in the climate change "debate" due to my current position supporting the activities of a number of climate scientists who use the TPAC supercomputing facilities to simulate the earth's climate. Chris Samuel (Deputy Systems Manager at VPAC) provided a link to recent research debunking the claims ... http://johndalton.info/2007/07/13/whos-being-swindled/ My friend (and ace python/javascript hacker) Tim Stebbing has only just dipped his toes in the water with LinkedIn, and was wondering how many people he'd find in his network when searching on his primary area of expertise.I figured I'd give it a go too - while I've been slowly ... http://johndalton.info/2007/05/22/leveraging-linkedin/ Chris Josephes over on the O'Reilly Sysadmin blog just posted an article titled "It wouldn't hurt you to use the compiler", about sysadmins who won't install anything that didn't come prepackaged.As a *nix admin, it used to be assumed that compiling software was part of the job.  While I've now ... http://johndalton.info/2007/04/03/sysadmins-must-be-able-to-use-a-compiler/ I just updated my Wordpress install for this blog, as it was running an old version. While I was at it I decided to install K2, even though I'd made a deal with myself that I wasn't allowed to do anything with the layout until I'd actually started producing ... http://johndalton.info/2007/04/01/a-minor-overhaul/ I've had this domain for a couple of years now, always intending to put something up. So, here's "something". More to come later. http://johndalton.info/2006/11/06/better-late-than-never/