Our water collection tray (made of cardboard) got wet and collapsed. So we improvised with black plastic!
There is a fan in another room exhausting air. Cold air comes straight into the living room!
Archive for May, 2008
Evaporation Cooler First Attempt (aka swamp cooler)
Sunday, May 18th, 2008How ssh-agent Works on OS X 10.5
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008This post discusses how ssh-agent works on OS X Leopard. Very informative.
http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2007/11/28/ssh_agent_leopard/
Rdiff-backup on OS X
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008Short and sweet
Download my script to automate rdiff-backup installation on OS X.
Longer version with background
I use rdiff-backup to keep all my systems backed up. Rdiff-backup keeps incremental changes and permission information, and only transmits changes over the network. It’s great for automated remote backups. All my Linux systems backup at least once a night, some several times daily to offsite locations via consumer-class internet connections. The first backup is painful if you have a lot of data, but after that only differences have to go so things are pretty smooth. (more…)
The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security
Monday, May 12th, 2008A bit dated, but still a good read with thought-provoking ideas about things not to do in the name of security.
- Default Permit
- Enumerating Badness
- Penetrate and Patch
- Hacking is Cool
- Educating Users
- Action is Better Than Inaction
http://www.ranum.com/security/computer_security/editorials/dumb/