http://www.cjbuckley.net/blog Free-Software, GNU/Linux, Traffic Management & Thoughts Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:08:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Google Car captured in Corby! I was in Corby today on business, and lo and behold the Google Car drove right past me!! http://www.cjbuckley.net/blog/2009/03/16/google-car-captured-in-corby/ So, just after I recommended an Apple MacBook to my colleague, I saw to my horror that a small hair-line fracture has developed. The picture below is identical to the crack that has developed on mine. I did some research and it appears I am late to the game ... http://www.cjbuckley.net/blog/2008/08/26/macbook-crack/ Today the Farnborough Airshow kicked off here in Hampshire. Last week we were treated to the A380 circling - it is almost quiet - i hope we get to see it again this week. I'll be uploading my pictures here throughout the week.   http://www.cjbuckley.net/blog/2008/07/14/farnborough-air-show/ Mediaportal is an XBMC-esque media centre for use on Windows. Recently, i have been suffering stability and ergonomic problems with it, due to the MS Media Centre Remote Control not working correctly with RC1. If you are having similar issues, they are all fixed by installing this replacement ... http://www.cjbuckley.net/blog/2008/07/05/mediaportal/ I recently took the Red Hat RH436 Enterprise Clustering and Storage course. This was an excellent course; well presented and documented. I would recommend it to anyone looking to further their knowledge regarding storage (LVM, Fibre, iSCSI) and clustered filesytems (Global File System) and how Red Hat's virtualisation ... http://www.cjbuckley.net/blog/2008/06/27/rh436-clustering-and-storage/ This Friday I took my RHCE. Whilst I cannot talk about the exam (an NDA forbids this), it lasted a whole day and was a very interesting experience. At the end of the day, my results were e-mailed through to me - PASS! Overall, both the exam ... http://www.cjbuckley.net/blog/2008/06/08/rhce/ Just a brief post, I've uploaded new pictures to flickr of Virginia Water - I had no idea this place existed, it is right opposite Wentworth Gold Course, as well as a sunny-day trip to the beautiful Sandbanks, Poole and Corfe Castle.   Here you can view the very beautiful Virginia Water. ... http://www.cjbuckley.net/blog/2008/05/11/great-weekend/ To commemorate the 10 year anniversary of the Open Source Definition, its author Bruce Perens (former Debian Project Leader and noted Free-Software developer) has written a very worthwhile essay explaining the current state of Open Source and outlining the next decade for the Open Source movement. Notable pieces from ... http://www.cjbuckley.net/blog/2008/02/09/10-year-anniversary-of-open-source/ This is a fantastic piece of filming - talk about being in the right place at the right time! You can find the complete footage here. The pilot and ground control were the epitome of calm and professional. NB: Notice Concorde in the background 2 minutes in! http://www.cjbuckley.net/blog/2008/01/26/emergency-landing-manchester-airport-best-video-on-youtube/ Yesterday, a discussion came up regarding which software license is more or less restrictive. We were agreed upon 'public domain' and 'proprietary' licenses, however, the issue of BSD vs GPL came up. I turned to my friend, software license expert, and GNU member David Crossland for help on ... http://www.cjbuckley.net/blog/2007/12/13/sbsdgplsoftware-freedom/