Jun 21 2002
OpenDarwin.org, jointly founded in April 2002 by Internet Software Consortium, Inc. (ISC) and Apple, is an attempt to take cooperative Darwin development to the next level.
I didn’t know that this existed. I knew that OSX was essentially FreeBSD, renamed Darwin, but I didn’t know it was Open Source.
Also, an interesting interview with one of the key developers of the project, Jordan Hubbard.
Jun 21 2002
So here are my guidelines for indications that you might want to use objects, even in otherwise imperative programs.
Jun 18 2002
Extending MoveableType to support embedded Perl
Voila! You’ve voided your MoveableType warranty, and can do incredibly evil things with embedded Perl.
Although PHP can do this better, it’s kind of cool to keep in mind.
Jun 11 2002
Apple aims to convert Windows users
In one of the ads, writer Sarah Whistler, standing against a white background, tells the camera: “I get it. And I don’t get the PC. I never did.” She calls the PC a “horrid little machine.”
I like the direction Mac is taking: rumors of Intel conversion, Unix, emphasizing entertainment tools. The only things holding me back: the cost of the hardware, and their holier than thou marketing campaign.
Jun 10 2002
BSD Today: Setting up a FreeBSD firewall with an IPSec uplink
Though this article mainly deals with problems inherent to wireless networks, the principals apply equally well to wired networks. Also, though FreeBSD is the OS referenced, this may work equally well with other flavors of BSD . The version of FreeBSD used was 4.5-release.
Jun 05 2002
perl.com: Apocalypse 5 [Jun. 04, 2002]
And unfortunately, there’s a lot of regex culture that needs breaking.
Larry Wall has relesed Apocalypse 5, the fifth installment in his series of articles explaining Perl 6. It addresses the new syntax for regex. It’s getting a lot of play on Slashdot. I just learned this stuff, and now they’re breaking it. Boo.
Jun 04 2002
After reading an article in SysAdmin Magazine about configuring a BSD machine as a Wireless access point, I’m actively considering doing it. I’ll probably modify it a bit, substituting Linux for BSD. Here’s a few resources:
Configuring a FreeBSD Access Point for your Wireless Network
Wireless LAN resources for Linux
How to setup IPsec for Linux, OpenBSD and PGPNet
Jun 03 2002
O’Reilly Network: A Report From a Foresight Gathering [May. 31, 2002]
“If you’re trying to look ahead long term and it looks like science fiction, you might be wrong. But if you’re trying to look ahead long term and it doesn’t look like science fiction, you’re definitely wrong.”