This post will outline the steps you can use to build xmonad cleanly on a Snow Leopard system. This is a follow-up post to our prior post on minimalist X window managers on OS X which addressed xmonad and ratpoison on OS X Leopard. The rationale and benefits of a simple and clean X11 window… Read More
Critique: Apple Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server
This critique is not a review, but a summary of experiences from a real-world implementation of a Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server.
Oracle on ZFS
A first go at running a Oracle database on Sun’s ZFS.
Managing Projects with Merlin2 for MacOS
Merlin2 is a MacOS Cocoa application that is a full replacement for MS Project, including web-based collaboration using Sharepoint.
Not-so Customer Service
What’s wrong with this email Verizon sent me today? from: Do_Not_Reply@verizon.com date: Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:08 PM subject: VEC Inactivate User 90-days Warning Notification mailed-by: verizon.com Dear John Eisenschmidt, We noticed you have not logged on to the Verizon Enterprise Center in 90 days. Did you know that this portal provides joint access… Read More
Sipping Our Own Champagne – Lighting the Lantern 3
This is the third in a multi-part Lighting the Lantern series about the origin of Lantern Three.
So, you’re thinking about a SAN… (part 3)
Now that the transport has been established, the next decision is what storage system(s) to use to provide the data. For most, this decision has the most impact on performance. Controller performance, either in throughput or in Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS), number of spindles (physical disks), type of disk (FC, SATA, SAS, SSD, etc.),… Read More
Stokefire’s Guest Post on Lantern Three
The second post in our Lighting the Lantern series focused on Stokefire’s development of our brand. Since there are two sides to every story, we invited the Stokefire team to share their experiences working with us. Our thanks to them for accepting the invitation.
What’s in a Name? – Lighting the Lantern 2
This is the second in a multi-part Lighting the Lantern series about the origin of Lantern Three.
So, you’re thinking about a SAN… (part 2)
This is part two of a multi-part series for people considering enterprise storage.
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