Isotropic is …
... my personal blog.
Unless otherwise indicated, anything I write here is simply my personal, probably ill-formed, opinion and does not represent the views, beliefs, positions, or opinions of any other person or entity.
Monthly Archives: July 2008
06 Jul 2008
Dell Latitude D820 Laptop
This is just a post I can refer to when it’s relevant to mention my laptop hardware. I’m currently running Fedora 9 Linux. The basics: Dell Latitude D820, BIOS A06 Intel Core 2 Duo (Centrino Duo) T7200, 2.00 GHz, 4 MB cache 4096 (3327) MB, 667 MHz dual-channel DDR2 SDRAM Quadro NVS 120 MB (G72M [...]
06 Jul 2008
MySQL Backups
Even if you consistently back up your filesystem, you should also back up your databases separately, using an appropriate tool to maintain their relational integrity and to provide for recovery independent of the filesystem. MySQL is a pervasive, lightweight RDBMS that is used with popular applications such as WordPress and Bugzilla. The mysqldump utility which [...]
05 Jul 2008
The Rules
In an earlier post, I mentioned that one of my mantras was “Guidelines, not rules.” I will admit to being inconsistent (or hypocritical enough) to make and try to rigidly enforce my own rules when it suits me, but sometimes rules can run amok. Megan McArdle, in The law of rules, mentions a couple ideas. [...]
05 Jul 2008
Why Dialup?
I confess I still use dialup. I hope it didn’t hurt too much when your jaw dropped, but please close your mouth now, it’s unbecoming. The recent article Broadband Internet? No thanks (CNN) [h/t to Slashdot] inspired this post. I don’t have anything against high speed, it’s just that I’ve never needed it bad enough [...]
04 Jul 2008
The TLD Mint
I’ve been annoyed with the domain registration system ever since it became de rigueur to register any name under (at least) .com, .net, and .org. My coworkers are probably tired of my occasional rants about it. Note that it is the creation and registration process, as handled by ICANN that annoys me, not the technical [...]
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04 Jul 2008
Ten Years of lohnet.org
I just realized that June 19 was the tenth anniversary of my lohnet.org domain registration (why I registered it). It is still my primary email domain, but the web site just sends traffic here. I’ve not decided what to do with it once I get time to revamp it. Due to my own laziness, I [...]
