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Starting svscan in recent Linux distributions

Good news: the unspeakable SysV init dreck, which somehow wormed its way into the popular Linux distributions, is moribund. It has been replaced by upstart in Fedora (since at least F9, possibly earlier). The upstart project appears to have come from Ubuntu, so I guess that similar remarks apply there, too.

Stop & Think - The Art of Thoughtful Programming

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My current programming project is proceeding rather slowly, due to lack of time. Most days, I get literally a few minutes in a coffee break actually at a terminal. But there's always plenty of thinking time--on the walk to work, in the shower, or while washing up. Rarely with pen & paper to hand, unfortunately. I can't say that this is my favourite way to program, but it does help correct my tendency to spend too long tapping the keyboard, with insufficient cogitation.

The benefits of scripting

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So, I'm converting my website over to Drupal. This involves uploading all the Usenet articles. On the old website, there was -- more or less -- one page per newsgroup. That's about 16 pages. In Drupal, it seems to make sense to make each article a separate node. I've just counted, and that's nearly 700 nodes.

First light

This website serves several purposes: it is a stable home for software that I have developed (or maintain); it is also a place where I can scratch my itch to write nerdy things. And it is a proving ground for my ideas in web site design and development.

My long journey from writing raw HTML to using a full-featured Content Management System has finally brought me to Drupal.

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