Archive for the 'english' Category
syslogd got into NetBSD CVS
Due to the BLIT preparations I nearly missed the important event for my GSoC project: I made it into the NetBSD CVS. :-)
LaTeX-Beamer and frame numbers
I just took some time to add a footline and correct frame numbers to my LaTeX-Beamer slides.
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Syslog line length statistic
Time for some useless statistics… Because I had to set some initial buffer sizes in syslogd I took a closer look at my log files. I used all logs from last month and counted the line lengths for every message to get an impression of real-life requirements on message/line lenghts.
How to check a disk after RAID error
Once in a while my 3ware SATA RAID controller reports a hard disk error. Often the disk can be checked manually and turns out to be still usable. This is a short walkthrough how to check the drive.
Das Keyboard
I got my pre-ordered “Das Keyboard” a week ago and it rocks!
Fuzzing
Fuzzing is a great way to find input validation errors.
Just don’t use it in debug mode whith all input printed verbatim to the poor terminal… :-|
digital vs. analog notes
Now that I wrote my midterm summary and completed the survey for GSoC it is once again time to update the Trac-pages. The syslogd is my first try with Trac and so far it has not been too sucessful.