
Jan 18, 2009
Sorry that it has been so long since I posted. But I got caught up at work. New projects, new obsticles, new solutions I should have posted. Maybe I will catch up later. For now, I want to post the basic introduction/proposal of my graduate project: AreYouAG33k.com!
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Jan 3, 2009
When building a Linux machine, sometimes it becomes necessary to set up cron jobs to transfer files or logs from one machine to another on a regular basis. If this is the case, I recommend setting up password-less SSH from one machine to the other. I decided to post about this here because it always took me a while to find the right commands or tutorial online to get it to work. Finally I found a great post from the Debian Administration team. Here is quick summary/tutorial.
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Jan 1, 2009
The transition into a new year is a difficult one for a programmer. When the year ends, dates don’t continue on, they restart. It’s like driving on a race track, but the track doesn’t loop. So when you complete a lap, you have to drive all the way back to the beginning (moving from month 12 to month 1). This can be a big issue for developers, especially when we have to take into account Leap Years and even Leap Seconds. With more programming languages including Date&Time classes it is sometimes easier, but there are still issues.
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