Monthly Archives: November 2005

Do you delete your email?

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 11/9/2005
I freely admit, I'm something of a pack-rat. I tend to squirrel away (rat, squirrel, a bit of a rodent theme here...) computer parts, and miscellaneous items that seem like they might be useful at a later date... which seems like pretty much everything. I'm the same way with email. I delete very little email. [...]
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Sysadmin toolbox

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 11/7/2005
Starting a new regular column on Linux.com, "My sysadmin toolbox." This is for system administrators to write in and talk about the tools that they find handy. I put mine up first, and it's had a good response... and a lot of commentary about using netcat instead of Telnet. (We'll have a column on netcat [...]
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To Lulu, or not to Lulu...?

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 11/7/2005
I've been thinking seriously about writing another tech book. Those of you who have known me for a long time are probably aware of my previous book efforts, as well as the fact that writing a book tends to be a process that is very frustrating for me and my editors. I like writing articles. [...]
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Tags, elements, attributes, I'm so confused!

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 11/7/2005
One surefire way to annoy a geek is to misuse jargon. It drives them bonkers, like poking a caged animal. So, before you drive any HTML geeks into a tizzy, be sure to check out the rant on 456 Berea Street about attributes vs. elements. Ok people, time to get some basic terminology right. I've [...]
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Google search vs. Gmail search

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 11/6/2005
This is weird. If I do a search for postgres under Google, the first result I get is for the PostgreSQL website — which is good, and what I expect. If I do a search for Postgres under Gmail for recent mail that includes the term postgresql, I only get mail that matches the exact [...]
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