http://www.lesser-evil.com A wankyspanky.com site about nothing in particular Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:39:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been playing with Dynagen this week to build a copy of part of our network, so I can test some config changes safely. One of the things is to figure out if we have enough resources to run full BGP views on one of the routers, so I've been ... http://www.lesser-evil.com/index.php/2008/08/injecting-bgp-ribs-into-dynagen-networks/ It's been a while, but there's a site back here again!I wanted something other than the Weathermap site to post somewhat techy things, and things that aren't really LJ stuff. Mostly it'll be either network stuff or sysadmin stuff, I expect. http://www.lesser-evil.com/index.php/2008/08/back-again/ Although I originally deliberately kept the two seperate, I can't honestly see why now, so here's the link for my LiveJournal. Generally, that tends to be more whiny. lesser-evil ends up being more readable (no, really, that was the idea). Anyway, the two worlds collide, should you wish to read ... http://www.lesser-evil.com/index.php/2003/08/649/ Got back from Reading Festival (much fun). Moving house next month whether I like it or not (not much fun). That is all. http://www.lesser-evil.com/index.php/2003/08/648/ Grr. and this is something I've always wanted for Windows. I have a couple of PCs with multiple sound channels, and I'd love it if I could stop the Windows BONG from coming out of the same sound output that I'm trying to record for something else. As you can probably ... http://www.lesser-evil.com/index.php/2003/08/grr-and-this-is-something/ I found a neat toy last night for my Mac. Hydra (although they've actually just stopped calling it that) is a collaborative editor. It does all the usual nice editor things, like syntax-highlighting, document navigation and so on, but it also has a rather unique feature: more than one person ... http://www.lesser-evil.com/index.php/2003/08/clever-mac-stuff/ I really ought just decide on one or the other between this and LJ, you know... New things in the last few weeks: I am looking for somewhere to live (maybe buy). I have joined the dark side of the Macintosh (with a 12" PowerBook). Oh, more Glastonbury pix, for those who ... http://www.lesser-evil.com/index.php/2003/08/645/ Ben got his Glastonbury pics back today, so I put them up here. I think this one sums up the weekend for me - strangeness, huge grins and fire. Oh, and music. http://www.lesser-evil.com/index.php/2003/07/ben-got-his-glastonbury-pics/ The last Tales Of The City book is on my bedside table now. Realistically, I have enough reading material to last until I'm 50, but that's not how it works for me. The immediate top of the pile is: Coraline - Neil Gaiman Blue World - Jack Vance The 2nd and 3rd series ... http://www.lesser-evil.com/index.php/2003/07/the-last-tales-of-the/ One long hot bath, and two books finished. Not, I hasten to add, from end to end - it wasn't that long a bath. I have a terrible habit of reading several books in parallel. This evening saw the end of the fourth Tales Of The City book, Babycakes, ... http://www.lesser-evil.com/index.php/2003/07/one-long-hot-bath-and/