Marc Abramowitz

If you’re expecting to get slashdotted or digged or otherwise want more performance out of your WordPress installation, you might try this:

http://mnm.uib.es/gallir/wp-cache-2/

I actually tried it for a few minutes and I didn’t notice a speed increase worth the trouble of not seeing my updates right . . . → Read More: WP-Cache 2

I remember seeing this in a bookstore years ago, but I didn’t buy it. Well, now it’s free for download.

http://research.microsoft.com/~daniel/unix-haters.html

Mildly amusing. Some of the critiques are still true; others have long been addressed or are no longer relevant (do people think X is a “disaster” because it’s a resource hog?) and then a bunch of the . . . → Read More: The UNIX-Haters Handbook

I thought it might be interesting to check out the Plan 9 operating system, since it’s sort of the sequel to UNIX and is supposed to have cool new features (like better support for the “everything is a file” concept of UNIX). Luckily, you can download an ISO file for a live/install CD, so I downloaded it and fired it up in QEMU….

Continue reading Playing with Plan 9

Well, I just spent $1500 last month to fix my alternator and a few other things. Recently, a grinding sound became noticeable at idle so I took it to the shop and now they say it needs a new AC compressor for around $1000.

Since the car is a 1995, I’m wondering whether to sink more . . . → Read More: More car trouble