Category Archives: Rants

Sysadmin’s First Rule

Posted on July 20, 2010 by red6

My First Rule of System Administration goes like this: “The quick temporary hack to fix a problem always becomes the permanent solution, so get the quick temporary hack right.” I had another good example of this recently. A while back … Continue reading →

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Wordcounter of Doom

Posted on November 17, 2009 by red6

It turns out that yesterday’s declaration of a win in this year’s NaNoWriMo was premature. OpenOffice had told me that my word count was 50,024, but when I submitted my world-class prose to the official NaNo validator, it decided there … Continue reading →

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What’s in a Number?

Posted on September 8, 2008 by red6

While in general I heartily approve of the tendency of SF&F books to be parts of series, occasionally it all gets a bit confusing. A while back, for example, I picked up a copy of The Red Wyvern by Katherine … Continue reading →

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