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I Did Not Know: multitail
I think I once knew this, but forgot about it. Still, the fact remains: I Did Not Know about multitail. I’m watching eight different log files from a Windows server through CIFS on my Windows 7 desktop where I’m running … Continue reading

No Solaris 11 for Legacy UltraSPARC
I don’t do a lot of Solaris anymore, and though I’m interested in several of the new features in the upcoming Solaris 11, I wasn’t aware until today that it wouldn’t run on most legacy UltraSPARC systems: Support for legacy … Continue reading

My Favorite Small Mac OS X 10.7 Features
As usual, some of the most interesting (to me) new features in the next release of Mac OS X are in the cheap seats, not on the highlight reel.  The following items are excerpted from http://www.apple.com/macosx/whats-new/features.html after today’s WWDC announcement … Continue reading

Maggie
This is going to be sad. Maggie is gone. She had been sick for the last several months with nearly every horrible thing that can happen to a Boxer dog, and finally it just became too much. We took her … Continue reading

New Job: St. Jude
I have a personal re-org announcement for you: Yesterday was my last official day as a system administrator at The University of Memphis. I’m starting at the end of this month as a Enterprise Network Storage Architect? at St. Jude … Continue reading

Simon
Our son was born three weeks ago. Simon James McMurry was born Tuesday, December 22, 2010 at 8:11am. Eight pounds, three ounces, 20 inches.  Lots of hair, dark eyes, chubby cheeks, ten fingers, ten toes. Simon is beautiful and funny … Continue reading

The New Apple TV
We have a new Apple TV. Herein, my experience. It’s almost ridiculously small. Considering it’s basically a TV-connected 8GB iPod Touch, that’s not a surprise, but next to a Playstation 3 and 52″ TV, it’s nearly invisible. I really appreciate … Continue reading

Windows Wireless
Dorks: I am about to trash Windows. Non-dorks: Sorry, nothing to see here. I think I first used wireless networking on a ThinkPad X31 back in like 2002 or something. The last time I regularly used a Windows notebook was … Continue reading

I Did Not Know: networksetup -setairportpower
I sometimes want to turn off my MacBook Pro’s Airport wireless to save battery, even though its battery capacity is kinda awesome. I fiddle with the icon in the menu bar and get grumpy because that’s the way you make … Continue reading

WordPress 3.0.1
One of the nice things about being off work for a few days is not feeling guilty spending time tinkering on non-work stuff. So here’s WordPress 3.0.1, which didn’t break anything, and seems pretty nice, and comes with a default … Continue reading

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