While I am now relying on Linux for my daily computer needs (Ubuntu 8.10 64 bit, for both work and at home), I have to admit that in many ways I am just a bit beyond novice in many of the nitty-gritties of using a Linux desktop. Anyway, here is an interesting read on the size of swap space one should use on a modern Linux installation which I found recently.
Linux: Should You Use Twice the Amount of Ram as Swap Space?
There are also many “educational” remarks in the comments section too.
I have often wondered what it would be like to participate in an open-source project but felt uneasy because of a lack of confidence in my programming skills. Well, after some discussions with another team member from Donorweb to open-source some of our past work, here is my first project that is hosted on Google Code. Hopefully by announcing it here, I will be “forced” to keep putting in some effort into the project. I hope that it will be useful to the community at large.
I suppose, at some level, almost everyone craves for some form of “routineness” and “unchangedness”? “For I am as constant as the northern star,” so said Shakespear’s imaginary Julius Caesar.
Picture this. As so often happens in TV shows and movies, you walk into a bar/restaurant and you can just belt out to the waiter, “The usual!” Now, isn’t that something good to look forward to?
As a matter of fact, having stayed in the same flat for about 5 years now, it IS getting to the point where the breakfast lady can almost predict what I want as soon as I walk up to their stall. However, from time to time, it can get a little unnerving to feel that you are too predictable, not to mention that it is rather contrary to the slightly rebellious streak in me too …
Having said that, seems that I am even on first-name basis with the staff in Starbucks in our building now – not that I buy coffee from them every day, mind you, since it’s not my favourite coffee joint in any case…
Don’t know about you, but this did draw a chuckle or two from me. Have a nice week after the new year break!
“There are really only two conditions of the human mind: Very, very happy. Or, about to become very, very happy. Which are you today?”
Mike Dooley
American Author and Inspirational Speaker
On the way home yesterday, happened to see the following words high up on one of the buildings in a Methodist secondary school:
“The fear of the lord is the beginning of knowledge.”
I find this very puzzling indeed! Can someone please explain the meaning of this to me?
I mean, where would knowledge come from if we were cowering under the “might of God”? I really believe, if anything, our sense of morality should be a derivative of fear. While governmental laws are a necessary evil we may not live without, the ultimate sense of right from wrong, be it of religious or philosophical origins, should be liberating, not shackles arising from fear…
Great words, especially in these times of needs when news on TV is full of stories of charity organizations working overtime to assist the needy.
“Whenever you feel ‘short’ or in ‘need’ of something, give what you want first and it will come back in buckets. That is true for money, a smile, love and friendship. I know it is often the last thing a person may want to do, but it has always worked for me. I just trust that the principle of reciprocity is true, and I give what I want.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
American Author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad
“What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listening, hoping and you will hear no knocking. None at all. You are opportunity, and you must knock on the door leading to your destiny.”
Maxwell Maltz, 1899-1975
American Surgeon and Author
Happy 2009!
A feel-good story to start off the new year. Have to admit, as one of the commenters said, at first I was a bit worried for the two guys when the lion came charging down the hill…
Here is the original source, with full commentary (a documentary).
The game Monopoly is probably well known to most of the people who is reading this?
My memory of Monopoly was one of a number of board games I played in my childhood, where you bought and sold things. Recently, I suddenly got bitten by the “board game bug” and ended up buying “Monopoly – World Edition”. Although I have not played it very often, I was sufficiently interested that I decided to also buy a version for my iPhone.
After playing the game on the iPhone against the AI engine for the last couple of days, I have come to realise a few things. While chance/luck is an undeniable factor in the game, there are some strategies that can maximise one’s chances in winning, despite having rotten luck some of the time.
What more needs to be said? Some (very creative) people have loads of time ont their hands, but much appreciated…
can I say?