Category Archives: Asides

Aside >> Lost a drive in ZFS

I upgraded my storage machine to Open Indiana. Then after doing a zpool upgrade and a scrub I noticed a drive is marked as faulted. So far my data is still safe on three drives, but it makes me nervous … Continue reading →

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Jono | 1 Comment

Aside >> Quad Core MacBook Pro Released

Wow, the first time we’ve ever seen a quad core processor in a MacBook Pro. The processor speeds are lower than in previous generations but they all have the turbo feature to speed up individual cores to 3.4 GHz. The … Continue reading →

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Jono | 2 Comments

Aside >> Adobe Flash 10.2: Great Taste, Less Filling

Nice work Adobe on releasing a faster, less battery sucking version of Flash. Now we can watch more YouTube without worrying about draining our MacBook Pros. I still don’t think Steve is going to let you run your code on … Continue reading →

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Jono | Comments Off on Adobe Flash 10.2: Great Taste, Less Filling

Aside >> Where I’d Go

Brent Ozar asked the question as part of his iPad contest, “where would you go if you didn’t have to worry about your servers?” I’d take my 3 year old hiking in the Issaquah Alps. More than a few times … Continue reading →

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Jono | Comments Off on Where I’d Go

Aside >> Flash drains the battery

Having Flash installed can cut battery runtime considerably — as much as 33 percent in our testing. With a handful of websites loaded in Safari, Flash-based ads kept the CPU running far more than seemed necessary, and the best time … Continue reading →

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Jono | Comments Off on Flash drains the battery

Aside >> Coffee Coffee Coffee

Always on the brain, literally. Seattle Coffee Guide: The Independent Shops Great list of independently owned coffee shops in Seattle, WA. Coffee Capitalism An oldie, but a great read. I never realized Ladro means thief in Italian. Very clever. What … Continue reading →

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Jono | 2 Comments

Aside >> It takes a long time for DNS to propagate to China

I switched this site over to a new server a full 18 days ago. A week before that I dropped my DNS TTL to 3600 seconds (1 hour), from 86400 seconds (1 day). And yet today, I’m still getting a … Continue reading →

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Jono | Comments Off on It takes a long time for DNS to propagate to China

Aside >> How Ironic: This is the Top News

I’ve been a big fan of digg over the years. Except for the fact that only the elite diggers could every get a story pushed to the top, I generally like the content on the site. Today I stopped by … Continue reading →

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Jono | Comments Off on How Ironic: This is the Top News

Aside >> El Gaucho in Bellevue

El Gaucho, 450 108th Ave. N.E., Bellevue, 425-455-2715, offers happy hour Mondays-Fridays 2-6 p.m. and on Sundays 5-11 p.m. with bar food from $2.25-$12 and drinks from $4.50-$6 (www.elgaucho.com). http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/restaurants/2012404816_happygaucho21.html

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Jono | 1 Comment