Rambles!

I like to write about crap that interests me, ticks me off, or I feel needs explaining. In here you'll find a smattering of such writings.

• Stop Unjust Blacklisting is my attempt at a campaign to remove "dynamic" IPs from Spam blacklists. Many networks are added to this list even if legitimate hosts that do not have open relays are within them. These innocent hosts have no recourse to get themselves off of these lists.
• The Real Programmers is an over-dramatized epic saga describing the history of the Open Source movement. It is encouraged to read this to your children for bedtime stories while they're still young and impressionable ;)
• Open Source Licenses is a non-partisan (as much as possible, since I personally prefer the GPL) viewpoint of the advantages and disadvantages of each license. I wrote it when I got tired of seeing all the flamebait articles on otherwise reputable news sites decrying one license in favor of another
• Shared Memory Under Linux is a HOWTO of sorts for programming in the BSD and System V shared memory architectures. It is not very Linux specific (it is titled as such because I gave a presentation using this document at my local LUG)
• Building Linux Beowulf Clusters is another HOWTO-ish document on designing, building, and maintaining Beowulf Clusters.
• Geex and Sex Don't Mix is a slapstick math piece in which I demonstrate why geeks have a hard time getting dates (because mathematically, sex is less than fun)
• The Total Perspective Vortex is a little piece about pessimism and optimism, dedicated to the memory of Douglas Adams, one of the most creative, inventive and flat-out crazy writers I've ever come across. Those who have read The Hitchhiker's Guide hopefully know to proceed with extreme caution, and preferably from within a parallel Universe.