Teach Yourself Python
I originally became interested in Python via Google folks public communications, after that I kept reading about it in many "Systems Oriented" blogs. Long story short I decided to learn Python and in agreement with my autodidactic nature I started the free resource hunting while puting my google-fu to work, here's what I found.
Be Zen, Be Presentation Zen…
One more conference and once again I feel like shouting "PLEASE STOP THE BULLET ATTACK". If you are reading this you probably have already presented and you will be put in the seat of the presenter again; when that day comes please remember all the useless powerpoint bullets you never read as part of the audience.
I'm not asking we all suddenly becomes "Duarte Gods Of Presentation" but please, watch Garr Reynold speaking at Google and you will see the world of presentation differently, for the better!
Insights from LISA’2010
Last week I attended Usenix-Large Installation System Administration 2010 and it certainly deserves a post.
First of all if you are into Systems and you can make it, don't miss this event! From PetaBytes storage hard core technics to performance tuning your *nix boxes, there are lots of high quality data for lots of folks from many different backgrounds.
Resources For Systems Architecture In An Apple Environment
I have been quite busy with my new job the past few months, but I hope to be back to a more active blogging starting with this post!
Since I've recently designed and implemented an HPC/HA system with mostly Apple technologies I thought to share some of the resources I used to achieve that goal.
Hats Off
With increasing general interest in “Cyber Security” I feel compelled to write about this Black/Grey/White Hat “thing”. This is not an ego trip about how important my opinion is, it’s about curiosity, experimentation and facts, 3 concepts essentials to Science...Bingo!
DNS Cracks on Twitter and Baidu
I wonder if the 2 successful and spectacular DNS attacks against 2 major websites (Twitter and Baidu) have anything to do with the DNS Cache Poisining that Dan Kaminsky revealed in 2008. Meh, probably not...
I never went too deep into Dan Kaminsky's rabbit hole (Alice are you there?), after all the main DNS NS I deal with are taken care of by some guy that -hopefully- totally understands this.
Is Metadata The Guide To Exploring The New World?
I have to admit I have been quite reluctant to leave the -virtual- security of having everything in its right place. First there was Unix and directories then came 2 alchemists and their magic algorithm aka Google Search...Make no mistake young reader less than a decade ago we were *all* fighting to keep *all* our digital files organized in a very studied folders structure.
All Your Obscure Methods Are Belong To Us
With such a title you can expect to be immersed in an ocean of geek-o-logic theories and so you will if you keep reading...
Let’s take it straight from the beginning, to me there is no such a thing as a method that can provide 100% security to your systems, maybe in pure Cryptology Theory but not in the real world. This “no 100% security in the real world” [arguable] statement is based on my “no Theory of Everything for the pun humans” belief, and if I am wrong let’s catch up in the next multiverse!
Weapon of Choice for Diagrams > Omnigraffle Pro
I'm gonna start this "blogging thing" smoothly with a short review of OmniGraffle Pro 5. I've enjoyed this tool since 2005 (when I got my first Mac) I believe it came bundled for free with Os X 10.3 maybe with an earlier version. As I am currently working in an Independent School I got the educational price ($119.95), download the trial, enter the license, let's diagram!
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Blogs I Read
- All Commands
- Amazon Web Services Blog
- Cloud Scaling
- Danger Room @ Wired
- IT @ Slash Dot
- Linux @ SlashDot
- Mac Os X Hints
- Open Source @ Ars Technica
- Presentation Zen
- Robots.net
- Stay Safe Online
- Threat Level @ Wired
- Transnets (in French)
Books
Planned books:
None
Current books:
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An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise by John R. Pierce
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RHCSA/RHCE Red Hat Linux Certification Study Guide (Exams EX200 by Michael Jang
Recent books:
- Cybernetics, Second Edition: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine by Norbert Wiener
- The Cuckoo’s Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage by Clifford Stoll
- Apple Training Series: Xsan 2 Administration: A Guide to Designing, Deploying, and Maintaining Xsan by Robert Kite
- Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson
- The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh
