Archive for November 18th, 2009

November 18th, 2009

Engineering fail

I’m not normally much of a one for the Windows / Microsoft-bashing – I tend to just take a live-and-let-live approach – but this write-up of a Windows kernel engineer’s talk is just hideous. Highlights: “In order to make MinWin, Microsoft had to split existing DLLs that had these unwanted dependencies, such as Kernel32.dll. The [...]

November 18th, 2009

Fedora 12 release celebration menu

To start: home-made garlic bread Main course: Gnocchi in a tomato, garlic and mushroom sauce, topped with grated cheese Accompaniment: Osoyoos Larose ‘Pétales d’Osoyoos’ 2005 Dessert: Tiramisu or chocolate cheesecake Accompaniment: Smith Woodhouse LBV 1995 *hic* get Fedora 12 here. We’re halfway through the port and hence a little hazy on specifics right now, but [...]

 

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