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BSDTalk 227: Matt Ahrens and ZFS

Justin Sherrill — Mon, 27 May 2013 21:07:59 +0000

There’s a new BSDTalk by way of the recently-completed BSDCan 2013 event, and it’s half an hour of talk with Matt Ahrens about ZFS and matters related.

BSD Magazine in May: PF and more

Justin Sherrill — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:03:00 +0000

The May issue of BSD Magazine is out with a number of pf articles, plus others.

BSDCan 2013: more BSDTalk, more streaming

Justin Sherrill — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:12:56 +0000

There’s another BSDTalk episode up already, because Will Backman’s at BSDCan 2013 and talking to Scott Long, Alistair Crooks, and David Discher, about NetFlix. Apparently there’s streaming video available now from the convention, and some people’s presentation slides have shown up.

BSDTalk 225: Kris Moore and PC-BSD

Justin Sherrill — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:47:20 +0000

BSDTalk 225 has 12 minutes of conversation with Kris Moore about PC-BSD, recorded at BSDCan 2013, which is going on right now.

BSD Magazine: FreeNAS FreeNAS FreeNAS

Justin Sherrill — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:25:08 +0000

The April 2013 issue of BSD Magazine is all about FreeNAS. I mean, every article is FreeNAS related. If you’re curious about the product, this is the place to start. (The magazine is also now available in ePub format in addition to PDF.)

Does FreeNAS count as another BSD flavor, rather than an appliance? I’m not sure.

BSDTalk 244: Marshall Kirk McKusick and George Neville-Neil

Justin Sherrill — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 01:45:50 +0000

BSDTalk 244 is Marshall Kirk McKusick and George Neville-Neil talking about the FreeBSD Foundation, for a generous half-hour.

BSD Magazine: March

Justin Sherrill — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:41:47 +0000

The March issue of BSD Magazine is out, with topics like handling crash dumps. Apparently April’s issue is going to be all FreeNAS.

BSDTalk 223: Michael Dexter and bhyve

Justin Sherrill — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 03:07:04 +0000

BSDTalk 223 is out, with 23 minutes of conversation with Michael Dexter about bhyve.

BSD Magazine: Rehosting

Justin Sherrill — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:53:45 +0000

The February 2013 issue of BSD Magazine, available as a free PDF, talks about VAX/VMS ‘rehosting’, has a PC-BSD preview, and other things. The teaser paragraph for the “Fear, Loathing and Misunderstandings” article (shown on that linked page) is perfect.

BSDTalk 222: 8 minutes of tinkering

Justin Sherrill — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:43:31 +0000

Will Backman has a new BSDTalk episode up, with a bit of Peter Salus from BSDCan 2011 and a bit of Raspberry Pi on FreeBSD.

We need more fiddling-with-BSD-on-hardware stuff out there. That would be a good thing for Youtube – hint, hint.

BSD Magazine: panoramic photography

Justin Sherrill — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:50:36 +0000

January’s issue of BSD Magazine has something I didn’t expect: an article on panoramic photography on BSD – among other material.

BSDTalk 221: Matthieu Herrb and Xenocara

Justin Sherrill — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 04:00:24 +0000

Right in time for the end of the year, BSDTalk 221 is out, with Michael Dexter interviewing Matthieu Herrb at EuroBSDCon 2012 for 11 minutes about Xenocara.

BSD Magazine for December 2012

Justin Sherrill — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 04:00:53 +0000

BSD Magazine for December is out, offering the usual mix of articles in a free PDF. There’s several Postgres articles in this one.

BSDTalk 220: Eric Oyen

Justin Sherrill — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:26:16 +0000

BSDTalk 220 is up. It’s a conversation with Eric Oyen, OpenBSD user. It’s about 20 minutes and I don’t know the subject past “OpenBSD” cause I haven’t listened to it – yet.

BSD Magazine for November 2012

Justin Sherrill — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 03:02:00 +0000

November’s PDF issue of BSD Magazine is out, with a number of articles including a hardware review of the Netgear Universal Wifi Adapter. We need more BSD-centric device testing.

Lazy Reading for 2012/11/04

Justin Sherrill — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 14:40:30 +0000

I’m glad 3.2 is out the door. I think I spent more time on release notes and watching package builds than any other release.

This in-browser recreation of an Apple ][+ is a trip down nostalgia lane. (via)
HappyEdit, “Vim-based” text editor. It’s actually an IndieGoGo project. (via)
A physics paper with a description of a non-Euclidean universe, which happens to mention Cthulu. (via)
NetBSD now supports these 100-core Tile-GX processors; I didn’t know such hardware existed. (Thanks, Tomas Bodzar)
Active vs. Passive Benchmarking. (Tomas again.)
The Search for the Ultimate Engineer’s Pen. I like looking at some of the pen models mentioned. The best way to find the “ultimate” pen, that nobody mentioned: go into a good art store and ask to sample a few pens. Bring the type of paper you normally use. Pens are usually out loose, and having it in your hand is the best way to tell. If there’s a college near you with a good technical art program, check the campus store. Why, yes, I did base that example on direct experience.
The evolution of the computer keyboard. The descriptions of the various mechanisms are neat to hear about. It of course repeats the Dvorak story. (via)
All the back issues of science fiction magazine Omni, online and free.

Your unrelated link of the day: Sir, You Are Being Hunted. I link to the Kickstarter for this game for no other reason than I think it would be fun to play.

BSD Magazine for October 2012

Justin Sherrill — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:45:25 +0000

The free download of the October issue of BSD Magazine is available. The theme this month is security, though of course there’s more covered.

BSD Magazine for Sept. 2012

Justin Sherrill — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 23:29:59 +0000

The September issue of BSD Magazine is out, as a free PDF as usual. Visit the site to find out the table of contents.

BSDTalk 219: David Gwynne and OpenBSD

Justin Sherrill — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:41:28 +0000

David Gwynne talks for 31 minutes about OpenBSD on BSDTalk 219. Also, Will Backman, the host of BSDTalk is heading to Tbilisi, Georgia next month. Say ‘hi’ if you’re a Georgian.

BSDMag, collected

Justin Sherrill — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:36:37 +0000

BSD Magazine has a “Best of 2011″ issue out for purchase; it has updated versions of various articles published over the last year in BSD Magazine. The price is not clear on the website.