March 2003

[31-Mar-2003]
WatchDir X01-02:   WatchDir X01-02 released. This program uses the file serialization lock to avoid polling a directory. (98 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[30-Mar-2003]
A few days late, but...:   Spring in California.... (3 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

Work blogs?:   It appears that I am the only person on the planet blogging about VMS systems with any regularity. I can... (163 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[28-Mar-2003]
Referrer script, part two:   A sleepless night allows me to get the site-wide referrer script working. (136 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[26-Mar-2003]
Change Management:   Dave Pollard: Change Management is all about getting people to do different things, or things differently. In business, the guru... (63 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[23-Mar-2003]
Serialization lock:   Carl Perkins: ...[watchdir] doesn't use the NMX byte to get the full range of file numbers, instead using only the... (177 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[14-Mar-2003]
Fibre Channel Configuration Toolkit:   I have just stumbled across a tool called SANTK, a fibrechannel configuration toolkit written by the University of Minnesota's Fibre... (93 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[13-Mar-2003]
Referrer script:   Adventures in adding a referrer script to my individual archive pages using an old version of Zeus. (228 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

Forced rapid releases:   Here's what happens when you are under pressure to release code: mistakes fall through the cracks. Case in point was... (53 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[11-Mar-2003]
The new camera:   The first serious shot from the new digital camera. (75 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[10-Mar-2003]
DBM X01-05:   DBM X01-05 released. While testing the EMC frame, I found a nasty bug. I don't know how I missed it... (52 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[07-Mar-2003]
Upgrade to MT 2.63:   Upgrading to Movable Type turned out to be easier that I first thought. (52 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[06-Mar-2003]
Old tech:   I just caved in a bought the smallest zoom digital camera available. (68 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[04-Mar-2003]
Weather Duck:   A climate monitor that sits inline on a serial cable. And supports VMS! Impressive. (40 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)