El Register reports that the Linux kernel is gaining a longer-term support model. Their article indicates that Greg Kroah-Hartman is planning on a six-year term for the various Linux kernel long-term releases.…
$3m cost when forgetting to re-register your domain.
Every couple of years I get a bunch of emails from my ISP. These are reminding me that my domain name is about to expire and that if I don't…
Bandwidth Control using an intuitive NetValve
Having worked with Ipanema for a while, I can recognise an intuitive user experience for controlling bandwidth. But none is as intuitive as a solution which uses a technology almost…
Tweaking WordPress – Adding new CSS classes highlighting updates
Quite a few of the pages on the CoherentLight website are updated over time, and I'd like to add a way of indicating that this has happened. Previously this has…
Azure Data Box is Microsoft’s Snowball and Azure’s sneakernet
Microsoft's Azure platform is gaining a portable hard disk import capability. The shippable disk transfer device will bring them into line with Google's Transfer Appliance and Amazon's AWS Snowball (but…
AstroPi receives upgrades and ISS roaming
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has published a note about planned upgrades to the two AstroPi devices aboard the International Space Station. Based on the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B+, the AstroPi…
Ethereum to reach Visa-like volumes in two years
Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of the Ethereum platform had an interview with Naval Ravikant, CEO of AngelList during TechCrunch's Disrupt SF17 conference. Despite Techcrunch taking some quotes out of context, both…
Optus uses Riverbed Steel connect for SD-WAN
Optus are launching their Fusion SD-WAN service using Riverbed's SteelConnect technology. Optus Fusion SD-WAN operates as an "over-the-top" SD-WAN service allow its use on any other network providers platform. They…