Author Archives: Nick Bernstein
How to create a swapfile on a btrfs filesystem
Some things you should be aware of: Linux Kernel 5.x supports swapfiles natively on btrfs This is a bit of a kludge. Summary: Btrfs does not natively support swapfiles as the kernel wants them to be contiguous blocks on disk.To … Continue reading
Netapp Network testing with iperf3
Here’s an interesting NetApp thing I was playing around with. There’s a command in diag mode: “network test-link”, which is ostensibly to test throughput between nodes. In the man page, it mentions that it is based on iperf3 — Just … Continue reading
Quick Little Powershell Script
Here’s a quick little powershell script I wrote to illustrate the relationship between Aggregates, Shelves, and raid-groups for a student who was a little confused as to their relationship: $raidGroup = 0; $shelf=1; $rgSize=8; $shelfBays = 24 $numShelves = 2 … Continue reading
Giving away my minolta maxxum 400si
I’m giving away my old minolta 400si to a photography student after years of it sitting in the closet collecting dust. It took me a full two or three months to save up for this thing in ’01, back when … Continue reading
Ripping my dvd collection
So a while back we had a smallish earth quake, which made my shelves, which were none-to-sturdy anyway, decide the walls were no longer where they wanted to be. I came home to dvds strewn across the floor, and more-or-less, … Continue reading
Hacked. :/
My hosted web-server got hacked last night. I’m guessing it was via dokuwiki, which was out of date, but dang it, that’s annoying. Never-the-less, tip of the hat to Hidden Pain. Egg on my face. For the next couple days, … Continue reading
More airline strangeness
Me: hi, I was wondering if any upgrades are available, and if so, how much they cost. Gate agent: oh, next time just have them put you on the list when you check your bag. Me: oh, I’m a united … Continue reading
Netapp Instructor Wanted
open position for a Netapp Instructor. You’ll get to travel – work two – four weeks / month. Continue reading
How changing my homepage let me loose forty pounds and start a company.
How changing my homepage let me loose over forty pounds and start a company. Simple technique where you can use google docs as a home page to track goals and actions towards those goals. Continue reading
More Human than Human
I’ve been working on a startup project on the side for almost a year now – focusing on pattern recognition, natural language processing stuff, and predictive statistical modeling… it’s been fun. Continue reading