Installing Solaris 10 on the SunFire V100 UltraSPARC server is very easy and straightforward. However, if you install the “Core” version of the distribution there are some surprises out there. So I decided to document my own installation procedure as well as subsequent “setup” steps that I use to get the server into a reasonable …
Monthly Archives: October 2007
The Fallacy of Bonuses
In business, people love to talk about bonuses. “Bonuses are an incentive for employees to work harder.” you hear people say. But are they? Let’s take a critical look at this “motivational” practice. Thinking that bonuses are a path to employee efficiency shows a great lack of corporate empathy by management for the workers. It …
October 16, 2007: Nicklin Comes to Newark
I am working from home today. My schedule this week is all weird. Originally I was schedule to be in Warren tomorrow but that has been changed until Thursday. And today I am home. I think that my home day is more likely to switch to Tuesdays rather than Thursdays just because Thursdays normally work …
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October 15, 2007: Paperwork and a Red Square
I woke up exactly one minute before my alarm this morning. It is so weird how I do that all of the time. I was up and out the door in record time today. It was a cool, crisp morning and I was able to walk very quickly and get into the office nice and …
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October 14, 2007: Lazy Sunday at Home
Today is a lazy day for Dominica and I. We needed a chance to catch up on lost sleep and to just relax for a while. We slept in this morning and didn’t get up and moving until quite late. Not until almost eleven were we even thinking about heading out to face the day. …