Linux’ kscand

In Linux the kscand process is a kernel process which is a key component of the virtual memory (vm) system.  According to Unix Tech Tips & Tricks’ excellent Understanding Virtual Memory article “The kscand task periodically sweeps through all the pages in memory, taking note of the amount of time the page has been in …

Handbrake Settings

Now that I am getting comfortable with Handbrake and its settings I have noticed the dearth of information online about peoples’ preferred settings. I feel that this information is very valuable and so have decided to share some baseline information about my own settings. Unless otherwise stated I do my conversions to the .mp4 MPEG4 …

March 31, 2008: Watching Bride and Prejudice

After a long weekend of work there was a lot of potential for issues this morning which, as were more or less expected, happened.  So I started on the early side working from the living room and ended up on phone calls and working on issues until well after lunch.  The day just flew by …

March 30, 2008: Dominica Returns from Philadelphia

Oreo and I went to bed pretty late but we didn’t really sleep in this morning. It was around nine when Oreo got up and told me that there was sunlight to be had in the living room and that he wanted to partake of it. So I got up and he moved out into …