First thing this morning I finished reading Peopleware. What an excellent book. I am very happy that I read it and it was quite short too even with the extended second edition portions added in at the end. Last night before going to bed I was able to bid on and win an old 1983 …
Author Archives: Scott Alan Miller
Automounting the “NET” Directory on OpenSuse 10
In the Linux world, using the AutoMounter (autofs) to automatically mount remote NFS filesystems is relatively uncommon. However, in the Solaris universe this is the status quo. One of the most common uses of the automounter is what is known as the /net filesystem. Many Linux users who have not spent time in the UNIX …
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Solaris 10 Install on SunFire V100
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 …
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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