I just learned about pbzip2, which lets your multicore computer use more than one core when using the bzip2 compression algorithm.

I’ve been enjoying how Automator in Mac OS X 10.6 lets you easily create services for simple little annoying things. I expect it’ll take about three times longer to write about what I just did than it did to actually do it.

I lost my DSL service for the weekend. I’ve performed a highly professional root cause analysis and present the following conclusion:

Two different approaches to a vet visit.

Despite what you might read at docs.sun.com, Solaris 10 update 6 doesn’t have a “-u” option for zfs receive.