Having to repost this as Firefox ate my previous post. Sigh. You kind of lose the immediacy of whatever you were posting and re-writing makes it all a bit stale . . .

Horribly humid and hot here in Wellington the last few days. I can't believe this city has almost become tropical.

So I really need to get my mitts on the latest Sunn O))) album - its been gettins some truly stellar reviews. Afterall - a dirge a day helps you work rest and play.

Cool - Wireless USB is starting to hit the market. This isn't a USB wireless network adaptor this is USB *over* wireless - you'll be able to sync your pda, phone, mp3 player and pocket hard-drive without taking them out of your bag. Kind of like a high-speed more ubiquitous bluetooth. I suspect this will cause IT people to have nightmares over the security implications though...

The linked article to this post is a bit biased (they sell DR solutions afterall) but its still a cautionary tale worth readingSurvey reveals extensive server disasters and data loss among enterprises. Some nice comments too - particularly this post about the usefulness of Domino clustering when hardware fails.

Mortality - US statistical death probability by cause. The table looks much more complicated than it should be.

Neat - Tiny self assembling containers for medicine delivery.

This thing is tiny - Elgato EyeTV DTT for the Mac. If I had huge great stinking wads of $$$ I'd replace (all)my TV's with a big-screen iMac and one of these tuners.

OK so its neat the end of the year and I have nothing better to do (I'd get an A+ in procrastination) so here are more links.

Something to balance out the Sunn O))) - Cute Overload. I'm a sucker for cutesy kitten pictures.

This looks promising - Ubuntu Server.

Solaris - Top Ten DTrace Scripts. DTrace is 'DTrace is a comprehensive and flexible dynamic tracing facility built into the Solaris Operating System'.

Looks interesting 11 Clients You Need To Fire Right Now.

Found the above link via Reddit which seems similar to del.icio.us - eg a collaborative bookmarking site.