Tools
Sleep Apnea Home Test
If you think you have sleep apnea, but don't want to take a sleep study, the Sleep Strip could be a convience way to diaognose your sleep apnea
Coding
inotify: An Alternative to Busy Waiting / Polling
Monitoring a directory or file system for changes can be implemented by polling the directory over and and over again, waiting for changes ( also called a busy wait ) and is akin to a child asking "are we there yet?" over and over again. inotify provides a better alternative to this.
Articles
LinuxLefty's Rebirth!
LinuxLefty was getting cluttered and it was time to do some spring cleaning. I took this opportunity to try some alternative blogging platforms to find one that better fits my preferences and workflow.
SysAdmin
"Lease Does Not Exist" Error during HBase Export
While trying to do an HBase Export, here are some ways to fix the annoying "lease does not exist" errors.
Articles
The Linux Boot Process
I've been using Linux for years now and have messed with ( and sometimes messed up ) my GRUB configs. However, I've never really stopped to think about exactly what these entries mean ... and had no clue what vmlinuz or initramfs were or what the difference between them were. I did some digging and learned some really fascinating things.