In the rounds of looking for a specific syntax highlighting mechanism for Text Wrangler ( a fairly nice but large text editor for OSX). I found what I was looking for there but realized there was a problem with Text Wrangler, it would only start the syntax highlighter based soley on the extension of the file. This is a problem because I was looking for a syntax highlighting for cmake, and the primary build files are usually denoted as CMakeLists.txt files. I really didn't want to start the syntax highlighter for all txt files as I end up processing a large variety of files.

The usual Developer's dilemma here, I went on a hunt to try and find a decent open source cross platform C++ library that offered a good logging system. One that would write proper text logs on mac/linux and write either to the event viewer/text file on windows machines. Well all the systems I found out there worked really good on one platform but seriously lack in other areas. So in typical open source fashion I figured I would write my own that would be generic and fit my current needs.

Why would a network admin, security admin or a network developer be concerned with packet tracing software like Wireshark or Snort? To some that answer might be extremely clear, but others maybe not so much. The basic premises is that a packet tracing program like Wireshark or my own sniff is that it can read all the traffic that is coming in on the network adapter.

So I have this one single pc right now floating around here that doesn't have a cdrom drive. Hooking up a cdrom drive is an extreme hassle as the case only has room for a slim drive and I haven't gotten one for it. To make it more fun and exciting the machine won't boot off a usb flash drive or usb hard drive go figure. Either way that leaves me with a couple of choices on being able to perform an operating system installation. The first is to go out and purchase an external cdrom drive and just do it which is kind of lame and not very interesting.

In network security there is always the drive of creating the most secure network imaginable. To achieve that security risks and vulnerabilities are constantly being assessed, evaluated and fixes being resolved. Also most network security experts would say that the weakest links are the people that use the network. Usually the way to fix the people as the weakest link is with training and sometimes scenarios.

Windows is the greatest thing since sliced bread, no wait Apple's OSX is, no wait what about all the different *nix versions out there. The battle of battles that has been going on for some years now I think, which Operating System is the best. Usually when this debate gets started on some forum it usually turns into an impressive flame war that degenerates into a series of personal attacks. Any ways I wanted to take a little different look at it than my previous post about games leading the way even though I still think that is applicable.

Yes its true, at least in my general opinion. Several conversations and articles later I keep hearing that the reason why linux isn't more mainstream desktop is because of advertising and I have to disagree with this point pretty completely. Look at apple, they run advertising campaigns all the time, they have a percentage of the market share however that percentage is still rather low by all accounts. Now knowing that can one still make the argument that the only reason why neither apple nor linux have a larger market share is because of advertising.