Everything Sysadmin

Time Management -- the first copy!

I got my first copy of Time Management for System Administrators via FedEx on Friday. That means it will be in the bookstores very soon!

O'Reilly blog on Time Management

O'Reilly is hosting my new blog that will focus on Time Management for System Administrators:

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2176

Frapper

I'm making a map of people that own (or have pre-ordered) Time Management for System Administrators. Check it out:
www.frappr.com/tomontime

Macintosh invents the TAB key!

Mac OS X 10.4.3 fixes about a zillion different bugs. None of them interest me except the fact that in Mail.app...

THE TAB KEY NOW INSERTS A TAB INSTEAD OF 4 SPACES

...which was my #1 annoyance about the entire Mac OS X system. Thank you, Apple!

Raised Floors not sufficient for datacenters?

techtarget.com reports:
The problem is, directing cold air is like trying to herd cats. Air is unpredictable. Your cooling unit is sucking in air, cooling it and then throwing it up through a perforated floor. But you have little control over where that air is actually ending up.
Two different vendors are promoting more aggressive cooling systems for modern racks.

Speaking tour to promote Time Management for System Administrators

I'll be speaking at User Groups in your area about my new book, Time Management for System Administrators. The talk covers the most important tips from the book.

• Wed, Nov 2, 2005 -- NYC, NY, USA
  • NYC BSD User Group
• Wed, Nov 9, 2005 -- New Brunswick, NJ, USA
  • $GROUPNAME (at Rutgers)
• Thu, Nov 10, 2005 -- Philly, PA, USA
  • Drexel CS GSC
• Wed, Nov 16, 2005 -- Boston, MA, USA
  • BLU: Boston Linux/Unix User Group
• Tue, Dec 4-9, 2005 -- San Diego, CA, USA Usenix LISA 2005:
  • Tutorial: Help! Everone hates our IT Dept!
  • Tutorial: Time Management for System Administrators
  • Guru: Time Management
  • HTGR: Time Management
• Wed, Jan 11, 2006 -- Cambridge, MA, USA
  • BackBayLISA