"Most applications do not deal with disks directly, instead storing their data in files in a file system, which protects us from those scoundrel disks. After all, a key task of the file system is to ensure that the file system can always be recovered to a consistent state after an unplanned system crash (for example, a power failure). While a good file system will be able to beat the disks into submission, the required effort can be great and the reduced performance annoying. This article examines the shortcuts that disks take and the hoops that file systems must jump through to get the desired reliability."
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There are indeed various issues that prevent me from regularly spending time on my hobbies, instead operating in bursts of activity, but that's not what made me quit working on OSnews.
As I struggled to get some spare time in 2011, I found out that I did not have what it takes to simultaneously work on two tech blogs and a kernel codebase. That I wanted to do too much at once. This became especially apparent when I could not get myself to finish an article series on OSnews on the bada operating system, while my personal blog continued to operate at a relatively slow rate.
So I had to choose and, well, I chose TOSP.
EDIT : Perhaps one thing which I could do would be to submit some of my best blog articles to OSnews, though. But I fear that it would do nothing to help against the "OSnews is just a bunch of links" angry opinion. Furthermore, it could just sound like me trying to get some free advertising, and annoy editors. In the end, I only do it when I really need people's attention (e.g. with the surveys on multimonitor usage and IRQs on non-x86 architectures, and the RFC on my RPC design)
I would prefer it if people who read my blog submitted my articles to OSnews themselves when they find them interesting, sounds more balanced. So far, no one has done it, though, which gives fuel to my impression that they may not belong here.
Edited 2012-09-10 19:14 UTC
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As I struggled to get some spare time in 2011, I found out that I did not have what it takes to simultaneously work on two tech blogs and a kernel codebase. That I wanted to do too much at once. This became especially apparent when I could not get myself to finish an article series on OSnews on the bada operating system, while my personal blog continued to operate at a relatively slow rate.
Writing the articles take a long time.
Lesser so if you have the privilege of gonzo journalism. Turning a three paragraph into a 5-6 one without much research while in fact being more entertaining.
I think it is why people like to read Thom's stuff.
On the subject of linking the landscape is becoming more complicated. Germany has passed laws where a linker must royalties to the OP and the same law is proposed in France.
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You don't even have kids yet...just you wait! Kids are so lovable, but it's absolutely true what they say about not having time for anything else. Just pray yours sleeps well, because otherwise you won't even have time to sleep. For the first year of our child's life we had to struggle with fatigue because it regularly took two hours to get her sleep around by 10PM, then she'd wake up at 2AM and we'd have to repeat it. This every single night for a year. I lost my job over lost productivity. My wife had felt guilty about letting our daughter cry at night, but eventually gave in to letting her learn to sooth herself when she cried. She still wakes up now but it's much easier to put her back to sleep.
I have a survey related to this:
How many let their kids "cry it out" versus soothing their cries no matter what? Child care professionals have sharply divided opinions over this.
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This is one of those news items that's fun to write, fun to read, fun to comment on, and where no one will be able to say anything unkind. It's all just one big ball of awesome fluffiness. TuneTracker, the BeOS radio automation software, has just released something very special: TuneTracker System 5, the first version designed entirely and specifically for Haiku. In fact, it actually includes Haiku in the software package. Better yet, TuneTracker also unveiled several system-in-a-box products - which have Haiku and TuneTracker pre-installed.
Exactly twenty years ago, a document was published that played a huge role in establishing the web as we know it today. Twenty years later, and this simple and straightforward document is proof of an irrefutable fact: while closed technologies can change markets, open technologies can change the world.
Oh multitasking. That staple of computing that got thrown out the window with many modern smartphones. We got some rudimentary thing in its place - but even as multitasking on phone and tablets improves, its user-visible side remains cumbersome. Windows 8 has a neat implementation, and now it's time Android follows in it footsteps.They're here! Whether that excites you or not remains to be seen, but the Galaxy S4, which will most likely become the best selling Android smartphone of the year by a huge margin, has been reviewed by all the major sites, and there's lots of interesting conclusions in there - although I think most of you will get the gist.Nokia has posted its quarterly results for the first quarter of 2013, and just like the quarters that came before, there's not a whole lot of good news in there. The rise in Lumia sales still can't even dream of making up for the sales drop in Symbian phones, and when broken down in versions, the sales figures for Windows Phone 8 Lumias in particular are very disappointing. In North America, Nokia is getting slaughtered.The day has finally come: Google has started shipping Google Glass to the lucky few early adopters. Now that it's shipping, Google has also unveiled a lot more about the API and the specifications of the device itself. While the company had already given out substantial details at earlier occasions, there are still a few surprises here.
Almost exactly three years ago, I wrote about why OSNews was no longer OSNews: the alternative operating system scene had died, and OSNews, too, had to go with the times and move towards reporting on a new wave of operating systems - mobile, and all the repercussions that the explosion of smartphones and tablets have caused. Still, I was wondering something today: why aren't we seeing alternative operating systems on mobile?
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I read Neolanders blog and found him to be a excellent technical writer. His Phd studies and from what i gather fatigue might be the straw that break the camels back.