Ade Rixon

Who am I? Why am I here? Whose side am I on??

... That would be tedious.

(The stuff below has been transferred from my old company home page, which is now defunct. In my house, I have several boxes of junk that I have accumulated over many years and never got round to sorting through in case any of it may, against all odds, be useful. This is the online equivalent of one of those boxes.)

ReadMe:

• Must-have tech books, if you share my enthusiasms.
• Time for a song: Common Lusers (to the tune of "Common People" by Pulp)
• My ongoing battle to read Audio DAT tapes on a DDS drive. (Extended)

Lib

• Perl scripts: these do not represent the apogee of Perl programming, but you may find them useful. Remember: write in Perl for a better world. :-)
  • sigrand2, a modified version of Tom Christiansen's sig randomiser, with extra options.
  • filestats, util to summarise statistics on files in a directory tree.
  • patchpage, creates a HTML page indexing your SunOS patches, with links to the READMEs.
• The Xterminator, a neat little Tk util that starts an xterm on a given host, with history. You need the rcmd script as well, or use xrsh or xon.
• A GIMP Script-fu to create fixed width buttons.
• Solaris TCP performance fixes

Doc

• The Ade Rixon FAQ and Guardian interview.
• My public key (generated with Gnu Privacy Guard).
• Using WebSphere Application Server on UNIX (PDF) - a tutorial document.
• HA-related links
• Moving to SPARC/Linux - an informal evaluation. (Also available in PDF.)
• Ten-ets of system administration
• Mail client of the moment is Mutt. Go see.
• My net.quotes file - are you in it?
• The way to a man's heart is through his hotlist
• I come from good Welsh stock, you know.
• Advice to those who want to buy an old house.
• Courtesy on the Metrolink, because apparently some people have difficulty with the concept.

Contrib

• Autumnal picture of Kinder Scout, courtesy Ian Knight.
• Smart answers to those difficult questions that women ask.
• "Genuine" SCSI hard drive shipping instructions
• Junk email of the month. Previous winners:
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• Can the WWW get any weirder? See the Chewbacca Ate My Balls! Homepage
• How do you hunt elephants?