Author name: Dan Langille

I've been playing with computers since I read an Elementary Electronics magazine way back in the 1970s. I started contributing to open source projects in 1998. After that, I gradually moved from being a software developer to being a systems administrator.

New Bacula features

There are several new interesting features in the upcoming Bacula release. Including, but not limited to: “Accurate” backups regardless of mtime, mv, rm, etc Copy Jobs Virutal Backup / Synthetic Backup / Consolidation Duplicate Job Control TLS Authentication Ignore Dir Honor No Dump Flag Plugins libdbi framework These features are being added to the development 2.5.x versions to be released as Bacula version 3.0.0. This release is expected to occur near the end […]

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Biff + stitches

I biffed last night. Hard. It was in Wissahickon. Fortunately, the injuries will heal and no scars will be visible, unless I want them to. It was entirely my fault. I sat where I should have stood and got tossed over the bars. I was going too fast too. :) I have four, maybe five stitches in my right elbow, one stitch in my right knee, a severely bruised left thigh, and lots

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16 riders and a broken seat bolt

We had our weekly Pennypack Park ride tonight. Sixteen people turned up. In all we had several new faces and lots of regulars all converging on the best single track inside Philadelphia city boundaries. I arrived about 5:45 after picking up my bike from Guy’s. It had a new cluster and was finely tuned for good shifting. In the parking lot as I prepared for the ride, I recalled mentioning to Dimitri on

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The weekend – Mexican, bikes, BBQ, train, nun

This weekend has been much better than last weekend. Friday night I went for Mexican food in Chalfont. Saturday morning I met up with Tom from Reading and we rode Salisbury up near Bethleham, PA, which is about an hour north of my place. I was late leaving, and Tom called me to make sure I was on my way. He did a short loop while I continued my trek north. At 9:20

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Portland Mountain Bike Scene

I am in Portland OR attending OSCON 2008, I’ve brought my mountain bike. On Saturday, I had the amazing Siouxon Creek Trail ride with Gabrielle. Last night (Monday), she led me to the Portland Mountain Bike Short Track Series 2008. This was race 5 of 6. The event is held at a motor raceway. At the same time the mountain bikers are inside the oval, doing the cross country, the roadies are on

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Picking up Emma Jane

I finally picked up Emma Jane. The goal was to escort her from Portland airport to downtown upon her arrival. This was Emma’s first trip to Portland. I think I’ve been here 3 or 4 times now. This was planned for 2:30 PM on Monday. At about 1:10pm, I get a phone call. EJ is still in customs in Vancouver… Her flight is due to depart in 5 minutes. There are twenty people

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