mind the explanatory gap

After spending a little while banging my head against the wall over this one….

root@snicko [ ~ ]
# port install git-core +svn +bash_completion
—> Applying patches to perl5.8
Error: Target org.macports.patch returned: shell command ” cd “/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_perl5.8/work/perl-5.8.8″ && patch -p0 < ‘/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/lang/perl5.8/files/patch-makedepend.SH’” returned error 2
Command output: Get file makedepend.SH from Perforce with lock? [y]
Perforce client error:
Connect to [...]

Posted on March 23rd, 2008 under macosx, ramblings. Comments: 2

So last night I experienced my first earthquake ever….
Considering it was a 5.6 and quite close to our house, I’m a little disappointed now that it wasn’t more dramatic… nothing even fell off the shelves. Just several huge thumps that felt like something dropped from a great height into the backyard.
Not to give any impression [...]

Posted on November 1st, 2007 under ramblings. Comments: None

So after finding Andrew Pollock’s blog entry and Yasser Hamed’s info incredibly useful, I thought I may as well post some updates on a slightly more recent E-3 visa application experience.

For those of you who don’t know, the E-3 visa is a US visa that is only open to Australian residents. It’s essentially the same as the H-1B visa, apart from the fact that your spouse can also work in the US, it’s indefinitely renewable, and so far at least, you can’t apply for the green card while in the US on an E-3.

Posted on March 22nd, 2007 under ramblings. Comments: 5

So some of the people I know who read this already know… but it looks like I’ll be moving the family over to Silicon Valley in the next couple of months.
I’ve accepted a position at Google HQ in Mountain View (huzzah!) doing Mac/Linux sysadmin stuff, which means several things…
We’re finally getting married tomorrow, as we’ll [...]

Posted on January 29th, 2007 under Uncategorized, ramblings. Comments: 7

Just as a quick note…
After spending four (maybe five if England can hold out that long) glorious days watching Shane Warne’s last Test match at the SCG, I’ll be flying straight out to San Francisco to do some presentations at MacWorld.
It’s always good to put faces to names, so if you’re around make sure [...]

Posted on December 22nd, 2006 under Snippets, ramblings. Comments: 1

So last night I was playing around with the MBR on an external drive… and completely without thinking managed to wipe out my laptop.
/dev/rdisk1 Nigel, not /dev/rdisk0 ….
bleagh.
Anyway, it’s made me realise just how much I love HomeSync, as 95% of everything that matters has been syncing up to the server… and as I’ve had [...]

Posted on October 18th, 2006 under Snippets, ramblings. Comments: 5

So here’s the new blog… I finally bit the bullet and bought some hosting space… and man, things have changed in the 9 or so years since I last did this… The prices are insanely low for what you get… and everyone has these beautiful cPanel/Fantastico style auto-installers.

Posted on September 18th, 2006 under ramblings. Comments: 8