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I've been working hard lately to get a lot of ideas out of my head and onto the blog. Here's a summary of what I've posted recently on the Unix/Linux side:

I just updated an old Postgresql blog entry about how to make a backup of a Postgresql database. The syntax changed quite a bit since that post in 2004.

After working with del.icio.us and other tag-based systems, and thinking about adding tag support and other features to this blog, I started wondering if anyone had applied the "tag" concept to any other systems that are typically directory-based (as del.icio.us seems like a very good replacement for a traditional hierarchical organization (directory) of bookmarks).

IDC released PC sales information for the 2nd quarter of 2007, and shows Apple with a 5.6% share of all new personal computers shipped in the U.S. This puts them in fourth place in U.S. sales, in a virtual tie with Gateway, and in front of Toshiba and Acer. Dell and HP are in first and second, respectively. HP, Apple, Acer and Toshiba are up, Dell and Gateway are down. Apple may gain more ground and pass Gateway, but lose position to the hard-charging Toshiba and Acer.

Yikes, I fixed a lot of the formatting of my "Introduction to Function Point Analysis" tutorial. I didn't realize how terrible the formatting was before. I still need to style it up a bit more and create a print style sheet, but at least you can read it now. Ugh, that was bad.