Zachary Armstrong’s Blog

Life has been wild this past year.

Made a move from my comfort zone of NJ to the unknown city of Boston.  Came here with no friends, ready to begin the journey of my life.

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When trying to install or upgrade a perl module using cpan, you may get an error stating that the module you are trying to install “is only available with the XS version”

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To give users in linux similar privileges to root, sudo is the way to go.

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There’s an issue with Openfire (formerly known as Wildfire - the open source Jabber-based IM server) and large amounts of users. The Openfire server stops accepting new connections when approximately 1000+ concurrent users are logged in. This issue seems to be caused by a maximum open file limit per process being hit. I figured out the following solution after a half day or so of researching and testing. This applies to Fedora Core 7 Linux, but should work with any Linux-based OS capable of running Openfire.

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I was having issues getting Flock to be my default browser in Vista. Flock, which is an awesome browser based on the Firefox browser, was set as my default browser within Vista. However, when clicking on links and whatnot in emails, IMs and RSS feeds on Trillian, etc, the websites were opening in Internet Explorer (IE7). This is not good.

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You should check out this Target I found on Google Maps. It’s pretty cool. I was looking at the map area local to my new home when I came across it.

A close friend of mine who works worked, at the local Circuit City in Paramus, NJ just got laid off today.  Not normally news, however, Circuit City of Paramus laid off at least 6 employees who have been with the company for at least four years; most were there for over six.  Read more »

I have a bunch of ideas I want to get out sooner or later.  A few articles are in the works:

• Job Hunting 101 for Recent College Grads
• Tips for finding jobs
• How to use jo advertsing sites (like monster.com) effectively
• Tips for using LinkedIn.com

I may or may not write all of those - some are contingent on me actually getting a job.  Can’t give advice if I fail at doing it!

Other articles I might write down the line will have to do with basic programming principals.  I guess that is all for now.

I’m still achey from boarding 2 days ago for the first time. Oof. Muscles I didn’t know existed hurt. Oh well, they’ll get better soon.

Oh Hillary, how I love thee.

Dear Mr. Armstrong:

Thank you for sharing with me your concerns about the proposed filibuster in the United States Senate regarding the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to serve as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. As I explained from the Senate floor, I believe the key to American progress has been the ever-expanding circle of freedom and opportunity. If you look at Judge Alito’s statements and his record, it is clear that Judge Alito would narrow that circle while endangering our nation’s fundamental system of checks and balances.

This is a vote of tremendous significance. History will show that Judge Alito’s nomination is the tipping point against constitutionally-based freedoms and protections we cherish as individuals and as a nation. He would roll back decades of progress, and roll over when confronted with an administration too willing to play fast and loose with the rules. Because I do not think Judge Alito would advance the principles Americans hold most dear, I oppose his nomination and support efforts to block his confirmation.

Sincerely yours,
Hillary Rodham Clinton