Wed, 09 Jul 2008
Amazon^WLoveFilm DVD Rentals
I've been a happy Amazon UK DVD rental customer for the last couple of
years. They've got a wide selection, the DVDs ship fast, come in
separate envelopes and in nice sturdy plastic cases. In nearly 200 DVDs
I've had three that were unplayable and only one that got lost in
transit - a replacement for which was sent the same day.
'Luckily' for me Amazons DVD rentals are now handled by LoveFilm. I had my first batch through last week and I'm less than impressed. All three films came in a single envelope (so I have to watch them all before I can sent them back for replacement), they are in flimsy paper containers and out of my first two one is broken - with a split straight through. This is not the best start I could have hoped for.
There's a reason Amazon gets a lot of my online cash - they provide a damn good service.
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Posted: 2008/07/09 19:52 | /tools/online | Permanent link to this entry | This entry + same date
Debian and Monolithic Networking Configs - Why?
When it comes to config files the Debian people and I agree on basic
principles - we're both keen on applications having a directory where
you drop multiple config files to allow for easier deployment and
management. Even if they do sometimes seem a little... over zealous
(Debian developers? Never!) and you end up with the split Exim4
configs.
So one of the little quirks that I'd like an answer to is, why does Debian have a single big interfaces file and no support for a directory of files? Something like the eth0-cfg files Red Hat uses. It'd make adding additional interfaces a lot easier and would let me use puppet to manage them without breaking in tears every time I try and write a native type for it.
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Posted: 2008/07/09 19:43 | /operatingsystems/linux/debian | Permanent link to this entry | This entry + same date
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