Aric's Blog

Author: Aric

  • RabbitMQ for Beginners

    Or shall we call this “The missing beginner walkthrough”? Another name I liked and saw on the web was “The Attention Deficit Disorder Guide to …” 🙂 In this short post, I describe how to get RabbitMQ up and running very quickly, on Ubuntu 9.10 Server. Although this will probably apply to other operating systems,…

  • Couch Surfing

    I first heard about Couch Surfing from my wife. We both joined the site, because we loved the concept and were curious about trying it. Since joining, I hosted one cool person, and joined several real life meetings (last one being yesterday night). We are also about to host a lady from France this coming…

  • Bash Hackers

    I’ve recently discovered something quite wonderful, and I’ve been thinking whether or not to reveal this to the world. However, looking at the statistics of my blog, I realize not many people read my blog so it’s probably Ok. The realization I’ve come to, relates to technology chat rooms and the kinds of people that…

  • “Asli” Yemenite Soup

    One of the positive effects of the creation of the state of Israel, and the ensuing “import” of Jews from so many exotic places on the planet back into their original homeland, is the culinary richness we now enjoy in the country. Every family brought unique and exquisite recipes from their host country, and some…

  • A new big bang theory

    Personally I reject the notion that the big bang occured from a single physical point. My theory, mostly based on instincts, logic and my own common sense goes like this: Galaxies have massive black holes in their center. These black holes slowly swallow everything, light, matter, planets, etc. At some point in time, every black…