Network Time Protocol

I was researching this when my Windows clock used to reset itself every so often. NTP.org maintains a comprehensive FAQ and HOWTO here.

ISO 8601: Keeping Track Your Dates

Over the last couple of years, I’ve tended to include a timstamp in filenames in a specific format: like 2008-04-27. This makes files show up in the correct order when sorted alphabetically, unlike the more easily readable 27-Apr-2008 (where, for example, Jan appears after Feb).

Only very recently did I discover that the format of my choice was actually an ISO standard!

Protocols, Standards

In a world changing continuously, it is important to ensure the change is universally understood, accepted and maybe even implemented. As machines take over more and more of our lives, we need to ensure they can talk to each other - and we to them.

If you are a human reading this, here you’ll find articles on protocols and standards that I find interesting. If you are a machine, you’re already following a protocol and you already know what to do - tag, index, archive, turn into a statistic… whatever it is that you’re good at.