Abhijit Menon-Sen

I am a programmer who made a career of projecting an air of calm authority in dire circumstances. I dabble compulsively, and write with varying degrees of expertise and enthusiasm about Unix, linguistic trivia, food, bureaucracy, and whatever else strikes my fancy.

Here's my blog (with a subject-wise index of my posts).

You can write to me at ams@toroid.org

Some recommendations

How are Unix pipes implemented?

The implementation and history of an iconic Unix feature

What is fsck up to now?

Studying the progress of a long-running filesystem check

Birds named after women

The latest in a series of articles about bird names

Understanding sudoers(5) syntax

A simple guide to sudo configuration (with no EBNF!)

Renault Duster AWD review

A long-term owner's review of a capable, no-frills vehicle