April 21, 2008

Kitt-In Box from The Refined Feline: A Unique Desktop Cat Perch

http://www.therefinedfeline.com/kitinbox-cat-perch.htm I could really use a couple of these...
Posted by jzawodn at 02:00 PM

April 18, 2008

Scaling out MySQL: Hardware today and tomorrow

http://jcole.us/blog/archives/2008/04/17/scaling-out-mysql-hardware-today-and-tomorrow/ good talk slides
Posted by jzawodn at 05:00 PM

Five Wrong Ways to Pitch RWW and One Great Way

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/pitching_rww.php I like the use of RSS and Yahoo Pipes
Posted by jzawodn at 01:24 PM

Open Season at Yahoo?

http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080418/open-season-at-yahoo/ "Yahoo has been accelerating its open activities of late..."
Posted by jzawodn at 09:00 AM

April 17, 2008

The Great Email Burndown of 2008

http://www.jeff-barr.com/?p=1351 this reminds me of my diet plan...
Posted by jzawodn at 01:01 PM

CrashPlan

http://crashplan.com/ Automatic Offsite Backup
Posted by jzawodn at 01:01 PM

Flickr Code

http://code.flickr.com/ a flickr site for developers
Posted by jzawodn at 11:00 AM

April 16, 2008

Amazon takes EC2 to the next level with persistent storage volumes

http://blog.rightscale.com/2008/04/13/amazon-takes-ec2-to-the-next-level-with-persistent-storage-volumes/ good to hear how well baked this appears to be
Posted by jzawodn at 06:01 PM

Storage Space, The Final Frontier

http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2008/04/block-to-the-fu.html looks pretty straightforward
Posted by jzawodn at 06:01 PM

Procrastinate much?

http://www.news.com/8301-13577_3-9920206-36.html "Americans watched more than 10 billion online videos in February" Yikes!
Posted by jzawodn at 06:01 PM

Free Analytics Suite Coming From Yahoo!

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/free_analytics_suite_coming_from_yahoo.php This is an important development for the analytics industry, but also for Yahoo! If Yahoo! can successfully attract web publishers to their free service
Posted by jzawodn at 04:01 PM

Urgency is poisonous

http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/966-urgency-is-poisonous very true
Posted by jzawodn at 12:01 PM

A Tailgate Legend [video]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZiuzbRj5_I nice...
Posted by jzawodn at 11:01 AM

April 14, 2008

KML, the HTML of geographic content

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/kml-html-of-geographic-content.html yay!
Posted by jzawodn at 04:47 PM

Exclusive: Google App Engine ported to Amazon's EC2

http://waxy.org/2008/04/exclusive_google_app_engine_ported_to_amazons_ec2/ Heh
Posted by jzawodn at 04:01 PM

Announcing AppDrop.com (host Google App Engine projects on EC2)

http://jchris.mfdz.com/code/2008/4/announcing_appdrop_com__host_go A most excellent hack
Posted by jzawodn at 04:01 PM

The end of Mowser

http://www.russellbeattie.com/blog/the-end-of-mowser "...I don't actually believe in the "Mobile Web" anymore, and therefore am less inclined to spend time and effort in a market I think is limited at best, and dying at worst."
Posted by jzawodn at 03:01 PM

Is Google App Engine a Lock-in Play?

http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/04/is-google-app-engine-a-lockin.html sort of
Posted by jzawodn at 03:01 PM

Awesome: apt-get install movabletype-opensource

http://www.movabletype.org/2008/04/_aptget_install_movabletypeope.html HOLY SHIT! I'm so close to upgrading now... (Hi, Anil!)
Posted by jzawodn at 12:01 AM

Backups Moved To Amazon S3

http://www.steve-lacey.com/blogarchives/2008/04/backups_moved_t.shtml this is a common trend
Posted by jzawodn at 12:01 AM

April 12, 2008

"Clitter" by Mindy Raf on CollegeHumor

http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1752237 heh
Posted by jzawodn at 10:01 AM

HSCALE 0.1 released - Partitioning Using MySQL Proxy

http://pero.blogs.aprilmayjune.org/2008/04/10/hscale-01-released-partitioning-using-mysql-proxy/ "a MySQL Proxy Lua module that transparently splits up tables into multiple partitions and rewriting all queries to go to the right partition"
Posted by jzawodn at 09:01 AM

April 11, 2008

Slides for “Google Opening up to Developers” talk at Evans Data Conference

http://wordpress.chanezon.com/?p=37 looks like a good summary
Posted by jzawodn at 05:01 PM

Obama v. Clinton: Ignore the Media Hype, This Race Isn’t Close

http://blog.compete.com/2008/04/10/presidential-candidates-facetime-march-obama-clinton-mccain/ yikes!
Posted by jzawodn at 05:01 PM

Scalr - Scalable Web Sites with EC2

http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2008/04/scalr-.html forgot to note this earlier--very cool
Posted by jzawodn at 01:01 PM

scalr - Google Code

http://code.google.com/p/scalr/ "Scalr is a fully redundant, self-curing and self-scaling hosting environment utilizing Amazon's EC2."
Posted by jzawodn at 01:01 PM

How to use a notebook: 7 quick tips

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/notebook-productivity-tips-2/ some goof tips from matt
Posted by jzawodn at 12:02 PM

The Death of Read Replication

http://krow.livejournal.com/590912.html some food for thought...
Posted by jzawodn at 12:02 PM

Replication, caching, and partitioning

http://glinden.blogspot.com/2008/04/replication-caching-and-partitioning.html greg mostly agrees wit brian but not completely
Posted by jzawodn at 12:02 PM

Zoombak GPS

http://www.zoombak.com/ "Auto & Vehicle Tracker, Dog & Pet Tracking, Car Security Device"
Posted by jzawodn at 12:01 PM

nLite - Deployment Tool for the bootable Unattended Windows installation

http://www.nliteos.com/ "nLite is a tool for pre-installation Windows configuration and component removal at your choice. Optional bootable image ready for burning on media or testing in virtual machines."
Posted by jzawodn at 12:01 PM

Dear Google Maps: Your public transportation options mock me

http://www.littleyellowdifferent.com/dear-google-maps-your-public-transportation-options-mock-me/ I love how it’s all, “WALK THERE, YOU FAT FUCKER.”
Posted by jzawodn at 09:01 AM

April 10, 2008

Yahoo's largest investor doubles down

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9916054-7.html "Capital World Investors increased its Yahoo stake to 10.1 percent, when it bumped up its ownership to 135,542,600 shares, as of March 31." Hmmm...
Posted by jzawodn at 04:01 PM

Scream Real Loud!!! on Flickr

http://flickr.com/photos/heather/2404080160/ a video of what flickr will do if sold to microsoft
Posted by jzawodn at 04:00 PM

April 09, 2008

Yahoo Pitches the Lazy Developer

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Yahoo-Pitches-the-Lazy-Developer/ '...give them tools, share your expertise, build a community, let them have fun," Zawodny said...''
Posted by jzawodn at 04:01 PM

Yahoo to Test Google Ads As It Mulls Broader Deal

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120776803032602423.html It's about fucking time...
Posted by jzawodn at 02:01 PM

Former Yahoo Exec to OpenX; OpenX to L.A.

http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080408/former-yahoo-exec-to-openx-openx-to-la/ "Former Yahoo senior vice president Tim Cadogan will take the CEO job at OpenX, the popular open-source ad server startup..."
Posted by jzawodn at 08:01 AM

April 08, 2008

Video on Flickr?

http://blog.flickr.net/2008/04/08/video-on-flickr/ heh
Posted by jzawodn at 05:01 PM

I Thought You We're Looking at Me in Silicon Valley

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/mis/634073633.html hahahahahaha
Posted by jzawodn at 04:47 PM

April 06, 2008

Matias Half Keyboard & 508 Keyboard

http://www.matias.ca/halfkeyboard/index.php?refID=7 maybe I need one of these...
Posted by jzawodn at 08:01 PM

Build a quad-core, 8-gig server for $900

http://duartes.org/gustavo/blog/post/2008/03/20/Building-a-quad-core-server.aspx drool...
Posted by jzawodn at 02:01 PM

Relax, Chill and maybe Blog

http://gigaom.com/2008/04/06/relax-chill-and-maybe-blog/ "Blogging doesn’t need to be a race. Really."
Posted by jzawodn at 12:01 PM

Anatomy of a ‘Blogging will kill you’ story: Why I didn’t make the cut

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8389 "If you’re stressed out over 5,000 RSS feeds chances are good you’d be stressed by any profession you chose."
Posted by jzawodn at 12:01 PM

April 05, 2008

IMAP, GMAIL - comp.mail.mutt

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.mail.mutt/browse_thread/thread/b9955ef5df653de7/2c3d4baf3ad96706 how to make mutt work with gmail... bu it's way slow for me
Posted by jzawodn at 10:01 PM

April 04, 2008

Search Marketer: Yahoo Taking Share From Google

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/4/search_marketer_yahoo_taking_share_from_google "Barnette said most of Yahoo's came at the expense of Google (GOOG), which represented less than 70% of search spending for the first time since the beginning of 2007."
Posted by jzawodn at 09:01 PM

Stuff White People Like Bought by Target

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/stuff-white-people-like-bought-by-target/ oh, shit... that's funny!
Posted by jzawodn at 01:47 PM

eeeXubuntu [EeeUser Eee PC Wiki]

http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ubuntu:eeexubuntu:home "eeeXubuntu is a custom version of the Xubuntu 7.10 Live CD with fully-integrated hardware support, including native wireless drivers, functioning Ethernet support, tweaks for low-resolution desktop environments, and other miscellaneous fixes."
Posted by jzawodn at 01:01 PM

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon on my Asus Eee PC

http://www.internet-tools.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/11/26/installing-ubuntu-710-gutsey-gibbon-on-my-asus-eee-pc/ this looks more involved than eeexubuntu
Posted by jzawodn at 01:01 PM

EeePC - Community Ubuntu Documentation

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EeePC wow, you can even overclock 'em
Posted by jzawodn at 01:01 PM

FriendFeed API

http://code.google.com/p/friendfeed-api/wiki/ApiDocumentation this is sweet
Posted by jzawodn at 01:01 PM

April 03, 2008

Gmail Redesigned (by Globex Designs)

http://userstyles.org/styles/5867 cool!
Posted by jzawodn at 09:01 PM

Sofware Raid and Grub HOW-TO

http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2003-July/008898.html I wish I'd seen this a few years ago
Posted by jzawodn at 06:00 PM

April 02, 2008

Yahoo Loses Its Musical Soul

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/02/yahoo-loses-their-musical-soul/ yeah, no shit... ;-(
Posted by jzawodn at 07:01 PM

April 01, 2008

nLite Windows XP Install on Asus Eee PC

http://www.i64x.com/eeexp.php someday I will have me an eeepc and need this
Posted by jzawodn at 11:01 PM

Download Youtube video online

http://catchvideo.net/ "Convert Online flv Youtube Videos direct to PC, iPod, PSP, iPhone, mp3, mp4 and Mobile." Cool.
Posted by jzawodn at 11:00 PM

js2-mode: a new JavaScript mode for Emacs

http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/03/js2-mode-new-javascript-mode-for-emacs.html Stevey is hard core
Posted by jzawodn at 10:01 PM

Notes from the Business of APIs Conference

http://johnfederico.brandbrains.net/archives/2008/03/30/notes-from-the-business-of-apis-conference/ very good notes
Posted by jzawodn at 10:01 PM

Happy Run Some Old Web Browsers Day!

http://jwz.livejournal.com/856745.html that totally kicks ass!
Posted by jzawodn at 07:01 PM

stupid internet joke day

http://joshua.schachter.org/2008/03/stupid-internet-joke-day.html "Instead, try to actually do something surprising. The ha you save might just be your own.'
Posted by jzawodn at 06:01 PM

I’m skipping April Fools this year

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/im-skipping-april-fools-this-year/ me too
Posted by jzawodn at 04:00 PM