May 30, 2008
Welcome Movable Type 4.2
http://www.movabletype.org/2008/05/welcome_movable_type_42.html
now with more speed
Posted by jzawodn at
01:00 PM
Google Gears as the Next Flash
http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/2008/05/30/GoogleGearsAsTheNextFlash.aspx
an interesting take on it
Posted by jzawodn at
12:46 PM
May 29, 2008
The Nice People of Davenport
http://www.littleyellowdifferent.com/the-nice-people-of-davenport/
Ernie's life reads like a very funny novel. Or an episode of something on Comedy Central.
Posted by jzawodn at
06:00 PM
Valdez airshow Bush class STOL competition 2008 Alaska [video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Itr1DXwP8s&feature=related
some very nice short field work
Posted by jzawodn at
04:32 PM
Cost of converting entire U.S. to electric cars? Zero.
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/05/27/cost-of-converting-entire-us-to-electric-cars-zero/
I love math like this...
Posted by jzawodn at
04:32 PM
The 9 on Yahoo! is no more...
http://9.yahoo.com/index.php
I guess Maria is off the air.
Posted by jzawodn at
04:32 PM
Super-useful inputrc
http://linuxart.com/log/archives/2005/10/13/super-useful-inputrc/
some really useful ideas in here
Posted by jzawodn at
04:32 PM
Yawcam - Yet Another Webcam Software
http://www.yawcam.com/
lots of features
Posted by jzawodn at
04:32 PM
Dorgem - Open Source Webcam Capture Application
http://dorgem.sourceforge.net/
"Dorgem is a webcam capture application for Windows 9x and up. Any Video for Windows compatible webcam (or other digital camera) is supported."
Posted by jzawodn at
04:31 PM
How to get a Windows tax refund
http://www.linux.com/articles/59381
not sure it's worth the hassle, but good to have the process documented... you're better off buying from vendors who actually build for Linux, IMHO
Posted by jzawodn at
04:31 PM
Rearchitecting Twitter: Brought to You By the 17th Letter of the Alphabet
http://randomfoo.net/blog/id/4182
yup
Posted by jzawodn at
04:31 PM
Truth or Consequences
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/28/opinion/28friedman.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
$4 oil is here to stay--or should be, in his opinion
Posted by jzawodn at
04:31 PM
Man Allegedly Bilks E-trade, Schwab of $50,000 by Collecting Lots of Free 'Micro-Deposits'
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/man-allegedly-b.html
It's Superman III all over again! Heh
Posted by jzawodn at
04:31 PM
Redneck Power Windows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd876iqGdT4
for some reason, I find that very amusing
Posted by jzawodn at
04:31 PM
Avenal RASP BLIPMAPS
http://alcald.homelinux.org/RASP/AVENAL/FCST/
Alex is hosting RASP BLIPMAPs for Avenal
Posted by jzawodn at
04:31 PM
Vote! How to Detect the Social Sites Your Visitors Use
http://azarask.in/blog/post/socialhistoryjs/
this trick has been around for a while, but it's good to see someone packaging it up so nicely
Posted by jzawodn at
04:31 PM
Why wait
http://blog.craigslist.org/2008/05/why-wait/
man, craigslist is fast... yahoo needs to work no this it seems
Posted by jzawodn at
04:31 PM
Inside the Attack that Crippled Revision3
http://revision3.com/blog/2008/05/29/inside-the-attack-that-crippled-revision3
that's a pretty messed up story...
Posted by jzawodn at
04:31 PM
UNIX Load Average Part 1: How It Works
http://www.teamquest.com/resources/gunther/display/5/
I really wish more people understood this! load average is so misused and misunderstood
Posted by jzawodn at
04:31 PM
MidpSSH | SSH and Telnet client for Mobile devices (MIDP/J2ME)
http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/
works on my blackberry
Posted by jzawodn at
04:31 PM
Microsoft DRM - because fuck you is why
http://angryaussie.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/microsoft-drm-because-fuck-you-is-why/
you have to see the motivational poster that goes with it!
Posted by jzawodn at
04:31 PM
Watsonville Airshow 2008 - a set on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjipp/sets/72157605256816296/
The 2008 Watsonville Airshow held on May 25, 2008 in Watsonville, California
Posted by jzawodn at
04:30 PM
My first SearchMonkey application: PHP Function Reference
http://boulter.com/blog/2008/05/29/my-first-searchmonkey-application/
"When searching for for PHP functions, it will immediately show you the syntax so you don’t need to click through to the the actual page."
Posted by jzawodn at
04:30 PM
MySQL 6.2 is GA, but 5.1 is RC and 6.0 is alpha
http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/05/23/mysql-62-is-ga-but-51-is-rc-and-60-is-alpha/
confusing versioning and branding
Posted by jzawodn at
04:30 PM
Old Technology
http://lonesysadmin.net/2008/05/29/old-technology/
"I contend these kids are missing out, especially with the rear-wheel drive in the snow. Fun."
Posted by jzawodn at
04:30 PM
May 23, 2008
FF To Go
http://www.fftogo.com/
may have to try this out
Posted by jzawodn at
02:00 PM
Keyboard shortcuts for the BlackBerry Pearl 8100 smartphone
http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/articles/8/KB05480_f.SAL_Public.html
these work for the curve as well
Posted by jzawodn at
10:23 AM
apt-get install wife
http://www.lessaid.net/fun/apt-get-wife.png
heh
Posted by jzawodn at
09:00 AM
May 22, 2008
Six Annoyances in Hardy Heron Ubuntu
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/six-annoyances-in-hardy-heron-ubuntu/
a few problems that I hadn't seen before
Posted by jzawodn at
05:46 PM
Garmin Mobile for BlackBerry
http://www8.garmin.com/mobile/blackberry/
I didn't know this existed!
Posted by jzawodn at
03:46 PM
The Mean Kitty Song [video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qit3ALTelOo
someone has way too much time on their hands
Posted by jzawodn at
11:46 AM
Why is MySQL more popular than PostgreSQL?
http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/05/18/why-is-mysql-more-popular-than-postgresql/
interesting stuff in the comments
Posted by jzawodn at
08:00 AM
russian thrust vectoring
http://englishrussia.com/?tag=russian-thrust-vectoring
that's a nice display of manuvering
Posted by jzawodn at
07:46 AM
May 21, 2008
PHP Sucks, But It Doesn't Matter
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001119.html
"If PHP sucks so profoundly, why is it powering so much of the internet?" Bingo!
Posted by jzawodn at
05:00 PM
Better Javadoc results using SearchMonkey
http://www.javarants.com/2008/05/19/better-javadoc-results-using-searchmonkey/
useful search monkey hack for searching java and mysql docs
Posted by jzawodn at
04:00 PM
Intel Atom - D945GCLF Motherboard
http://www.tranquilpc-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Motherboards.html
looks like fun to hack on...
Posted by jzawodn at
04:00 PM
May 19, 2008
GET LAMP
http://www.getlamp.com/
THE TEXT ADVENTURE DOCUMENTARY
Posted by jzawodn at
11:00 AM
Jeremy & Kathleen's Ohio Reception
http://flickr.com/photos/schauba/sets/72157605128909844/
a set on Flickr by Aaron Schaub
Posted by jzawodn at
11:00 AM
May 14, 2008
MSI Wind Revealed: 10-Inch Mini-Notebook to Hit U.S. in June
http://blog.laptopmag.com/msi-wind-revealed-10-inch-mini-notebook-to-hit-us-in-june
WANT!!!
Posted by jzawodn at
08:00 PM
May 13, 2008
Windows: Get Vista's Best Features in XP
http://lifehacker.com/389735/get-vistas-best-features-in-xp
there are some interesting tools in that list
Posted by jzawodn at
10:23 PM
Craigslist Files Countersuit Against eBay
http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/05/craigslist-file.html
go get 'em!
Posted by jzawodn at
02:00 PM
May 12, 2008
Make slideshow with Pictures Slideshow Maker
http://www.pictures-soft.com/pictures-slideshow-maker.shtml
seems to be a decent tool for what I need it to do...
Posted by jzawodn at
08:00 PM
Clutterers Anonymous dot Net
http://www.clutterersanonymous.net/
"Clutter is anything we don't need, want, or use that takes our time, energy or space, and destroys our serenity."
Posted by jzawodn at
04:00 PM
the collected jwz bicycle wisdom
http://jwz.livejournal.com/883988.html
there's some pretty good advice in there
Posted by jzawodn at
04:00 PM
eGO Cycle
http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/002819.php
WANT!
Posted by jzawodn at
01:00 PM
Treadmill Kittens [video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVjzd320gew
most excellent
Posted by jzawodn at
09:23 AM
May 11, 2008
mail-trends
http://code.google.com/p/mail-trends/
"Mail Trends lets you analyze and visualize your email (as extracted from an IMAP server)."
Posted by jzawodn at
11:48 PM
Flickr: Items tagged with thehairofchristianheilmann
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/thehairofchristianheilmann/?page=2
now that's just damned funny!
Posted by jzawodn at
11:48 PM
The book that is indirectly responsible for me getting my new job
http://groovymother.com/2008/apr/21/book-indirectly-responsible-me/
"Which raises an interesting question: Is reading this book cheating? Is it the equivalent of just reading the answer key before an exam?"
Posted by jzawodn at
11:47 PM
Testing InnoDB “Barracuda” format with compression
http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2008/04/23/testing-innodb-barracuda-format-with-compression/
Vadim runs some InnoDB tests and shows some promising results...
Posted by jzawodn at
11:47 PM
Why My Two vCPU VM is Slow
http://lonesysadmin.net/2008/04/22/why-my-two-vcpu-vm-is-slow/
interesting...
Posted by jzawodn at
11:47 PM
What is up with eBay employees?
http://yumio.net/blog/2008/04/23/what-is-up-with-ebay-employees/
"Is life at eBay that slow & boring that you have to look for outside work? Or do they not pay enough? Inquiring minds want to know"
Posted by jzawodn at
11:47 PM
GMail advanced search operators
http://dschneller.blogspot.com/2007/08/gmail-advanced-search-operators.html
I always forget about some of these...
Posted by jzawodn at
11:47 PM
RegToy
http://kynam.us.to/
"RegToy is a collection of useful utilities : tweaking, window manager, shell context menu, registry cleaner, file renamer, screen capture, memory cleaner , disk cleaner , much more."
Posted by jzawodn at
11:47 PM
Portland drivers in the snow [video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMzeiMJQrvk
this one is truly a classic
Posted by jzawodn at
11:47 PM
I'm Going To Scale My Foot Up Your Ass - Ted Dziuba
http://teddziuba.com/2008/04/im-going-to-scale-my-foot-up-y.html
hahahhahahahaahahhahha... so true
Posted by jzawodn at
11:47 PM
Debugging rules
http://www.techyouruniverse.com/software/debugging-rules
simple rules to follow... now where's the video?
Posted by jzawodn at
11:47 PM
Configuring Fonts in Ubuntu Linux
http://warren.guy.net.au/docs/ubuntu-font-configuration.html
this guy really likes his Tahoma
Posted by jzawodn at
11:47 PM
Crapware: Superior Alternatives to Crappy Windows Software
http://lifehacker.com/384545/superior-alternatives-to-crappy-windows-software
not a bad list...
Posted by jzawodn at
11:47 PM
Yahoo! pimping malware from banner ads
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-TBPekxc1dLNy5DOloPfzVvFIVOWMB0li?p=819
"The fundamental problem is that the browser's security model failed to anticipate that there are multiple interests involved in a web application."
Posted by jzawodn at
11:47 PM
Efficient Boolean value storage for Innodb Tables
http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2008/04/23/efficient-boolean-value-storage-for-innodb-tables/
interesting... using BIT() vs. CHAR(0) for boolean stoargae
Posted by jzawodn at
11:47 PM
Disk is the New Tape
http://stuartsierra.com/2008/04/17/disk-is-the-new-tape
for many applications, it is
Posted by jzawodn at
11:47 PM
What Emacs is to editors, Stumpwm is to window managers
http://bc.tech.coop/blog/080429.html
"since your window manager is written in Lisp and you can dynamically change and/or add to the running code, the hacks never stop!" uhm, holy crap!
Posted by jzawodn at
11:47 PM
Notes from Werner Vogels's Keynote
http://www.innoq.com/blog/st/2008/04/notes_from_werner_vogelss_keyn.html
lots of good points in there
Posted by jzawodn at
11:46 PM
jsvi
http://gpl.internetconnection.net/vi/
a vi clone written in javascript!
Posted by jzawodn at
11:46 PM
Open Source, Table Manners
http://krow.livejournal.com/594596.html
"Having good table manners is the key to working with open source projects."
Posted by jzawodn at
11:46 PM
Dave Cunningham Memorial Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=970_29DjfCs
Dave died in an airplane accident a couple weeks ago
Posted by jzawodn at
11:46 PM
alli: Miracle diet pill with teeny-tiny side effect
http://angryaussie.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/miracle-diet-pill-with-teeny-tiny-side-effect/
"Buy our drug if you want to lose weight. Oh, by the way, you’ll end up shitting your pants." a most excellent rant!
Posted by jzawodn at
11:46 PM
MySQL Server is Open Source, even Backup extensions
http://blogs.mysql.com/kaj/2008/05/06/mysql-server-is-open-source-even-backup-extensions/
yay!
Posted by jzawodn at
11:46 PM
Yahoo! doesn’t want to be a VMware, it wants to be an Apple.
http://www.awadallah.com/blog/2008/05/06/yahoo-doesnt-want-to-be-a-vmware-it-wants-to-be-an-apple/
"In summary, fortune does reward the patient, and resistance is not always futile" hmm, maybe
Posted by jzawodn at
11:46 PM
Quickly preloading Innodb tables in the buffer pool
http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2008/05/01/quickly-preloading-innodb-tables-in-the-buffer-pool/
some useful tricks and hacks
Posted by jzawodn at
11:46 PM
ack
http://petdance.com/ack/
better than grep, a power search tool for programmers
Posted by jzawodn at
11:46 PM
What can you do with a second Ethernet port?
http://www.linux.com/feature/133849
some interesting linux networking trivia that I did not know
Posted by jzawodn at
11:46 PM
Processing.js
http://ejohn.org/blog/processingjs/
"I've ported the Processing visualization language to JavaScript, using the Canvas element."
Posted by jzawodn at
11:46 PM
Sync Your iPhone Wirelessly in Linux
http://lifehacker.com/388785/sync-your-iphone-wirelessly-in-linux
could be useful someday
Posted by jzawodn at
11:46 PM
SNL Spoof Of Hillary 5-10-08 [video]
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tLFJTc3oExE
that's pretty funny
Posted by jzawodn at
11:46 PM
Test driving the free and open online backup
http://datacharmer.blogspot.com/2008/05/test-driving-free-and-open-online.html
a quick look at what's coming
Posted by jzawodn at
11:46 PM
System76 Support - Ubuntu Forums
http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=341
"Support for System76 Ubuntu Laptops and Desktops."
Posted by jzawodn at
11:46 PM
Craig (of the List) Looks Beyond the Web
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/technology/12craig.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
"Even broad strategic decisions, such as which areas to expand into, are described as reflecting user requests made at online forums at the site."
Posted by jzawodn at
11:46 PM
VIM Color Scheme Test - Perl
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~maverick/VimColorSchemeTest/index-pl.html
wow, there sure are a lot of color schemes to pick from!
Posted by jzawodn at
11:46 PM
JSSh - a TCP/IP JavaScript Shell Server for Mozilla
http://www.croczilla.com/jssh
holy crap!
Posted by jzawodn at
10:43 PM
How Hillary Can Still Win [video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBGyuYKlxIg&eurl
heh... that's pretty amusing. I like that they use a phone booth for time travel
Posted by jzawodn at
10:43 PM
mysql-heap-dynamic-rows
http://code.google.com/p/mysql-heap-dynamic-rows/
some folks at ebay made a heap table that uses dynamic rows rather than fixed... cool.
Posted by jzawodn at
10:43 PM
mylvmbackup
http://lenz.homelinux.org/mylvmbackup/
mylvmbackup is a tool for quickly creating backups of MySQL a server's data files using LVM on linux
Posted by jzawodn at
10:43 PM
Roller Derby
http://www.blog001.net/2008/04/roller-derby.html
"There is something entertaining about a woman in her 40's checking an even older woman in her 50's and flinging her over the rails." Heh...
Posted by jzawodn at
10:43 PM
flickrfs
http://manishrjain.googlepages.com/flickrfs
"Flickrfs is a virtual filesystem which mounts on your linux machine like any other partition" Cool!
Posted by jzawodn at
10:43 PM
Flickr Tools on Flickrbits
http://www.flickrbits.com/
"The definitive collection of Flickr tools, plugins and API applications"
Posted by jzawodn at
10:43 PM
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
10:43 PM
BitTorrent Throttling ISPs Exposed by Azureus
http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-throttling-isps-exposed-080421/
interesting... it's not just comcast fucking with their users
Posted by jzawodn at
10:43 PM
BitTorrent Throttling ISPs Exposed by Azureus
http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-throttling-isps-exposed-080421/
interesting... it's not just comcast fucking with their users
Posted by jzawodn at
10:40 PM
BitTorrent Throttling ISPs Exposed by Azureus
http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-throttling-isps-exposed-080421/
interesting... it's not just comcast fucking with their users
Posted by jzawodn at
10:38 PM