July 30, 2008

COLON BLOW!!!! [video]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=W9kR7P08fkI hahahahaha... most definitely not the SNL skit
Posted by jzawodn at 08:00 AM

16 Secrets The Restaurant Industry Doesn't Want You to Know

http://health.msn.com/nutrition/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100187534&page=1 some not so surprising but scary stuff in there
Posted by jzawodn at 07:00 AM

July 28, 2008

Fire Cuts Yosemite Power and Threatens Homes

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/us/28yosemite.html DOH!
Posted by jzawodn at 08:00 AM

How to: Installing and running Ubuntu on the Eee PC

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080727-running-ubuntu-on-the-eee-pc.html some day I may get one to play with... maybe
Posted by jzawodn at 07:00 AM

July 27, 2008

Palo Alto Airport Association

http://www.paloaltoairport.aero/ might be handy
Posted by jzawodn at 01:00 PM

July 26, 2008

Angry man shoots lawn mower for not starting

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_fe_st/odd_mower_madness hahahaha
Posted by jzawodn at 11:00 AM

July 22, 2008

Beautiful Code: False Optimizations

http://sernaferna.blogspot.com/2008/07/beautiful-code-false-optimizations.html interesting take on a tight binary search optimization
Posted by jzawodn at 09:00 AM

Chocolate Cake In 5 Minutes!

http://www.dizzy-dee.com/recipe/chocolate-cake-in-5-minutes heh
Posted by jzawodn at 09:00 AM

July 20, 2008

Sony eSupport - RM-VL600 - Remote Codes and Programming

http://esupport.sony.com/perl/model-remote.pl?mdl=RMVL600 woohoo! it works...
Posted by jzawodn at 10:00 PM

Warren Buffett’s 7 Secrets for Living a Happy and Simple Life

http://www.successsoul.com/2008/07/15/warren-buffetts-7-secrets-for-living-a-happy-and-simple-life/ good advice, really
Posted by jzawodn at 03:00 PM

Y Combinator: Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund

http://ycombinator.com/ideas.html "A web-based Excel/database hybrid." Please make it versioned and multi-user
Posted by jzawodn at 09:00 AM

July 19, 2008

Pretty Pictures: Announcing My Photostreams

http://regex.info/blog/2008-07-19/872 Jeffrey has some amazing shots to see!
Posted by jzawodn at 11:00 AM

July 17, 2008

Devel::NYTProf Version 2 Released. Marvel at Its Greatness!

http://open.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/develnytprof-version-2-released-marvel-at-its-greatness/ yay for perl and open source
Posted by jzawodn at 10:00 PM

MySQL releases with Percona patchsets

http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2008/07/16/mysql-releases-with-percona-patches/ this is quite cool of them to do
Posted by jzawodn at 10:00 PM

PowerTOP

http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/ "PowerTOP is a Linux tool that helps you find those programs that are misbehaving while your computer is idle."
Posted by jzawodn at 10:00 PM

July 16, 2008

Aviation Epic

http://www.terwilligerproductions.com/aviationepic/ I can't wait to see this film!
Posted by jzawodn at 11:00 PM

SugarSync

http://www.sugarsync.com/ "Sync Files, Backup Data, Remote File Access for PC, Mac, Mobile Phone - SugarSync" This could replace FolderShare and Mozy with a single app. Hmm. Must try!
Posted by jzawodn at 10:00 PM

Creating an Intermediate Replication Layer

http://blog.onefreevoice.com/2008/07/15/creating_intermediate_slaves/ a good simple way of added a replication tier to a group of mysql servers
Posted by jzawodn at 03:00 PM

Craigslist phone verification system

http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/craigslist-other-classified-ads-sites/13487-craigslist-phone-verification-system.html and the spammers are pissed... heh
Posted by jzawodn at 03:00 PM

NYTProf v2 - A major advance in perl profilers

http://blog.timbunce.org/2008/07/15/nytprof-v2-a-major-advance-in-perl-profilers/ looks promising!
Posted by jzawodn at 03:00 PM

First Flight of ICON A5 Prototype

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px_UjBJiFd8 WANT!
Posted by jzawodn at 03:00 PM

July 15, 2008

The New Apple Walled Garden

http://www.techcrunchit.com/2008/07/15/the-new-apple-walled-garden/ "Geeks and enthusiasts wearing Wordpress t-shirts, using laptops covered in Data Portability, Microformats and RSS stickers lined up enthusiastically on Friday to purchase a device that is completely proprietary, controlled and wrapped in DRM."
Posted by jzawodn at 11:00 PM

the-cassandra-project

http://code.google.com/p/the-cassandra-project/ "Cassandra is a distributed storage system for managing structured data while providing reliability at a massive scale. "
Posted by jzawodn at 09:00 AM

July 14, 2008

Follow Reddit from the Console

http://www.catonmat.net/blog/follow-reddit-from-the-console/ heh
Posted by jzawodn at 07:46 PM

PickensPlan

http://www.pickensplan.com/index.php As my friend Dan says "Hey, remember back when Candidate Al was talking about this stuff 8 years ago? Wouldn't it be great if he'd have gotten the job he won?"
Posted by jzawodn at 07:00 PM

Mutex contention and other bottlenecks in MySQL

http://pbxt.blogspot.com/2008/07/mutex-contention-and-other-bottlenecks.html yikes... good to know that a lot of this is getting worked on!
Posted by jzawodn at 07:00 PM

LVM Configuration mistake to Avoid

http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2008/07/09/lvm-configuration-mistake-to-avoid/ "olume groups in LVM live completely isolated life and you can’t use space from one volume group for snapshot for another." Yeah, LVM terminology can be confusing.
Posted by jzawodn at 05:00 PM

Generic Malware Debunking Post

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/generic-malware-debunking-post/ why do people still underestimate web security stuff?
Posted by jzawodn at 04:00 PM

Garmin Blog: Ask Garmin: Backing up Favorites and Waypoints

http://garmin.blogs.com/my_weblog/2008/07/ask-garmin-back.html this works well on our Nuvi units
Posted by jzawodn at 03:00 PM

July 13, 2008

Scour luring power searchers with top results and gift cards

http://www.moskalyuk.com/blog/scour-luring-power-searchers-with-top-results-and-gift-cards/1553 "I was always happy to sell my Firefox searchbox to a highest bidder..."
Posted by jzawodn at 07:00 PM

mylvmbackup 0.9 has been released

http://www.lenzg.org/archives/201-mylvmbackup-0.9-has-been-released.html and it has hooks
Posted by jzawodn at 07:00 PM

Bluffing your way through an IFR flight… ?

http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2008/07/13/bluffing-your-way-through-an-ifr-flight/ I've thought a lot about that too...
Posted by jzawodn at 07:00 PM

I learned about flying from that - my personal story

http://www.askacfi.com/74/i-learned-about-flying-from-that-my-personal-story.htm yep, everyone has a story...
Posted by jzawodn at 07:00 PM

Living In A Garbage Truck

http://www.loqu.com/living-in-a-garbage-truck/blogs/angelia-1290 that's pretty damned impressive...
Posted by jzawodn at 07:00 PM

July 12, 2008

Thrift vs. Protocol Buffers

http://stuartsierra.com/2008/07/10/thrift-vs-protocol-buffers a quick comparison in a table
Posted by jzawodn at 03:00 PM

Windows iTunes Rant

http://blog.learnr.org/post/42030137/windows-itunes "WTF! Is this goddamn amateur hour?" Heh. Nice rant.
Posted by jzawodn at 03:00 PM

The Death Of The A-list

http://www.jimkukral.com/the-death-of-the-a-list/ "The revolution happened overnight and we didn’t even know it. We’re all now in charge, together, as one big group collective. " Yay! Death to the A-list.
Posted by jzawodn at 12:46 PM

July 11, 2008

Is Google Heading Down the Yahoo! Path?

http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/07/12/is-google-heading-down-the-yahoo-path/ history has a funny way of repeating itself in subtle but still obvious ways... GOOG is a public company. You do the maths on that one.
Posted by jzawodn at 06:00 PM

July 10, 2008

Flickr Architecture

http://highscalability.com/flickr-architecture some good talk notes
Posted by jzawodn at 06:00 PM

Bizarre Aircrafts

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/916042/Bizarre-Aircrafts via John Herren
Posted by jzawodn at 03:46 PM

Conversion table for knots to miles per hour

http://www.disastercenter.com/convert.htm I can't seem to ever remember that 1.15mph is roughly 1 knot
Posted by jzawodn at 03:46 PM

July 09, 2008

Cow farts collected in plastic tank for global warming study

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2274995/Cow-farts-collected-in-plastic-tank-for-global-warming-study.html awesome headline
Posted by jzawodn at 10:00 PM

Battery Backup Application Handbook

http://xtronics.com/reference/batterap.htm good info on dc battery power voltages
Posted by jzawodn at 03:00 PM

July 08, 2008

Which netbook would I choose today?

http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/07/which-netbook-would-i-choose-today/ I'm glad I never got around to buying one yet...
Posted by jzawodn at 10:00 PM

Living With Your Plane: Airparks info: California

http://fmi.typepad.com/lwyp/2008/07/airparks-info-c.html "California lays claim to 35 fly-in communities ranging in size from four lots to a reported 2,000 (Rancho Tehama)."
Posted by jzawodn at 10:00 PM

Open Sourcing Browser Sync

http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2008/07/open-sourcing-browser-sync.html cool!
Posted by jzawodn at 10:00 PM

July 07, 2008

Remote sign out and info to help you protect your Gmail account

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/remote-sign-out-and-info-to-help-you.html that's crazy... I was just thinking about an idea like this a few days ago.
Posted by jzawodn at 10:00 PM

Barbecued Pulled Pork Sandwiches

http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Free/Newsletter_Tip_Main/0,3963,343,00.html here's one I'd like to try making this summer
Posted by jzawodn at 10:00 AM

USA National Gas Temperature Map

http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx?z=0&%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Blat=37.000000&%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Blong=-96.000000&%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bft=A&%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Btl=48 oh, "why it's good to live in Texas..."
Posted by jzawodn at 10:00 AM

July 06, 2008

300+ Easily Installed Free Fonts for Ubuntu

http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2007/05/21/300-easily-installed-free-fonts-for-ubuntu/ lots of juicy fonts
Posted by jzawodn at 05:00 PM

The Adventures of LOLBAT

http://www.pvponline.com/2008/06/30/interlude-the-adventures-of-lolbat heh
Posted by jzawodn at 10:00 AM

July 04, 2008

Improving filesort performance in MySQL

http://blogs.sun.com/realneel/entry/improving_filesort_performance_in_mysql bad estimates can be expensive
Posted by jzawodn at 09:00 AM

How to stop junk mail

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/stop-junk-mail/ I can personally vouch for Green Dimes
Posted by jzawodn at 09:00 AM

July 03, 2008

fityk - free peak fitting software

http://www.unipress.waw.pl/fityk/ "Longer version: fityk is a program for nonlinear fitting of analytical functions (especially peak-shaped) to data (usually experimental data). There are also people using it to remove the baseline from data, or to display data only. "
Posted by jzawodn at 02:00 PM

can’t someone else do it?

http://trainedmonkey.com/2008/6/28/can_t_someone_else_do_it_ "i am not super-excited to put it all in the hands of google, but free is a tough price to beat."
Posted by jzawodn at 08:00 AM

July 02, 2008

SSHgate tunneling daemon

http://sourceforge.net/projects/sshgate "SSHgate is a small daemon that transparently routes packets across SSH encrypted tunnels. "
Posted by jzawodn at 02:00 PM

Birthday Greetings from Joe Cocker [video]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4_MsrsKzMM jesus, that's a funny video
Posted by jzawodn at 08:00 AM