del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since September 11, 2006 at 11:16 AM:
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I just can’t believe this … my prayers go out to Rob’s family. I am still in shock …
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Firefox extension that gathers a whole bunch of metadata and plugs it into Google and Yahoo! SERPs, putting useful information at your fingertips when you’re doing research.
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A lightweight (2.6K SWF) Flash Video (FLV) player. It has a volume control slider but no mute.
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“[Van Jacobsen] developed a new tool, pathchar […], that allows any user to find the bandwidth, delay, average queue and loss rate of every hop between any source & destination on the Internet.”
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“You need to set either: “JkOptions ForwardURICompatUnparsed” or “JkOptions ForwardURIEscaped” to have mod_jk pass the encoded/escaped URI to Tomcat.” Good to know.
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Very thoughtful essay on why Perl is a dying language. Language geeks, pay attention, this could (or has) happened to your favorite language.
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I like this, the battery is external to the power supply, so in theory as long as utility power is stable, you should be able to service/replace the battery with no downtime.
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“[… Data] processing power demands require a fresh look at how things are done […]. DC UPS technology […] provides a highly reliable, cost effective alternative to traditional AC UPS systems, […]”
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PC power supplies with UPS built in. Makes a lot of sense, although power supplies aren’t exactly safe to open and self-service, so I’m guessing the batteries aren’t self-serviceable. Unless the power supply is hot-swappable, that’s kind of a drag.
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Justin is a guitar god. I hope he stays clean and lives a long life, continuing to pursue and refine his talent.
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Greg turns 30 a few months before me, and waxes philosphic about our “broken society” in America. This is something we should re-read 10 years from now and see if we’re still shaking our heads, sadly.
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I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Judge Pendleton Gaines has a good sense of humor, at least. (via Mike Dillon)
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Oh, how I love that clean Fender guitar sound of the surf style … and classical music. What will the Japanese do next?! (via John Scalzi)
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Carl announces the new “AOL My eAddress” at domains.aol.com.
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Pete Wright blogs his own Apple “switch” ad. After a legacy of worshipping at the foot of the Microsoft alter, he’s done.
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