Monthly Archives September 2007

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I incidently am not going to this because there is just too much going on in this time period, including I may add, my first vacation in 3 years. I’m going to Cabo with my wife for 5 days. After that, Nashville, then Athens, GA to visit my favorite people in my favorite town, then [...]

Virtual Worlds Are The Future Of Global Commerce: ICANN CEO

What the fuck? Weren’t “virtual worlds” the future back in say, 1999 and 2000? And then about two years about with Second Life hype? And now again? Since when is the head of ICANN the bastion of things that are forward thinking and revolutionary.

[From Virtual Worlds Are The Future Of Global Commerce: ICANN [...]

Prison Camp Mode for Apache

Limiting your MaxRequestsPerChild and KeepAlive so that you remove processes as they are finished.
According to Jonathan Lambert from Workhabit:
“Its like taking a prisoner out back and shooting them in the head every 15 seconds”
That is my day today.

Apple - To all iPhone customers

OK, now this is just a class act move all the way. $100.00 gift certificate for early adopters? Thats about equal to the depreciation on the device which means its kind of a wash. Nice one Steve.

[From Apple - To all iPhone customers]

Thoughts on the new iPods

So if you want to know really what Apple did today, it is confirm the fact that they are moving away from “computer as your digital hub” into “we are making an undirected graph structure that encompasses your digital life.” Quite wordy! But its pretty much true.
You can see this in the fact that Apple [...]

Steve Jobs live — Apple’s “The beat goes on” special event - Engadget

Just a small note: syncs back to itunes = with non-DRM’ed iTunes Plus tracks, you have total device portability.

[From Steve Jobs live -- Apple's "The beat goes on" special event - Engadget]

Testing new Apple Keyboard

I’ve been testing the new super-thin Apple Keybaord here at work for a bit and found that my typing speed increased by about 20% vs. my Microsoft ergonomic keyboard. The travel distance and action of this Apple one is fantastic and the lack of barriers between keys means my fingers can fly from one key [...]