tom | March 31, 2005
Google posted some interesting news on their blog regarding a new “feature” to their search experience. The idea is, when you search and Google has determined that the first result is likely the one you’re looking for, they will pre-fetch that page behind the scenes for you. I’m sure they have good intentions [...]
tom | March 30, 2005
1. Google buys Urchin
2. Joshua gets funded and goes full time with del.icio.us
3. Verisign looks to be getting a new contract for .net
4. Get an invite to Yahoo! 360
I hate to shake things up so much but I’ll be off again tomorrow. Apologies in advance for anyone negatively affected. And for those of [...]
tom | March 29, 2005
Been up since 2am, catching up on missed work from yesterday while I was taking a class. The birds are chirping like mad, apparently imposing their own little no_fly_zone for other male birds. Nature does have its way of providing a relaxing atmosphere if you allow yourself to tune in (without dropping out).
My [...]
tom | March 27, 2005
I’m one of seven kids so my Mom will likely read the rest of this and laugh (and laugh and laugh). It seems that one of my two children are always on some form of medication; We may have anitbiotics going or some form of fever reducing agent.
With Kerri and I both working and [...]
tom | March 27, 2005
It’s not that I’m totally alone but this may be the first Easter I have not spent with my parents and siblings. Abigail ended up with a fever and cookie toss last night with a low grade fever persisting today. With the two new infants attending our traditional Easter dinner it would not [...]
tom | March 25, 2005
ABC News is reporting that a cash machine (ATM) in an Iowa casino was spitting out $100 bills instead of $20 bills as expected. By the time it was noticed (nearly 6 hours after the error began) they were short more than $46,000.
It’s funny behavior to me because most folks I know, including myself, [...]
tom | March 20, 2005
I knew someone would. Congrats to the Flickr team. Deets here (no dollar figures).
admin | March 5, 2005
Elite Journal Rails-based blog/journal system Tags: blog, ruby
Scratch — Minimalist Blog software approach This system realizes that most readers are consuming blog entries via RSS or Atom and viewed through their favorite app. Interesting approach. Tags: blog, ruby
pdumpfs: a daily backup system similar to Plan9's dumpfs Tags: backup, ruby
admin | March 2, 2005
Premshree Pillai's Site - Ruby API for Yahoo! Search Web Services Sample Ruby code for using the Y! Search Web Services Tags: ruby, search, yahoo
admin | March 1, 2005
Yahoo! Search Web Services Yahoo! Search Web Services allow you to access Yahoo content and services in your favorite programming languages. This means you can now build Yahoo directly into your own applications. Tags: api, yahoo
geom(4) modular disk I/O request transformation framework. Tags: freebsd, vinum
FreeBSD Mail Archives - Thoughts from Scott Long Some [...]
