Monthly Archives: January 2008

Geek humour as heard on Twitter

2008/01/11 – 09:07

the FOAF to hell is paved with RDF triples [From Twitter / Paul Downey: the FOAF to hell is paved w...]

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That’s a nice way to put it…

2008/01/10 – 02:42

So was spock.com just a fart in the wind, or did any of you make use of it? [Via Twitter / Collin Douma]

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You industry is being reinvented, get with it!

2008/01/09 – 11:39

You used to sell plastic and vinyl. Now, you can sell interactivity and souvenirs.
[Go read the entire post : Seth's Blog: Music lessons]

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Yahoo:Identity:OpenID

2008/01/08 – 10:42

Rumors abound that Yahoo! will make a major announcement about OpenID today at CES. It looks like at the very least you’ll be able to use your Flickr user page URL to log in anywhere that supports OpenID login. The code is live, view source of any user page and search for OpenID and you’ll [...]

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Ugly is good

2008/01/08 – 08:26

Nagios is a time-tested warhorse with a lot of community support. It’s ugly but it works and works well. [Via Hacker News | Ask YC: What tools are you using to monitor a site's load?]

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Not at CES 2008

2008/01/06 – 01:12

I could have gone at CES this year again, my friends from Sympatico invited me again to video-blog the event. I really wanted to go. I could have gone.
But alas, Praized was taking all my energy and the strategic partnerships we have lined-up for january is both exciting and scary (good). So I had to [...]

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OpenLDAP : Identity Management for the large enterprise

2008/01/04 – 12:24

But we were a little surprised by what occupied the No. 2 slot among identity stores: the open-source OpenLDAP project. That is, we were surprised until we started talking to readers. What we learned is that OpenLDAP is driving a number of Fortune 500 enterprise IdM efforts, and adoption doesn't appear to be [...]

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Good DNS service provider?

2008/01/03 – 01:45

Where should I host DNS for a large global consumer website?
A few good answers, including DNS Made Easy, Zone Edit and “a large tier 1 provider” or “your own machines”. I could add Easy DNS for most needs, not sure I would vouch for them for a large global consumer website, depending on your definition [...]

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At least 4000 XO laptops in Canada?

2008/01/03 – 10:52

Two tidbits of news regarding XO laptops (from an email received from the OLPC foundation) :

We are in the process of finalizing shipment plans for Canada. Your laptop is scheduled to be delivered in the Jan/Feb ‘08 time frame.

So it’s coming… patience!

Thank you for participating in Give One Get One. Due to the [...]

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Geeky secret to keep you in shape

2008/01/03 – 12:25

Twitter / Andre Nantel : My secret for making the gym interesting? Tech Podcasts.

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