Monthly Archives: February 2008

YouTube BGP Disappearance

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Administrator

YouTube disappeared from the Internet on Feb 24 after a Pakistani ISP tried to block it by advertising a more specific route in BGP. BGP is used mainly for routing, but you can also do geographical load-balancing with it. It’s … Continue reading →

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300 Terawatt Laser Photo

Posted on February 18, 2008 by Administrator

One of the things that American universities do well is Big Science … One of the nerdiest photos I’ve ever seen, a 300 terawatt laser: Credit: Anatoly Maksimchuk, associate research scientist in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. … Continue reading →

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linux iotop

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Administrator

Since IO accounting was added to the linux kernel in 2.6.20, it’s been possible to examine IO per task. Guillaume Chazarain’s iotop.py takes advantage of that to show disk IO in a format similar to the venerable top program. It’s … Continue reading →

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Ruby Test Automation Tools

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Administrator

I was talking to a QA Manager friend of mine today, and got his opinion on test automation. I wasn’t surprised that his opinion was similar to mine, but surprised they were basically identical. Test automation is: ok for APIs, … Continue reading →

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iSkoot Skype Client for Smartphones

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Administrator

iSkoot has a Skype voice and chat client for Smartphones. I installed it on my BlackBerry 8700g and the chat client seems to work ok. No emoticons though. iSkoot Skype Client for BlackBerry I’ve been using Shapeservices’ $25 IM+ for … Continue reading →

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