Monthly Archives: August 2010

Some ZFS News

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Administrator

Phoronix has a really well-written article on ZFS, including news on a company planning to release a CDDL-licensed linux kernel module. ZFS is the holy grail of filesystems. Many Database Administrators have switched from Linux to Solaris because ZFS has … Continue reading →

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DynDNS Being Evil

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Administrator

DynDNS is changing the ToS on their free accounts to make them less appealing, thus encouraging upgrades to their Pro account for $15/year. Now a Free account holder is required to “log into your account or update your hostname monthly” … Continue reading →

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Major Tornado Damage in Leamington, Canada

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Administrator

I grew up in a town called Leamington, Ontario, Canada. Although occasionally I saw waterspouts on Lake Erie, tornados were less common and rarely caused damage. This summer the town had a major tornado (F1) tear through town at ground-level … Continue reading →

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Simultaneous Outages for All Major Credit Card Sites

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Administrator

I just tried to pay my USA credit cards online, and at 1:30 am PST this morning (Sunday) all three account websites were down for maintenance (either refused the login or refused to show account activity.) Hmm … I’ve noticed … Continue reading →

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IMUG: How Google Built a Strong & Robust I18N Organization in Four Years

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Administrator

At IMUG tonite Manish Bhargava from Google reprised his talk on “How Google Built a Strong & Robust I18N Organization in Four Years”, previously presented at the WorldWare Conference. Manish is the product manager for Google’s 40 language initiative. This … Continue reading →

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