May 2008
7 posts
Russell Coker: Xen and Swap →
The way Xen works is that the RAM used by a virtual machine is not swappable, so the only swapping that happens is to the swap device used by the virtual machine. I wondered whether I could improve…
Introduction to Google Search Quality →
Posted by Udi Manber, VP Engineering, Search Quality Search Quality is the name of the team responsible for the ranking of Google search results. Our job is clear: A few hundreds of millions of…
Celeste Lyn Paul: Four Words for Funpidgin... →
I’ve been meaning to comment about this, and was reminded by today’s Coding Horror.
Funpidgin, a fork of the popular Pidgin Instant Message client, was created when Pidgin developers had
Keeping your SSH connections alive with autossh →
With autossh, you can monitor your SSH connections and restart them if they stop sending traffic or SSH exits abnormally. This makes autossh perfect for keeping secure port forwarding…
Anonymous Web surfing with TorK →
Everyone who surfs the Net is eminently trackable. Internet data packets include not only the actual data being sent, but also headers with routing information that is used to guide the packages to…
Critical security update for openssl →
A new security advisory has recently been released relating to the Debian openssl package, and whilst most security updates are not news-worthy this one is. Read on for a brief overview of the…
Matthew Helmke: Gandhi’s top ten list on how to... →
I got this here. I am sharing an abridged version. The original has some nice commentary. My version only includes the actual Gandhi quotes for each number.
1. Change yourself. “You must…