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Index of pages filed with the "Commentary" tag (listing records 1 to 10 of 55):
- The Future of Web Applications
(Date: Fri 10-Feb-2006 | Comments: 4 | Permalink)
Today I'm trying something new. For the first time ever (but hopefully establishing a precedent we can return to), Urban Mainframe features a guest writer, Noah Slater. Noah recently attended a conference on "The Future of Web Applications" and, writing ... (continue reading) - Project Honey Pot
(Date: Thu 18-Aug-2005 | Comments: 2 | Permalink)
One of the most rewarding emails I've had for a while:Regardless of how the rest of your day goes, here's something to be happy about -- today a honey pot you installed successfully identified a previously unknown email harvester (IP: 172.180.238.186) ... (continue reading) - Crazy OS X Advice
(Date: Tue 19-Jul-2005 | Comments: 6 | Permalink)
I've just come across an amazing response to an OS X user's enquiry on the macosx.com forums. The user asks, "My Mac OS X is behaving in a strange way. The Finder displays black borders around selected items and the same for the forward and back arrows ... (continue reading) - Mac OS X, Intel and Rosetta
(Date: Thu 9-Jun-2005 | Comments: 1 | Permalink)
On 6th June, 2005, Apple Computer, Inc announced that they are to switch from PowerPC processors to those made by Intel. The Macintosh Faithful were predictably shocked by the announcement (nicely illustrated by The Joy of Tech), despite the fact that ... (continue reading) - Content Worth Paying For
(Date: Thu 24-Feb-2005 | Comments: 5 | Permalink)
Jason Kottke has quit his web-design job and plans to make a living from full-time blogging. Ignoring traditional web revenue streams such as advertising, Kottke's aim is to persuade "micropatrons" to pay $30 per annum to support him. Interestingly, micropatrons ... (continue reading) - The End of the Line for Comment Spam?
(Date: Thu 20-Jan-2005 | Comments: 4 | Permalink)
I'm really pleased to see Google et al get behind the rel="nofollow" attribute as was recently announced, but I doubt that even widespread deployment will end the comment spam problem. Removing the benefits of inbound links from web-pages with high PageRank ... (continue reading) - Apple, Where Are Your Doomsayers Now?
(Date: Sat 15-Jan-2005 | Comments: 7 | Permalink)
The hot topics of the moment are definitely Apple's new product announcements. It would be remiss of me not to at least give a respectful nod to Mac mini, iPod shuffle, iWork '05, iLife '05 and Final Cut Express HD. Apple product announcements always ... (continue reading) - 404 Spam
(Date: Thu 9-Dec-2004 | Comments: 1 | Permalink)
You've got to hand it to the spammers, they'll try anything to advertise their wares. Not content with flooding our inboxes and comment pages as well as polluting our referrer logs, they've now added another weapon to their arsenal - 404 spam. My 404 ... (continue reading) - An Expensive Mistake
(Date: Wed 8-Dec-2004 | Comments: 11 | Permalink)
I built and installed a server for a client about a year ago. Due to "budget constraints" it wasn't a particularly impressive machine. There was no RAID for example, only a single IDE hard disk. Despite being home to the client's business critical data ... (continue reading) - Hey Apple, Get Rid of the Wire
(Date: Mon 6-Dec-2004 | Comments: 5 | Permalink)
I love my iPod. That sounds really corny, but it's true. Obviously, I'm not talking about love in the romantic sense. I'm talking about love in the way that a keen driver might love a Ferrari Enzo, the way an aircraft aficionado might adore the sleek ... (continue reading)
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