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Ruby Regex Tool
Awesome web-based tool that helps to generate ruby regex! http://www.rubular.com/
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business
New Supplement Price Comparison Launches
Congratulations to Friends at ClutchWave LLC for launching PricePlow.com, soon to be the leader in shopping for supplements. Whatever you're looking for, be it protein, vitamins, weightloss products, fatty acids or amino acids, Priceplow will help you find the flavor you want at the best price.
technology
Amazon Cloudfront vs Cachefly - Performance Benchmark
Amazon Web Service's new Content Data Network, Cloudfront was launched two days ago. Previously Cachefly had been the premier choice for Small and Medium size businesses looking for a content data network to speed up downloads for the users. I was mainly interested in download speed in the
technology
Symmetric Cone NAT using Linux IPTables
I spent quite a long time googling for a way of re-creating symmetric cone nat in house without buying Cisco hardware. Hopefully someone else will find this useful. This was done on Ubuntu 8.04 beta. eth1 = public ip eth0 = lan ip echo "1" > /proc/sys/
technology
Rails and J2EE Deployment
Hongli Lai asks why some think Rails deployment is difficult. First, a disclaimer. I am not a Ruby on Rails expert. I have only used Rails for one small production project. I found both Ruby and Rails quite easy to pick up coming from a J2EE background. What can be
technology
OpenID & OAuth Latency - Painful User Experience
Draft 1 OAuth 1.0 spec was announced yesterday. By my count, it requires no less than 6 HTTP request/response round trips assuming the user is already logged in to the service provider. If the user is NOT logged into the service provider and has to log in before
business
The Cost of Landscape versus Active Directory in the China market
Why does a Landscape-managed deployment of Ubuntu cost US$250 per seat per year? For my 7-seat deployment in our new China-based subsidiary, that would cost us US$1,750/year. Compare to the Microsoft Partner Program's Actionpack Subscription at HK$2,792 (~US$350)
politics
How to ban smoking...
Ohio voters passed the SmokeFreeOhio late last year. Ten months after the voters spoke, the first fines were issued against offending businesses. The penalty for businesses that have ignored the will of voters for almost a year? A measly US$100. There are bars that make more than that on
business
Musings on I-Names: A Skeptic Turns Supporter
I am a huge fan of OpenID. My initial interest was piqued by the promise of no longer having to remember login credentials for dozens if not hundreds of websites. The security benefits of only having to protect one set of login credentials instead of many became quickly obvious thanks