Monthly Archives: June 2011

How Akamai routes traffic (hint: it’s not always dynamic)

Posted on June 29, 2011 by jrothmanshore

I thought I had a full grasp of how Akamai routing works, but a recent dive into our web logs has taught me that world of high speed internet traffic routing is more nuanced. One of the big selling points … Continue reading →

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HTML Shortcut: Dynamically switch to RTL mode based on the opener #localization #l10n

Posted on June 22, 2011 by jrothmanshore

As we were working on adapting one of our applications to support right-to-left (RTL) languages like Hebrew and Arabic, we tripped over an issue with a static HTML document. Changing a page to by RTL is pretty easy.  You can … Continue reading →

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I wish I hadn’t thrown that old piece of technology away

Posted on June 12, 2011 by jrothmanshore

On The Media had a fascinating piece this weekend about digital archaeologists.  These are people who are attempting to preserve technology that has long since passed into obsolescence in order for us to remember how technology used to work.  In one exhibit, … Continue reading →

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I caved: we are abandoning Google Voice and signing up for a (gulp) paid text messaging plan from AT&T

Posted on June 2, 2011 by jrothmanshore

As much as it pains me, we are about to start shelling out $20 a month for a text messaging plan for our phones. My wife and I are in our mid 30’s, and we were just on the wrong … Continue reading →

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