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Applying “Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action” to troubleshooting
Ian Fleming’s Goldfinger said, “Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.” While managing web applications is not nearly as exciting as international spy thrillers, I often find myself thinking of the phrase when trying to debug … Continue reading
#iMovie randomly not saving my project is solved – it’s the zombie project’s fault
A few weeks ago, my infatuation with my new Mac and iMovie was crushed when iMovie lost six hours of work. I had been putting together a photo/video montage and was just putting on the finishing touches when all of … Continue reading
Performance Tuning Tip: Turn on time-taken in your web logs (IIS, Apache, Tomcat) to identify performance hot spots
Everyone knows that the web logs generated by web servers like IIS, Apache, and Tomcat (JBOSS / Catalina) are a well-known goldmine of information. They allow you to track site usage, find content errors, gather browser statistics, and all sorts … Continue reading
The DNS Challenges of Using Akamai Sites for Global Corporations
Akamai’s web application accelerator product has been a tremendous benefit for our global operations. Using their tools, we have observed a 400% performance boost between the United States and Asia versus accessing our site over “public” internet. The benefits come … Continue reading
According to Mini-Boden, UK companies cannot legally mail unpriced gifts to the US
With the holidays approaching, my wife and I have started looking for gifts for family members. The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah falls very early this year, so we have had to get an earlier jump than normal. My wife found a cute … Continue reading
More about my plan to fix the deficit, using the NYTimes budget balancing tool
This morning’s Week in Review had a fascinating section on all of the options on how to fix the deficit. It puts you in charge of the budget, allowing you to mark off all of the ways you would save … Continue reading
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Windows 7 channels Windows Vista with endless “Do you want to save” security boxes. Just copy them dammit!
I had thought that in Windows 7 Microsoft had fixed the endless security warning dialog boxes that used to constantly show up in Windows Vista. Today I’m trying to use a freeware text editor, but rather than having a normal … Continue reading
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Locked out of the car while holding the baby: think positive!
The last time I locked myself out of the house was in the summer of 1995 when I was 20 years old. It was a dumb mistake, and ever since then, I have been paranoid about making sure that I … Continue reading
Yahoo’s YUI limiting support for IE6. Will this hurt YUI use in the enterprise market? #browser
Yahoo announced today that they are going to be reducing support for IE6 in YUI. They won’t drop support altogether, but they will be reducing it. This is not good news. Don’t get me wrong – I hate IE6. I … Continue reading
My crush on my new mac just abruptly ended when #iMovie corrupted six hours of my work #fail
Oh, my dear mac… Just a few hours ago, I was still starstruck by iMovie. After having previously tried to make some movies on my PC many months ago, I was blown away by how easy it is to create … Continue reading
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