Category Archives: Engineering

Friendster can’t even send email

I’m surprised that Friendster is even still around, but today I got an email from their CEO and it had the entire MIME body in the message. These guys can’t even figure out how to send email. X-Campaign-ID: 8002 X-Campaign-Type: … Continue reading

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An evening with Jason Fried from 37 Signals

I went to the 37 Signals event last night sponsored by CPB. The speaker was Jason Fried, who is a founder of the company, a designer and all around smart guy. Jason spoke mainly about small business. He presented a … Continue reading

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Restoring a SubVersion repository from an old backup

I have recently gone through the exercise of restoring a medium sized SubVersion repository from an older backup and wanted to share my experience with everyone. First, the problem: The problem After you restore the older backup, if any work … Continue reading

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Open source operating system quest

While waiting to see if my X300 sells on Craig’s list and before I eBay it, I figured I would go back to my roots and install a bunch of operating systems on the machine. It is very new hardware … Continue reading

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Google Code could be EXTREMELY dangerous

I host a number of projects including JCatapult over at Google code. We use the wiki over there for our documentation because it is simple and centralized. The wiki is stored inside the SubVersion repository and when you update the … Continue reading

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