“The switch” is officially under way and off to a little bit of a rocky start. Domain issues are tying us down at the start here but fortunately we haven’t gone “dark” yet. We’ll see how this plays out over the next couple days.
O’Reilly blog agg for LAMP-related articles, issues… (LAMP? That’s “Linux, Apache, MySQL, and (fill in the blank scripting language that starts with ‘P’…”)
Looks like F_D may be switching hosting providers in the foreseeable and perhaps even immediate future. A security-related support issue with our current host has been handled very (erm) poorly and it’s not looking good for any resolution on their end. So if there’s some downtime and the F_D site appears shuttered and dark… Well, we’ll be back. Shortly. Soon enough?
w00t! One of my photos from Saturday’s Mardi Gras festivities was selected to go up on MagicHat.net for their photo retrospective of the parade. It’s in the listing of pictures for their “People’s Choice Awards“, no less. Here’s the photo:
See it on their site… Or the original on Flickr.
UPDATE: My name is also prominently featured here under “Photos”.
via LifeHack.org: save $988 a year by bringing your lunch; put into perspective — that’s a Mac mini with upgrade RAM and hard drive (or) a little less than a year’s worth of mobile phone service (your mileage may vary on that one; or) about 120 bottles o
Semantic Flash: Slippery When Wet
via A List Apart (Articles): good essay on modern deployments of hybrid HTML/Flash designs; focus is on using Flash to automate or otherwise handle some of the fancy design elements while leaving the rest of the heavy-lifting to JavaScript and the rest of
via B^2: a long list of routers and their default passwords (”in case you forgot or lost your book or something”)
via GOOD Magazine (via Revver (via MeFi)): Nukes! Who’s got ‘em? How many? What if we blew one up at the Empire State Building?
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran rocket claim raises tension
via /. (if this had come from Warren Ellis, it would no doubt be filed under “DOOM! DOOM! DOOM!” or “Whoops! Apocalypse!”)
Harrison Ford reprises the role of Indiana Jones in a mash-up of Raiders… and The Shining. Indy is the caretaker of this huge lodging throughout the blisteringly cold, snowed-in winter months. He slowly realizes that all of the requests being made by guests are either ghosts or hallucinations and this plunges him into a psychotic break. He uses the whip to grab and tie-up his wife (Marion, of course) all the while explaining how much trouble they’re really in.
Design Meltdown § Badges Part 2
via zappowbang (@Flickr)
