Thursday, November 21, 2002
Microsoft Secrets
Abstract
This white paper discusses the approach used to convert the Hotmail web server farm from UNIX to Windows 2000, and the reasons the features and techniques were chosen. It will focus primarily on the planners, developers, and system administrators. The purpose of the paper is to provide insight for similar deployments using Windows 2000. We will discuss the techniques from the viewpoint of human engineering as well as software engineering...
Abstract
This white paper discusses the approach used to convert the Hotmail web server farm from UNIX to Windows 2000, and the reasons the features and techniques were chosen. It will focus primarily on the planners, developers, and system administrators. The purpose of the paper is to provide insight for similar deployments using Windows 2000. We will discuss the techniques from the viewpoint of human engineering as well as software engineering...
Sunday, November 17, 2002
--> Just a note...<--
... a lot of my web browsing this week revolves around jmusic, the wonderful Java musical tool from QUT in Brisbane.
... a lot of my web browsing this week revolves around jmusic, the wonderful Java musical tool from QUT in Brisbane.
Saturday, November 16, 2002
optimal web design
Criteria for optimal web design (designing for usability)
By Michael L Bernard
Designing a website that takes into account the human element requires both an understanding of our nature as well as our physiological limitations. Usable websites incorporate human tendencies and limitation into its overall design. The questions below are meant to address some of the more important human factors concerns in the design and building of usable websites...
Criteria for optimal web design (designing for usability)
By Michael L Bernard
Designing a website that takes into account the human element requires both an understanding of our nature as well as our physiological limitations. Usable websites incorporate human tendencies and limitation into its overall design. The questions below are meant to address some of the more important human factors concerns in the design and building of usable websites...
Wednesday, November 13, 2002
Struts Introduction
Struts is an open source framework useful in building web applications with Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology. It encourages software development following the MVC design pattern...
Struts is an open source framework useful in building web applications with Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology. It encourages software development following the MVC design pattern...
Monday, November 11, 2002
Learning Debian GNU/Linux from OReilly
Learning Debian GNU/Linux
By Bill McCarty
1st Edition September 1999
1-56592-705-2, Order Number: 7052
360 pages, $34.95 , Includes CD-ROM
... this may come in handy...<--b
Learning Debian GNU/Linux
By Bill McCarty
1st Edition September 1999
1-56592-705-2, Order Number: 7052
360 pages, $34.95 , Includes CD-ROM
... this may come in handy...<--b
Debian up and running at my place...
There are lots of great Debian resources, but I found that I recently had to do some real digging to get my DEC alpha xl 266 up and running Woody, the latest Debian. Just in case there's anybody else trying this, here's a couple notes that may smooth your journey.
- you need to use milo, it's not an option; the one that worked for me was from the suse 6.3 release. Dig through /discontinued, and remember, sometimes alpha is referred to as axp...
-I downloaded the cd (approx 180 megs) and it worked great, once I figured out how milo was keeping track of the devices like the cd drive.
-You boot an installation system, then install. In order to get the installation system working I used a floppy for my root filesystem image... I used rawrite2.exe to write root.bin to my DOS formatted disk...
- milo booted the install system from the cd; I think the command was
MILO> boot sr0:/boot/linux root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1
debian is cool. this was fun!
-b
There are lots of great Debian resources, but I found that I recently had to do some real digging to get my DEC alpha xl 266 up and running Woody, the latest Debian. Just in case there's anybody else trying this, here's a couple notes that may smooth your journey.
- you need to use milo, it's not an option; the one that worked for me was from the suse 6.3 release. Dig through /discontinued, and remember, sometimes alpha is referred to as axp...
-I downloaded the cd (approx 180 megs) and it worked great, once I figured out how milo was keeping track of the devices like the cd drive.
-You boot an installation system, then install. In order to get the installation system working I used a floppy for my root filesystem image... I used rawrite2.exe to write root.bin to my DOS formatted disk...
- milo booted the install system from the cd; I think the command was
MILO> boot sr0:/boot/linux root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1
debian is cool. this was fun!
-b
Friday, November 08, 2002
Outfront - Tell Your Story
How to Pitch a story to CBC Radio's Outfront series.
- I've got a story in mind........
First, we need a written proposal. In it, we need to know a few key things:
-WHAT IS YOUR IDEA?
-WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL CONNECTION TO THE STORY?
-HOW DO YOU HEAR THE STORY ON THE RADIO?
How to Pitch a story to CBC Radio's Outfront series.
- I've got a story in mind........
First, we need a written proposal. In it, we need to know a few key things:
-WHAT IS YOUR IDEA?
-WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL CONNECTION TO THE STORY?
-HOW DO YOU HEAR THE STORY ON THE RADIO?
Friday, November 01, 2002
Cook's Thesaurus
The Cook's Thesaurus is a cooking encyclopedia that covers thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools. Entries include pictures, descriptions, synonyms, pronunciations, and suggested substitutions...
The Cook's Thesaurus is a cooking encyclopedia that covers thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools. Entries include pictures, descriptions, synonyms, pronunciations, and suggested substitutions...
