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Getting Drupal and mod_security to Play Nicely Together on Red Hat 5.x Servers

2010-11-03T07:32:46-08:10

Deploying Drupal on an Apache web server with mod_security or adding mod_security to an Apache server with Drupal running should be as easy as installing the relevant packages. Unfortunately, on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.4 and 5.5 servers it just isn't so.

Four short links: 21 October 2010 - MySQL as NoSQL, Handmade SLR, Mac App Store, and Datamining Privacy Workshop

2010-10-21T04:26:55-08:11

Using MysQL as NoSQL -- 750,000+ qps on a commodity MySQL/InnoDB 5.1 server from remote web clients. Making an SLR Camera from Scratch -- amazing piece of hardware devotion. (via hackaday.com) Mac App Store Guidelines -- Apple announce an app store for the Macintosh, similar to its app store for iPhones and iPads. "Mac App" no longer means generic...

Four short links: 19 October 2010 - Positive Gov2, Psychology of Places, Open Source Embedded Devices, and Dilbert on Data

2010-10-19T08:58:38-08:12

YIMBY -- Swedish site for "Yes, In My Back Yard". Provides an opportunity for the net to aggregate positive desires ("please put a bus stop on my street", "we want wind power") rather than simply aggregating complaints. (via cityofsound on Twitter) Getting People in the Door -- a summary of some findings about people's approaches to the physical layout...

Four short links: 30 September 2010 - Python Exercises, Maker Revolution, Dodgy Memes, and Government Licenses

2010-09-30T09:02:17-08:13

Learn Python The Hard Way -- Zed Shaw's book on programming Python, written as 52 exercises: Each exercise is one or two pages and follows the exact same format. You type each one in (no copy-paste!), make it run, do the extra credit, and then move on. If you get stuck, at least type it in and skip the...

Loss Leaders and Linux

2010-09-28T06:55:40-08:14

I bought a low-end, small footprint desktop: an eMachines EL-1300G. The cost at a local big box retailer was $159. A friend of mine was so impressed she went to the store right before Christmas to buy one as a gift for her sister. The price had dropped to $149. Of course, the systems came preloaded with Windows. Linux was not an option.

The SMAQ stack for big data - Storage, MapReduce and Query are ushering in data-driven products and services.

2010-09-22T07:32:43-08:15

We're at the beginning of a revolution in data-driven products and services, driven by a software stack that enables big data processing on commodity hardware. Learn about the SMAQ stack, and where today's big data tools fit in.

Four short links: 20 September 2010 - Robot Trades, Quirky Adventures, Tabular Data Library, and It's Hard to be Evil

2010-09-20T06:30:56-08:16

The Tracks of Bizarre Robot Traders (The Atlantic) -- I love the idea that these mysterious effect-less trades might simply be there to slow down competitors' analytic systems because every millisecond matters. MS Paint Adventures -- a weird mashup of MS Paint and text adventure games. tablib -- a format-agnostic tabular dataset library for Python. (via joshua on delicious)...

How to Install MongoDB - What's new in O'Reilly Answers: Install MongoDB, using the iPhone's GPS interntionally, what to learn after HTML and CSS, and much more.

2010-09-16T07:59:29-08:17

In this excerpt from MongoDB: The Definitive Guide we offer a step by step guide on how to install MongoDB and get it up and running smoothly. Precompiled binaries are available for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, and Solaris. On most platforms you can download the archive from mongodb.org, inflate it, and run the binary. The MongoDB server requires a directory it can write database files to and a port it can listen for connections on. The following section covers the entire install on the two variants of system: Windows and everything else (Linux, Max, Solaris). Read more.More from O'Reilly Answers:Using the iPhone's GPS internationallyI just learned HTML/CSS. Now what?Which Perl XML module should I use?5 ways to get music and video on your iPhone using iTunes Share knowledge, ask questions on O'Reilly Answers today.

Four short links: 16 September 2010 - Javascript Terminal, Visual Query Explainer, New Google Courses, and Cloudtop Apps

2010-09-16T03:30:29-08:18

jsTerm -- ANSI-capable telnet terminal built in HTML5 with Javascript, Websocket, and Node.js. (via waxpancake on Twitter) MySQL EXPLAINer -- visualize the output of the MySQL EXPLAIN command. (via eonarts on Twitter) Google Code University -- updated with new classes, including C++ and Android app development. Cloudtop Applications (Anil Dash) -- Anil calling "trend" on multiplatform native apps with...

New OST Course! "Python 2: Getting More Out of Python" by Steve Holden

2010-09-15T09:55:43-08:19

The O'Reilly School of Technology is excited to announce the release of Python 2: Getting More Out of Python. This is the second course in the upcoming Python Programming Certificate Series, and right now you can enroll at 50% off normal tuition. Check out the below video of me interviewing Steve about his courses in a webcast from a few months ago:

New OST Course! "Perl 2: Intermediate Perl" by Peter Scott

2010-09-08T07:31:02-08:20

The O'Reilly School of Technology is excited to announce the release of Perl 2: Intermediate Perl. This is the second course in the upcoming Perl Programming Certificate Series, and right now you can enroll at 50% off normal tuition. Check out the below video of me introducing our Perl author, Peter Scott:

Are You Intimidated By Breakfast Cereal?

2010-09-04T13:55:40-08:21

An article by Graham Morrison for Tech Radar UK this past week struck a bit of a raw nerve for me. It was one of a type we see periodically in the tech press and the title pretty much tells the story: The trouble with Linux: there's too much choice. To Mr. Morrison and all the others who have written articles like this one I say: Hogwash!

Gnash 0.8.8: A Huge Improvement Over Previous Versions

2010-08-27T07:31:17-08:22

Early this week Gnash 0.8.8 was released. Despite the small increment in version number, which would make this seem like a minor maintenance release, the difference between version 0.8.8 and the earlier 0.8.7 is like night and day.

Four short links: 4 August 2010 - Python Reasoning, Learning the Right Way, Curated Folksonomy, Arduino Image Correction

2010-08-04T08:03:27-08:23

FuXi -- Python-based, bi-directional logical reasoning system for the semantic web from the folks at the Open Knowledge Foundation. (via About Inferencing) Harness the Power of Being an Idiot -- I learn by trying to build something, there's no other way I can discover the devils-in-the-details. Unfortunately that's an incredibly inefficient way to gain knowledge. I basically wander around...

Four short links: 28 July 2010 - End of Open Phones, More Geek Women, Social-ish Teenagers, and Premium Cycles

2010-07-28T07:31:51-08:24

The end of the road for the Nexus One (LWN) -- The pessimistic among us can be forgiven for concluding that the battle for open handsets is being lost. The carriers determine which devices will be successful in the market, and they have absolutely no interest in openness. Customers are irresistibly drawn to heavily advertised, shiny devices with low...

Four short links: 1 July 2010 - Component Costs, Streaming Server, RC Parts, and MySQL SSD Goodness

2010-07-01T07:01:33-08:25

Conflict Minerals and Blood Tech (Joey Devilla) -- electronic components have a human and environmental cost. I remember Saul Griffith asking me, "do you want to kill gorillas or dolphins?" for one component. Now we can add child militias and horrific rape to the list. (via Simon Willison) Meteor -- an open source HTTP server that serves streaming data...

Mandriva Saved By New Investors

2010-06-22T10:30:53-08:26

After weeks of concern about the "catastrophic state of it's finances" and an indefiniete delay in the release of version 2010.1, the French website LeMagIT is reporting that Mandriva has been saved by new investors.

Running 64-bit Linux? No Flash For You!

2010-06-18T07:59:02-08:27

Adobe has, at least temporarily, ended support for Flash Player on 64-bit Linux. No updated version is available. Adobe's message for 64-bit Linux users, at least for now, is "No Flash for you!"

From Apache to Health and Human Services - Apache co-founder Brian Behlendorf discusses the CONNECT health data project.

2010-06-17T10:04:06-08:28

In this podcast interview, Apache co-founder Brian Behlendorf discusses the CONNECT project and the role data can play in improving patient care and the medical system.

Avoiding Linux Installation Problems on the HP Mini 110 and Mini 210 Netbooks

2010-06-13T08:33:47-08:29

I first ran into what turns out to be a recurring problem when I installed Pardus 2009 last fall. The installer would lock up. Since then I have run into an almost identical problem in openSUSE11.2, Slackware 13.1 and SalixOS 13.1. It appears that the wireless chipset as implemented in these netbooks conflicts with the ssb module, causing the system to freeze.