Using LAMP to help survive a digg attack the digg way

Zombie16 FTW! (Internet, Nerdy)

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How Digg.com uses the LAMP stack to scale upward – Computerworld

Digg.com credits two particular features of its LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) server cluster for helping the news aggregation site maintain speedy performance in the face of high growth.

Open FireFox searches in new tab instead of current one

Zombie16 FTW! (Internet, PC Tech)

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Open Firefox Searches in New Tab – the How-To Geek

put “about:config” in the address bar, search for “browser.search.openintab” and double click
p.s. (no quotes)

Use any thumb drive as a ReadyBoost drive

Zombie16 FTW! (Nerdy, PC Tech)

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Use any USB stick to ReadyBoost your computer – Windows Vista Magazine

Got a USB stick that Windows Vista doesn’t want to use for memory? Read how to use it anyway.

The Linux media center journey

Zombie16 FTW! (Nerdy, Tech, TV)

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HDTV reception and network streaming in a box – Linux.com

I have been a TiVo owner since almost day one; seven years with a Series 1 box. But TiVo’s elimination of lifetime subscriptions has made me plan on migrating to a do-it-yourself DVR, probably running MythTV. As I spec out hardware, I am increasingly frustrated at the paucity of PCI slots bestowed on us by motherboard makers today. I want good sound, good NTSC, FM, and HDTV, and hopefully multiple tuners, but there is scarcely a mobo in sight that has that much room in the interior. However, I found an alternative in Silicondust’s HDHomeRun, a standalone, dual-tuner HDTV receiver that streams video over the network, and supports Linux right out of the box

Epson PowerLite Review

Zombie16 FTW! (Movies, Tech, TV)

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Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 1080: How Much 1080p-ness Can you Get for $3K? – Gizmodo

Packed with three LCDs, this puppy has the latest HDMI 1.3 input in the back, a quoted 12,000:1 contrast ratio, that Blu-ray and HD DVD-friendly resolution of 1080p, and it doesn’t look half bad, either.

This isn’t the only $3k projector, the Panasonic PT-AE1000U is now $3k after $1k rebate

Encrypt your VoIP so you don’t end up like Alec Baldwin

Zombie16 FTW! (Nerdy, PC Tech)

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How to: Encrypt Your VoIP – VoIP Now

VoIP traffic flows across the Internet in unencrypted packets, which means anyone that has access to the network between sender and recipient can intercept these packets — essentially allowing them to create a recording of your conversation. How can you help secure yourself against these types of attacks?

Good info from someone who’s been around

Zombie16 FTW! (PC Tech, Work)

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Why I’m not a Sysadmin anymore – thetlog.net

I have worked as a sysadmin (mostly Unix / Linux) for most of my professional life (not right now, though), and I’ve been meaning to write a few thoughts about it for a while.

My experience is that working as a sysadmin is, to me, interesting and fulfilling on a technical level, but ultimately disappointing and frustrating on a career and personal level. Why is that?

Gamewad looks at a slightly new way of rating games

Zombie16 FTW! (Video Games)

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The Ratings Game – Gamewad

I have labeled this phenomenon “IGN Syndrome,” in reference to the notoriously high ratings awarded by that particular publication. The real problem though, is that most other sources follow the same path. It is as if we have lost half of the range of scores, and are left with a set of 50-100. This is where the VAST majority of scores lie. Luckily, there is a clear and recognizable reason for this particular skew. We need look no further than our public school system.

The Most Overproduced Games Ever

Listener FTW! (Games, Nerdy)

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http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/11505

How the Crack Dealer Became a Chef

LowCommotion FTW! (Drugs, Food)

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http://www.freakonomics.com/blog/2007/04/13/how-the-crack-dealer-became-a-chef/

Once I removed the small crack plate from the pot, I blotted it with a dry towel and placed it on the triple beam scale. My eight ounces of cocaine yielded a return of twelve ounces of crack. Selling crack at $1,500 an ounce, those extra four ounces would give me a profit of $6,000 per half bird. That meant I’d make $12,000 on every key I bought, and I could easily move five and ten kilos on the first and fifteenth of each month (which were the welfare paydays).

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Big Roy [who is black] ran the meat crew, seasoning and preparing the beef, chicken, fish, and stews. Once the food was cooked, Big Roy made sure to cut a share of the hot food for the white boys running the bakery in exchange for his share of the rolls and sweets. The kosher dudes got kicked down next, because they had what no other kitchen had access to. Their packaged kosher TV dinners were easy to smuggle back to the units, and those kosher Sabbath dinners were always a hot item. The chicken meals could fetch $10 a pop, and the kosher cooks always made a killing on what the rabbis brought in for the holidays.