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• Recover a corrupt aes-encrypted sparse image (or File Vault) on Mac OS X
  (tags: mac sysadmin crypto security)

mod_wsgi is an Apache module that provides a WSGI compliant interface for hosting Python based web applications within Apache. The adapter is written completely in C code against the Apache C runtime and for hosting WSGI applications within Apache has a lower overhead than using existing WSGI adapters for mod_python or CGI.

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We do billions of queries per day in our DBs, so we have very specific requirements for what our storage does. It turns out YouTube has very similar requirements, so I wrote up a nice, detailed list of things to watch for if you’re a startup looking to scale your web application.

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• Setting virtual IP via Erlang
  (tags: erlang cluster 247up sysadmin)
• Ceph — Petascale Distributed Storage
  (tags: cluster fuse linux 247up)

Linux Kernel 2.6.21 has been announced. Linus writes: “So the big change during 2.6.21 is all the timer changes to support a tickless system (and even with ticks, more varied time sources). Thanks (when it no longer broke for lots of people go to Thomas Gleixner and Ingo Molnar and a cadre of testers and coders.”

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• InfoQ: Introduction to BackgrounDRb
  (tags: ruby rails programming)
• Gyre
  open source, web-based IDE and debugger for Rails
  (tags: ruby rails programming web tuning)
• Getting Postfix to work on Ubuntu with Gmail
  (tags: linux ubuntu email gmail postfix sysadmin)
• 0xED
  0xED is a native OS X hex editor based on the Cocoa framework. Fast editing of large files. Unlimited file size (limited by what the actual file system supports). Small memory footprint. Instant opening of files of any size. Supports all normal text edit
  (tags: mac sysadmin cocoa)
• dead.licious
  a tool for verifying that all of your bookmarks in your del.icio.us, ma.gnolia, or Simpy accounts are still valid and gives you the option of removing or fixing those dead links.
  (tags: web)
• NixOS
  a Linux distribution based on Nix, a purely functional package management system
  (tags: linux livecd sysadmin)
• Hibernate Shards
  Hibernate Shards is a framework that is designed to encapsulate and minimize this complexity by adding support for horizontal partitioning to Hibernate Core.
  (tags: java database tuning cluster 247up sysadmin)
• FireBug Tips and Tricks
  (tags: mozilla javascript programming)
• Mozy offers unlimited online backup
  (tags: mac backup sysadmin)
• Fubra Blog: First Mac Mini BGP routers on world’s largest Internet exchange
  …Forget Cisco or Juniper, yesterday we hooked up two Mac Mini boxes running Quagga in to the London INternet eXchange (LINX) to act as BGP border routers for the Fubra Network…
  (tags: mac-mini sysadmin linux ubuntu)

• Pawfaliki: A one-file wiki
  Since Pawfaliki consists of just a single PHP (and an accompanying .css file that controls the wiki’s appearance), installing it is a complete doddle.
  (tags: wiki php programming web)
• Put your OpenSSH server in SSHjail
  (tags: sysadmin security)
• Run an iTunes (DAAP) server in Linux with Firefly
  (tags: linux zeroconf multimedia)
• Slicehost Forum - Deprec and Ruby 1.8.5 how-to
  (tags: ruby hosting sysadmin)
• Using HgWebDir with FastCGI
  (tags: sysadmin scm mercurial fastcgi)

If you’re an OpenSolaris x86 user and are using a NVIDIA graphics card with NVIDIA’s binary Solaris drivers, you can now enjoy Compiz on your desktop. Erwann Chenede has produced packages of Compiz 0.5.0 for OpenSolaris x86. In fact, to ease the process he has even written an OpenSolaris install script for Compiz.

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The server is based in Hong Kong, which means it will have very fast server Download & Upload. The website is not like rapidshare.com when they delete files off the server. Check it out.

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• Installing Trac 0.10 on Dreamhost
  (tags: hosting subversion sysadmin web)
• Install Trac on Dreamhost (part 2)
  fixing some missing path settings in the original article
  (tags: hosting subversion sysadmin web)
• “Getting” Joins
  SQL joins explained
  (tags: database programming)
• lvs-kiss
  lvs-kiss is a daemon which enables you to create load balanced, high availability services.
  (tags: cluster linux sysadmin 247up)
• Encoding media files in Ruby using ffmpeg/mencoder with progress tracking
  (tags: ruby multimedia programming)
• Group Recipes - Food Social Network
  (tags: society fun web2.0 food)
• BakeSpace.com - Recipe Swap and Food Social Network
  (tags: society fun web2.0 food)
• Open Source Food
  (tags: society fun web2.0 food)
• How to Rip DVDs with Handbrake
  (tags: mac multimedia)
• How to make multiple SSH connections to the same host faster
  (tags: sysadmin)