Bloggitation

Twitter4R, the open source Ruby project for the Twitter REST API, version 0.1.1 has been released this afternoon as a Ruby Gem. Check out the new features and Ruby Gem.

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The best os for kids + a few great sites for little kids + good advice on how to let your kids use the internet

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These services and applications can do a lot of the work for you and they won’t cost you a dime.

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• ErlangのWebサーバー・モジュールを試してみたよ
  Erlang httpd web server modules(in japanese)
  (tags: erlang programming erlang-jp)
• Erlang for everyday use (3)
  (tags: erlang programming yaws comet zhware)

• seethrough: a simple XML/XHTML templating system for Erlang
  (tags: erlang web programming xml)
• How do you support 500,000 users with Drupal?
  (tags: php web programming cluster)
• Parallelizing replication in MySQL
  (tags: mysql tunning cluster sysadmin 247up)
• Surviving 100,000 instant Visitors on a Budget
  (tags: web tuning sysadmin)
• Hedgehog
  Hedgehog is a very concise implementation of a Lisp-like language for low-end and embedded devices.
  (tags: lisp programming embed)

• Tuning LAMP systems, Part 3: Tuning your MySQL server
  (tags: mysql sysadmin tuning)
• Code.DarwinianWeb.com posts tagged as: ruby
  (tags: ruby programming blog)
• Elegant as Ruby RSS parser and generator
  Eating feeds tastefully
  (tags: ruby web programming)
• What’s New in Edge Rails: Mime::Type Convenience Methods
  have good session_auth/token_auth sample + turning session off for xml
  (tags: ruby rails rest xml programming)

Resin can run as a replacement for Apache or lighttpd, or can work in cooperation with an httpd server. So, to give you an idea of what kind of performance, Caucho’s site claims 4x improvements over standard mod_php with many applications, including Drupal. As it turns out their claims are correct.

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If you’ve ever tried to tune your mysql server and done more harm than good, check this article out. It’s a clear, step by step article about some of the most important settings you can change to optimize your database effectively.

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• LittleSmalltalk - LittleSmalltalk
  LittleSmalltalk is a minimalistic implementation of the Smalltalk programming language.
  (tags: programming smalltalk)
• jijixi’s diary[Erlang (2007年)]
  (in japanese)
  (tags: erlang programming blog japan)
• Power Napping: How To Fall Asleep Anywhere
  (tags: society fun)
• Installing Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL on OS X, Second Edition
  (tags: ruby rails mac sysadmin)
• Ajax Loading Gif Generator
  (tags: web design web2.0 ajax)
• Rail Spikes: Merb (and why you potentially should care)
  (tags: ruby web programming merb)
• Programming Experiments: Initial Release of my web tools
  (tags: erlang web programming blog)
• Simple Spark
  New York based Simple Spark aims to make finding web applications easy through an extensive catalog of online application sites.
  (tags: web web2.0)
• The Octimod Mini-ITX Cluster
  Ainkaboot’s Octimod MPC7-1500 is a high density Gentoo Linux-based clustering platform based on Mini-ITX boards. Each processing module is hot-swappable, and contains a 1.5GHz C7 powered VIA EPIA EN 15000 motherboard.
  (tags: hardware linux gentoo)
• 5 Minute Beta Authentication in Rails
  (tags: ruby rails programming security)

• Capistrano
  Great for automating tasks via SSH on remote servers, like software installation, application deployment, configuration management, ad hoc server monitoring, and more.
  (tags: sysadmin cluster ruby capistrano)
• caboose tumblr posting irc gateway bot
  (tags: ruby irc blog web2.0)
• Asshole driven development
  (tags: fun web2.0 web)
• GoDaddy TurboSSL Certificate on Nginx
  (tags: web nginx security sysadmin)