Category: Tech
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twisted.web and Method Not Allowed
Today I was developing a little application using Python’s Twisted framework. Everything was going as well as could be expected until I tried to POST some data to the application. “Method Not Allowed Your browser approached me (at /) with the method “POST”. I only allow the methods here.” Googling for the answer, I found…
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Linux on the Desktop at Google
Yes, Google has a linux distribution it uses for desktops. Yes, it’s called Gubuntu (a prize for anyone who can guess which other distribution it might be based on 🙂 For those of you in SoCal, Vince Busam, a current Google systems engineer will be giving a talk on Google’s use of Linux on the…
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New FreeBSD article
While it’s true that Google widely uses Linux, you’d be amazed at how many BSD and Solaris advocates work here. The number I’ve met is quite large indeed. Maybe even large enough to our own Special Interests Groups (SIGs) with regular meetings. Without further ado, my latest onlamp.com article: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2006/02/16/os_fingerprint_filtering.html
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Efficiency in bureaucracy
In order to file my 2005 US federal tax return electronically, I needed my Adujsted Gross Income from 2004. “Hmm, I don’t have that,” I think to myself. Not a problem! Call the IRS at 1-800-826-1040, access your personal tax account, enter your social security number, press 1, press 0, and the nice lady on…
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Paperwork for the unborn
I’m stepping away from Google for a couple of months of paternity leave. Today was my last day at work until the end of March. It’s interesting how much bureaucracy such a simple action puts into motion! Forms to be filled for HR, signed by 3 people. The state and the medical benefits companies must…
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Yahoo admins conceed that Google is the better search engine
In a surprising statement, two Yahoo! executives admitted that they have lost the search battle to Google. There are a number of rumours as to why Yahoo! might announce something like this. Their earnings statement released last week fell far short of analysts’ hopes, that their stop dropped 12%. It still has not recovered. Maybe…
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Cry babies
I released today, that there are some really whiny bastards out there. You know the kind I’m talking about, the kind that complain for the sake of complaining. Take for example, this page at digg.com. In 2005, Linksys modified the hardware of their popular WRT54G line of broadband routers. The new hardware was cheaper, and…
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Powerbooks, and what happens when they stop working
It sucks, that’s what happens. It really bloody well sucks. So here I am, 3am, reading an advisory to upgrade iTunes and Quicktime due to known vulnerabilities. I start the software update… it runs, and runs, and runs. Eventually it asks if I’d like to reboot. I say yes, it says “Nu uh”. Anyone want…
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A hunting a will go…
There have been many reports over the last few months on Google’s search for a new executive chef. Our previous chef, Charlie Ayers (former chef to The Greatful Dead), left last year. The San Jose Mercury News published an article by one of the remaining contenders, Steve Petusevsky. It’s a good read, and goes into…
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New friends from old places
It seems I’m finding more people at companies I used to work for now, than before I left. Just last night I stumbled upon the blog of icmp, who works at EarthLink. I wish I’d known her back then, she seems like quite a nice person from her blog. Groups of people at Google who…
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