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Web 2.0 promised innovation but delivered startups layering trivial value on others' data with zero revenue plans.

Software Development Opinion

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Devon

June 3, 2008 1 min read

Flying Penguin!

A penguin flew in this surprisingly excellent advertisement with music swapped in after the original audio was lost.

Life & Personal

Devon

June 3, 2008 1 min read

Project Process - ATG Development Practices

ATG development processes deserve documentation, but urgent projects come first.

Software Development ATG

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Devon

June 2, 2008 1 min read

How to Clean a Corrupt Event From iCal

A corrupted repeating event spawned 12,000+ calendar instances, clogging iCal. TextMate regex saved the day.

Software Development Tools

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Devon

June 1, 2008 1 min read

Emma's Birthday

Paragliding Mount Tiger for Emma's birthday: only 5-10 minutes airborne, but a memory that lasts forever.

Life & Personal Travel

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Devon

May 26, 2008 1 min read

Giant Spider

Four-inch spider rearing up inside glass, screeching profanities - definitely not your garden-variety house guest.

Life & Personal

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Devon

May 25, 2008 1 min read

Apple Repair Is Awesome

Apple's service beats the competition: overnight shipping, email updates on every step, real-time tracking.

Tech & Gear

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Devon

May 25, 2008 2 min read

Using IPTables to Prevent SSH Brute Force Attacks

Two iptables rules throttle brute-force SSH attacks: three tries, then a three-minute lockout that bots can't bypass.

DevOps & Infrastructure Security Linux

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Devon

May 24, 2008 1 min read

Scary Stuff

Government lawyers claim the president can arrest any citizen and imprison them indefinitely without charge.

Career & Business Opinion

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Devon

May 24, 2008 1 min read

I Found Great Croissants in Seattle

Cafe Besalu in Seattle bakes croissants nearly as good as France - worth the drive to Ballard.

Life & Personal Travel Food

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Devon

May 23, 2008 3 min read

Rant About Core-Based Licensing

Multi-core licensing doubled software costs without proportional performance gains - a trend harming customers everywhere.

Career & Business Opinion

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Devon

May 23, 2008 2 min read

ATG License IP Checks on JBoss

ATG license validation checks /etc/hosts hostname mapping, not JBoss IP binding - counterintuitive and easy to misconfigure.

Software Development ATG JBoss

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Devon

May 22, 2008 2 min read

Project Roles - ATG Development Practices

ATG project roles: client rep, PM, architect, analyst - a baseline team structure that adapts to your needs.

Software Development ATG

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Devon

May 21, 2008 1 min read

Starting Assumptions - ATG Development Practices

Commerce sites demand speed, quality, and budget flexibility - pick two, but compromise intentionally.

Software Development ATG

Devon

May 21, 2008 2 min read

ATG Development Practices

Best practices guide for ATG development: starting assumptions, roles, processes, and quality delivery.

Software Development ATG

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Devon

May 21, 2008 1 min read

Star Wars and Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones movies hide Star Wars references: Club Obi Wan, identical Millennium Falcon engine sounds.

Life & Personal

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Devon

May 20, 2008 7 min read

JBoss jsessionid Query Parameter Removal

Strip jsessionid from URLs entirely instead of redirecting - prevent Google from indexing session chaos.

DevOps & Infrastructure JBoss SEO

Devon

May 20, 2008 1 min read

MythBusters on CSI

Jamie and Adam from MythBusters appeared on CSI Las Vegas - yes, we're definitely geeks for noticing.

Life & Personal Opinion

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Devon

May 19, 2008 1 min read

GWT In Practice

GWT In Practice delivers practical guidance for building advanced web UIs - and includes a real author endorsement.

Software Development Java Web Development

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Devon

May 19, 2008 1 min read

Hiding jsessionid parameter from Google

Google crawlers skip jsessionid parameters, diluting your rank. Mod_rewrite strips them cleanly without breaking sessions.

DevOps & Infrastructure SEO

What is Web 2.0?

Flying Penguin!

Project Process - ATG Development Practices

How to Clean a Corrupt Event From iCal

Emma's Birthday

Giant Spider

Apple Repair Is Awesome

Using IPTables to Prevent SSH Brute Force Attacks

Scary Stuff

I Found Great Croissants in Seattle

Rant About Core-Based Licensing

ATG License IP Checks on JBoss

Project Roles - ATG Development Practices

Starting Assumptions - ATG Development Practices

ATG Development Practices

Star Wars and Indiana Jones

JBoss jsessionid Query Parameter Removal

MythBusters on CSI

GWT In Practice

Hiding jsessionid parameter from Google