2008-08-20
drizzle & mysql the fun starts now
well.. in my head anyway.
mysql 6.0.6 alpha was recently released, and with it a whole slew of patches (as one would expect).
So I got to thinking.. the problem with forking a large existing project is that you lose the testing that millions of people banging away at your product gives you.
going through the release notes I thought I saw 1 or 2 things ...
2008-08-20
drizzle & mysql the fun starts now
well.. in my head anyway.
mysql 6.0.6 alpha was recently released, and with it a whole slew of patches (as one would expect).
So I got to thinking.. the problem with forking a large existing project is that you lose the testing that millions of people banging away at your product gives you.
going through the release notes I thought I saw 1 or 2 things ...
2008-08-19
Batting 0 for 2 this week
lets see.
Today I've:
- made my boss angry by going over his head.
- caused at least 4 people to shoot me on sight by forwarding an email.
and it's only 8:30am
I think i'll turn off the internet cable before I do some real damage today.
2008-08-18
The freedom stick
The chaos computer club has announced the 'freedom stick', a USB-drive image that has all the bits to run tor on it. just plug it in, click the icon and away you go. It sounds like a really easy way of getting a machine in an internet cafe up and running quickly and painlessly.
my only concern is the source of the stick. I still think some people ...
2008-08-15
closing down zyons.com
The site that initially marked my foray into writing a django-based forum is now closing.
django has moved on a bit since then, and some of the ideas it had have been taken and made into their own projects by other people.
if you still want something from there ping me and i'll see if I can find it