There has been much discussion about open e-mail relays, but very little about open HTTP redirectors. An open redirector is hosted by foo.com, but will unintentionally send you to bar.com. This can have interesting effects on PageRank or can trick users into clicking on something that isn’t what it seems. After many months of abuse […]
If you work in the Internet biz, read George’s post Why PHP Scales – A Cranky, Snarky Answer. It’s worth 10 minutes, and the crankiness level is a lot lower than the title would lead you to expect. He’s right that Java is actually faster than PHP because Java is a compiled language and PHP […]
Gov. Schwarzenegger is taking a phone poll to assess support for SB 1160, the new Calif. legislation that would grant driver’s licenses to undocumented residents. Please call 1-916-445-2841 Press #5 for “Hot Issues.” Press #2 for Drivers License (for Undocumented) bill Press #1 to support the Drivers License bill (SB 1160) **Remember a lot of […]
We’re thinking about buying a hybrid SUV. Sometime this year we’re planning to replace our 1992 Ford Taurus with another vehicle. I’d like something that’s safe (ABS, front and side airbags) and a little bigger than our other car (a 1998 Toyota Camry). A compact SUV seems like the right thing for us, but the […]
I had dinner with Jeske last night. Hadn’t seen him in 3 years so we had a lot of catching up to do. After doing the Never Fucking Again project he decided that he wanted to do something different. But now he’s back at it again with NFA 2.0. Or maybe that should be NFARIMITT […]
A colleague of mine is looking to hire a couple of hard-core C++ hackers for two jobs in Santa Monica. Unlike most Y! jobs that want folks with lots of Unix experience, these ones are all about Win32 development. If that’s you, send me a resume and I’ll pass it along.
Yesterday I became an uncle! Ruth Lydia Radwin was born yesterday at David & Kara’s home in Berkeley, CA. She was born with a full head of dark brown hair, weighs 10 lbs 10 oz, and is 22.75 inches long. Both Kara and Ruth are recovering well and are in excellent health. Mazel Tov to […]
After two weeks in Bangalore, I’m heading back to the US. It’s been great fun meeting the team here; these guys have got a lot of energy and talent. I hope to be able to come back again, perhaps as soon as the end of this year. Aside from the days where I was battling […]
Someone asked me at lunchtime what I thought of the Yahoo! India Software Development Center office. I answered that it reminded me of the Y! office 5 years ago in Santa Clara. It’s still small enough that you can know every engineer, all-hands meetings don’t require a microphone or PowerPoint presentations, and the cafeteria has […]
After visiting the temple we came back to the palace to get some nightime pictures. There were thousands of families on the palace grounds walking around or sitting on the grass. We got some boiled peanuts from a guy in the parking lot and then hopped in the car to head back to Bagnalore.