Kan Do. KanGuard “Kansas has provided a model for all libraries to follow. Using open source products, Linux and Squidgauard, they are providing free filtering to all public libraries for a narrowly defined collection of websites that a group of librarians believes must be blocked in order to comply with CIPA. Here's the link: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/KSL/libtech/kanguard… Continue reading Kan Do
OCLC's xISBN Service Could Affect Almost Any Book-Related Site
OCLC's xISBN Service Could Affect Almost Any Book-Related Site. Thom Hickey from OCLC left a comment about their xISBN service, something I've been dying to discuss publicly but didn't think I could. Little did I know that they've got an entire project site for it available to anyone and everyone! (Emphasis below is mine.) “xISBN… Continue reading OCLC's xISBN Service Could Affect Almost Any Book-Related Site
A true story; selling open source
A true story; selling open source. Here is the scene: Several of us programmers at a small custom software business have been advocating that we open source our code. We advocate it gently and consistently, and have done so for years. The owner of the company is finally friendly to the idea, but would never… Continue reading A true story; selling open source
Black Watch commander tells how MoD let down troops in Iraq
Black Watch commander tells how MoD let down troops in Iraq. Black Watch troops were sent into battle in Iraq without the equipment they would have needed to survive had Saddam Hussein used chemical or biological weapons, according to their quartermaster. [The Scotsman]
Yahoo studies up on search
News.Com: Yahoo studies up on search The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company on Monday formed Yahoo Research Labs, a team of scientists that will investigate and develop future Internet technologies, said Gary Flake, the group's principal scientist. A top priority is Web search and related advertising… [Tomalak's Realm]
Spam belt tightening done badly rejects legitimate mail
Spam belt tightening done badly rejects legitimate mail. Wanadoo, the French ISP, recently volunteered its entire dial-up IP range to the SMTP blacklists: BTOpenworld, a leading UK ISP, followed suit last week. Yahoo is touting their own proprietary extensions to SMTP; BT recently managed to mess up the DNS configuration of post.btinternet.com, resulting in them… Continue reading Spam belt tightening done badly rejects legitimate mail
Ithaca ISP Adds Hotspots
Ithaca ISP Adds Hotspots. Ithaca, NY, LightLink adds hotspots to its wireless mix: LightLink provides a multi-mile wireless link to my friend, colleague, and co-author Adam Engst, with whom I wrote The Wireless Networking Starter Kit. LightLink is providing free Wi-Fi equipment to qualifying locations, and will offer both free and paid access. Guests who… Continue reading Ithaca ISP Adds Hotspots
Greenspun
Greenspun: “A thoughtful voter could easily write off Howard Dean as a non-entity after spending 30 minutes at his Web site.” [Scripting News]
“Don't back up system state and mailboxes at the same time with Exchange 2003/Windows 2003”
“Don't back up system state and mailboxes at the same time with Exchange 2003/Windows 2003”. “When you use the Backup utility in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 to back up the Exchange Server 2003 information store and the Windows system state data at the same time, the backup operation does not complete successfully”… KC explains all,…… Continue reading “Don't back up system state and mailboxes at the same time with Exchange 2003/Windows 2003”
FactCheck.org – Annenberg Political Fact Check
FactCheck.org – Annenberg Political Fact Check. We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit, “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. Our… Continue reading FactCheck.org – Annenberg Political Fact Check