May, 30, 2002 archives

here's an article about compiling php with snmp support. here's the debian version: apt-get install php4-snmp. people still using redhat on servers are fools. (and people using it on the desktop aren't doing themselves any real favors, either.)

here's a review of the shuttle ss40g, the latest small form factor box. sounds like a winner.

because it's the thing to do, i've upgraded my home-grown spam-blocking setup to use spamassassin, with a little help from this script to integrate it into a .qmail file (no procmail for me).

there was some oohing and aahing about blockbuster's plan to take on netflix the other day, but i have to say that i'm still quite happy with netflix. i don't see how blockbuster plans to counter the depth of the netflix catalog by relying on its stores, which are typically stocked high with the hits of the day and thin on the more interesting stuff.

today i got my first wrongly-packaged dvd. instead of groove, i got bubble boy. (that's okay, i had already reported groove lost in the mail. it had gotten delivered to a neighbor, and took extra time to find its way to me. so the replacement is already in the mail. and now i get to watch bubble boy!)

who would i be to not jump on the rss <link/> bandwagon? (note: mark's examples aren't valid xhtml. i'm shocked!)

in all fairness to mark and matt, mark nottingham started beating the <link/> drum last october. regardless of who got there first, mark pilgrim seems have hit the right chord to get the most people to actually do something. (but why title="XML"? seems awfully vague, as far as text that is supposed to be useful to a human being goes.)