--- title: links for 2008-01-19 date: 2008-01-19T05:24:06Z modified: 2008-01-19T05:24:06Z permalink: "https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/01/18/links-for-2008-01-19/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 1925 categories: - Uncategorized timestamp: 2008-01-19T05:24:06Z tags: - Uncategorized --- - [Macworld.Ars: MacBook Air spec shootout](http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/01/16/macbook-air-spec-shootout) specs for the Air (tags: [air](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/air) [apple](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/apple) [laptop](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/laptop) [specifications](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/specifications) [hardware](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/hardware) [via:trs80](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/via:trs80)) - [Schneier on Security: My Open Wireless Network](http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/my_open_wireles_1.html) interesting, i wouldn’t have expected this. maybe i should consider doing the same. i don’t encrypt traffic now, but i do use hardware authentication to stymie random usage. (tags: [bruceschneier](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/bruceschneier) [wifi](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/wifi) [wireless](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/wireless) [security](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/security) [open](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/open) [network](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/network)) - [Photo Matt » Phil Hughes on WordPress](http://photomatt.net/2008/01/18/phil-hughes-on-wordpress/) ok, seriously? where’s Buchholz’s blog? (tags: [philhughes](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/philhughes) [wordpress.com](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/wordpress.com) [mattmullenweg](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/mattmullenweg) [baseball](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/baseball) [yankees](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/yankees)) - [Stefano’s Linotype » Blog Archive » Why Sun bought MySQL](http://www.betaversion.org/~stefano/linotype/news/137/) an interesting perspective on the MySQL acquisition (tags: [stefanomazzocchi](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/stefanomazzocchi) [mysql](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/mysql) [sun](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/sun) [m&a](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/m&a) [economics](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/economics) [businessmodels](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/businessmodels) [gpl](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/gpl) [licensing](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/licensing)) - [Of canaries and coal mines \[dive into mark\]](http://diveintomark.org/archives/2008/01/17/of-canaries-and-coal-mines) conversion i didn’t expect, but neither did i anticipate the current resurgence (tags: [apple](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/apple) [code](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/code) [freedom](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/freedom) [freesoftware](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/freesoftware) [opensource](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/opensource) [markpilgrim](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/markpilgrim)) - [Is Gentoo in crisis? \[LWN.net\]](http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/265403/2fb2d1bf291dacc0/) timely commentary from Donnie on the current state of the Gentoo distribution. everybody interested in developer communications should read it. it’s because of this that i always find it amusing that developers detest marketers so much. (tags: [donnieberkholz](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/donnieberkholz) [marketing](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/marketing) [communication](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/communication) [community](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/community) [gentoo](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/gentoo) [linux](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/linux)) - [christopher baus.net | 2008-01-17 | Sun and MySQL: I don’t get it](http://www.baus.net/sunw-mysql) christopher’s not a fan (tags: [christopherbaus](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/christopherbaus) [sun](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/sun) [mysql](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/mysql) [m&a](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/m&a) [lamp](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/lamp) [economics](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/economics)) - [Roger Clemens – Lies – Steroids – Mitchell Report – Esquire](http://www.esquire.com/the-side/feature/roger-clemens-lies) just…wow (tags: [rogerclemens](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/rogerclemens) [esquire](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/esquire) [sports](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/sports) [steroids](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/steroids) [boston](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/boston) [redsox](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/redsox) [baseball](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/baseball) [yankees](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/yankees)) - [Editorial:KDE 4.0, A Call for Perspective | Linux Tech Daily](http://www.linuxtechdaily.com/2008/01/editorial-kde-40-a-call-for-perspective/) some thoughts on the recently released KDE 4.0 (tags: [desktop](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/desktop) [linux](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/linux) [kde](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/kde) [4.0](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/4.0) [perspective](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/perspective) [opensource](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/opensource)) - [The Zone Manager: The WordPress® 2-Step](http://www.thezonemanager.com/2008/01/wordpress-2-step.html) interesting explanation of how to install WordPress within a Solaris zone (tags: [solaris](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/solaris) [wordpress](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/wordpress) [zones](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/zones) [howto](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/howto) [via:matt](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/via:matt)) - [Joyent Outage Tied to Software Updates – Data Center Knowledge](http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/Jan/16/joyent_outage_tied_to_software_updates.html) more on the Joyent outage and the ZFS bug behind it (tags: [solaris](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/solaris) [opensolaris](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/opensolaris) [zfs](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/zfs) [joyent](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/joyent) [outage](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/outage) [bug](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/bug) [via:gordon](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/via:gordon)) - [Laptops: Ultralight Lenovo X300 Series Thinkpad Leaked](http://gizmodo.com/346797/ultralight-lenovo-x300-series-thinkpad-leaked) if even half of this is accurate, i’m going to be so happy i didn’t settle for the MacBook Air or Dell x1330 (tags: [lenovo](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/lenovo) [x300](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/x300) [laptop](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/laptop) [rumors](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/rumors) [dell](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/dell) [apple](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/apple) [macbook](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/macbook) [air](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/air) [gizmodo](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/gizmodo) [via:corey](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/via:corey)) - [Sam Ruby: Atom as Registry / Repository](http://intertwingly.net/blog/2008/01/16/Atom-as-Registry-Repository) the cool thing about solid technologies is the unanticipated uses (tags: [samruby](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/samruby) [app](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/app) [atom](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/atom) [registry](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/registry) [repository](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/repository))