--- title: links for 2008-03-08 date: 2008-03-08T05:18:21Z modified: 2008-03-08T05:18:21Z permalink: "https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/03/07/links-for-2008-03-08/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 1986 categories: - Uncategorized timestamp: 2008-03-08T05:18:21Z tags: - Uncategorized --- - [Vodkatrain](http://www.vodkatrain.com/) i don’t even like vodka, and this looks cool (tags: [vodkatrain](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/vodkatrain) [travel](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/travel) [rail](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/rail) [train](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/train) [russia](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/russia) [mongolia](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/mongolia) [vietnam](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/vietnam) [china](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/china)) - [FireEagle Officially Launched :: High Earth Orbit](http://highearthorbit.com/fireeagle/) best take i’ve read yet on fire eagle (tags: [fireeagle](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/fireeagle) [andrewturner](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/andrewturner) [location](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/location) [gps](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/gps)) - [Official Google Data APIs Blog: 3. 2. 1. Contact. The API has landed](http://googledataapis.blogspot.com/2008/03/3-2-1-contact-api-has-landed.html) the official (and long awaited) Google Contact API (tags: [api](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/api) [contacts](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/contacts) [gdata](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/gdata) [atom](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/atom) [google](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/google) [addressbook](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/addressbook)) - [snellspace.com » Blog Archive » Contact!](http://www.snellspace.com/wp/?p=912) and a reaction to that API (tags: [atom](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/atom) [contacts](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/contacts) [jamessnell](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/jamessnell) [gdata](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/gdata) [google](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/google) [api](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/api)) - [nanocr.eu » Blog Archive » iPhone SDK](http://nanocr.eu/2008/03/06/iphone-sdk/) an iPhone SDK reaction (tags: [iphone](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/iphone) [sdk](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/sdk) [dvdjon](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/dvdjon)) - [Open Parenthesis » Automated Import to Dopplr from TripIt](http://www.openparenthesis.org/2008/03/06/tripit-to-dopplr-auomtation) the trick to making this work is not creating the trips in Dopplr first, because it will refuse to import a Trip from TripIt that already exists in Dopplr (tags: [dopplr](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/dopplr) [tripit](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/tripit) [integration](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/integration) [travel](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/travel) [socialnetworking](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/socialnetworking)) - [iPhone SDK comparison chart – Engadget](http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/06/iphone-sdk-comparison-chart/) very useful matrix comparing a few of the popular mobile platforms (tags: [iphone](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/iphone) [apple](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/apple) [sdk](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/sdk) [mobile](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/mobile) [programming](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/programming) [matrix](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/matrix) [engadget](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/engadget)) - [Zoho Blogs » On Mobile Phones and Server Farms](http://blogs.zoho.com/general/on-mobile-phones-and-server-farms/) points for novelty, if nothing else (tags: [mobile](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/mobile) [devices](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/devices) [clustering](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/clustering) [powermanagement](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/powermanagement) [datacenters](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/datacenters)) - [eigenclass – A better backup system based on Git](http://eigenclass.org/hiki/gibak-backup-system-introduction) interesting. don’t think i’m moving to it just yet, but interesting. (tags: [backups](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/backups) [git](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/git) [sysadmin](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/sysadmin) [linux](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/linux) [howto](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/howto) [via:joshua](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/via:joshua)) - [n.tecs Blog – ZFS vs. HammerFS](http://www.ntecs.de/blog/articles/2008/01/17/zfs-vs-hammerfs) a filesystem comparison (tags: [zfs](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/zfs) [hammerfs](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/hammerfs) [filesystems](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/filesystems) [linux](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/linux) [hammer](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/hammer) [clustering](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/clustering) [distributed](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/distributed)) - [The stupidity of metrics at Churbuck.com](http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/?p=1580) yup (tags: [metrics](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/metrics) [focus](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/focus) [tunnelvision](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/tunnelvision) [davidchurbuck](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/davidchurbuck)) - [A better hypervisor than a hypervisor? Andrea Arcangeli](http://www.linuxworld.com/podcasts/linux/2008/030608-linuxcast.html) interesting interview discussing KVM (tags: [kvm](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/kvm) [virtualization](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/virtualization) [andreaarcangeli](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/andreaarcangeli) [donmarti](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/donmarti) [hypervisor](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/hypervisor))