links for 2007-01-03

Mayor extends a grace period on parking flap – The Boston Globe

Wintertime parking has been an explosive issue in South Boston, where some residents yesterday seemed resolute to keep their spaces…”If he tries to enforce the 48-hour rule, there will be a South Boston Irish uprising” – old article, but makes the poin

(tags: parking Southie Boston winter chairs neighborhood community culture)
Thomas Hawk’s Digital Connection: How About Those 2006 Predictions!

why i don’t like predicting things

(tags: predictions 2006)
WordPress 2.0.5 Tuneup [ Tempus Fugit | TxFx.net ]

this fixed a painful HTTP 500 bug i was having with a personal WordPress 2.0.5 instance

(tags: WordPress bug 2.0.5 fix)
» What will happen in IT in 2007? | Paul Murphy | ZDNet.com

lots of folks have pointed me at this, so for the record i can’t buy the OpenSolaris predictions; i’m certainly bullish on the platform, but i think Murphy’s predictions are wildly optimistic

(tags: OpenSolaris Solaris predictions 2007 Linux)
Dave and the Chairs « SOG’s ETF Report

more military humor from my Dad; how to profit by selling chairs you don’t own

(tags: humor military)
Amazon Web Services Developer Connection : Public AMIs

a bunch of prebuilt images for EC2 – good news for users; would love to see a canned Gentoo image

(tags: amazon api ec2 linux virtualization webservices Gentoo Ubuntu)