- Increase file descriptor limit under Linux to prevent java.net.SocketException: Too many open files
Ran into this with Tomcat on my VPS box: updating /etc/security/limits.conf solved the problem immediately.
(categories: tomcat file_descriptor linux java.net.socketexception )
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Links: 2-16-2007
- Kumar Mettu’s Blog: Using Fiddler with Firefox
Fiddler rules. Firefox rules. Together… ah.. not so much. If you mod your FF install to point to Fiddler, you have to have Fiddler open all the time in order to browse.
(categories: firefox fiddler http debugging )
Links: 2-10-2007
- slacktivist: Two beautiful daughters
Quote: “Augustine said hope has two children, anger and courage. Anger at the way things are and courage to make them better.”
(categories: colbertreport augustine hedges colbert america hope courage anger )
Links: 2-9-2007
- tecznotes: polite loops in JavaScript
When iterating over largish datasets in a browser, use a non greedy algorithm.
(categories: json javascript polite loops looping scripting theory programming ) - Jive Software: Jive Clearspace
Clearspace launched on Wednesday. Spanky new website too.
(categories: clearspace jivesoftware collaboration wikiblogforum discussions blogging wikis ) - Ken’s Java Blog: Clearspace on GlassFish
Ken Paulsen gets Clearspace installed on GlassFish. Looks like the first thing he did was create a blog too!
(categories: clearspace glassfish jivesoftware jive collaboration )
Links: 2-6-2007
- APP Implementations – Atom Wiki
Atom publishing protocol implementations.
(categories: atom app tools api ) - Imified
Quote: “Imified is an instant messenger buddy that works accross all major IM networks and offers access to a growing number of web applications, as well as productivity tools like notes, reminders, and todo’s. Imified helps you get things done faster.”
(categories: cool im instantmessaging robots bots )
Links: 2-5-2007
- You’re It! – Pew Internet and American Life: New Report on Tagging
Quote: “… 28% of internet users have tagged or categorized content online such as photos, news stories or blog posts”
(categories: tags tagging pew stats web2.0 ) - Why you should be using disambiguated URLs
Quote: “… Caches (both browser and intermediate proxies) can’t improve performance if you request the same content from a different URL.” Same thing applies to feed aggregators.
(categories: url caching uri usability http disambiguation ) - Slashdot FAQ – Tags
Quote: “We’re going to build the next generation of moderation on top of tags. That means we’re going to poach your namespace. Some tags will have a substantive effect on the system right from the start (or very soon). Our article tagger knows about tags
(categories: tagging tags slashdot folksonomy machinetags web2.0 )
Links: 2-3-2007
- State of the API address
Six important things about blog API’s: date handling, encoding, formatting, tags, publishing status, full blog feature support.
(categories: blogging blogs api xmlrpc app atom atom_publishing_protocol bloggerapi movabletypeapi ) - The Great String versus Numeric URL Key Shootout
DHH says to do away with string URL keys because they change too, which is true but that’s not the point. It’s that string URL keys enable exploration and help explain the IA of a site.
(categories: url uri restian dhh design information ) - ‘IM starving’ – The Boston Globe
Order your food via IM.
(categories: boston im instantmessaging ecommerce )
Links: 1-30-2007
- Jive Software: Clearspace Public Beta
We’re in beta. Rock.
(categories: clearspace collaboration wikis blogs blogging discussions forums beta huzzah )
Links: 1-29-2007
- Zimbra – Blog – REST update
Cool REST / URL / machine tag stuff from zimbra.
(categories: rest machinetags zimbra api ) - Cross-domain with Flash 8
Cross domain XMLHttpRequests with Flash.
(categories: flash ajax xml crossdomain ) - Google Docs & Spreadsheets Help Center – How can I add comments to a document?
Inline comments on Google Docs. Suh-weet.
(categories: commenting comments documents inline ui design google ) - Knowing.NET – Software Productivity: The Only Two Things That Matter
Quote: “… there are only two things that we know to be inherently highly productive: well-treated talented programmers and iterative development incorporating client feedback”
(categories: engineering productivity programming ) - Gmail: Help Center – How do I use Advanced Search?
Pseudo machine tags that gmail supports for search. Includes from:, to:, subject: label:, in:, after:, etc.
(categories: tagging tags machinetags tagsearch search gmail ) - User:alex : Alex Bosworth’s Weblog : What are Machine Tags? – SWiK
More thoughts on machine tags.
(categories: machinetags tagging tags gmail del.icio.us ) - Daring Fireball: The Fish Rots From the Head
Quote: “Now that it?s (Adobe) run by a sales guy, it has turned into a company that seems more interested in the sales and marketing of its products than in the products themselves.”
(categories: leadership engineering marketing sales business adobe ) - Wired News: How Yahoo Blew It
Quote: “… At Yahoo, the marketers rule, and at Google the engineers rule. And for that, Yahoo is finally paying the price.”
(categories: business yahoo google leadership marketing engineering )
Links: 1-26-2007
- Anothr: Skype RSS Robot
Another (pun intended) instant messaging based RSS reader.
(categories: rss im tools bot agents robots notification feeds ) - Flickr: Flickr API
Quote: “Machine tags are tags that use a special syntax to define extra information about a tag.”
(categories: tagging tags metadata machinetags flickr cool for:billjive for:barrytallis ) - Flickr Photo Download: HTTP Headers & Status Codes
All that etag and if-none-match stuff I bored you with a couple weeks ago? Here it is in png format.
(categories: http etag rest 404 500 401 304 405 200 204 412 201 )