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Rails vs Django

Ruby on Rails and Django are two popular framework in web development.
Here you can found some comparison so you make your choice. I use RoR because is very fun.
Links:

Framework Performance
The Rails vs Django Paper
Catalyst vs Rails vs Django Cook off
Rails vs Django
Rails vs. Django: A Comparative Programming Exercise
A comparison of Django with Rails
A [...]

Lol: New door lock

Quando si cambia una serratura..

Tuning and Optimizing Performace of MySQL

A lot of times i found a LAMP server with the MySQL server poorly configurated.
There are a lot of tips, for example enable and tune the query cache, that can enhance the performance of MySQL.
Here is a little check list:

Enable the query cache and other caches
Tune the settings of query cache and other caches
Disable unused [...]

Summer of Linux 2007

Questo mese terro` due talk alla Summer of Linux 2007, che si terra` a Trieste
presso la Casa delle Culture di Ponziana in via Orlandini 38 (Visualizza su GoogleEarth, Istruzione su come arrivarci).
Un mese intero ricco di conferenze su vari aspetti dell’Open Source e di Linux, organizzato dal LUG Trieste, il programma dell’evento e` disponibile qui.
Gli [...]

L’hoax di Harry Potter - PSYOPS

“La trama del libro di Harry Potter e` stata trafugata” e in una giornata la notizia fa il giro del mondo suscitando le curiosita` di tutte le testate giornaliste.
Giornali, blog e televisione ne parlano.
E.. :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6225910.stm
http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN2028966520070621
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070620/wr_nm/harrypotter_hacker_dc
http://abcnews.go.com/WaterCooler/wireStory?id=3302244

..questo e` un esempio di come manipolare informazioni e stampa.
Come manipolare i media informativi e le persone che li seguono con [...]

Making Clusters with Xen and Heartbeat

A common personal computer running Xen can be used for simulating a four or more nodes cluster for testing and development.
Here we can learn how to use Xen, DRDB and Heartbeat to make a cluster.
Links:

Management of high availability services using virtualization
Xen and Heartbeat
High availability clustering of virtual machines
DRBD, Xen und Heartbeat
Disaster Tolerant Services using Virtual [...]

Lol: Linux demotivators

Punti di vista sulle distribuzioni..
http://bandcamp.tv/linux-demotivators/

Memcached

Memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system, generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load.
Links:

Memcached homepage
Distributed Caching with Memcached
Memcached Basics for Rails
memcached Basics for Rails: Part II
Using memcached for Ruby on Rails session storage
Comparing Memcached and Ehcache Performance
Fastest languages for memcached
How Digg.com uses the [...]

Lol: Asshole driven development

http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/asshole-driven-development/

Backscatter X-ray Van

Backscatter X-ray technology can show a lot of details, now this can be mobile. See this Van.

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