Optimizing Apache and PHP

Since I’ve been doing some LAMP development lately, I thought this article might be interesting to share. Applications using the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl) architecture are constantly being developed and deployed. Everyone from Google to Facebook is using LAMP as part of their system architecture. But often…

Temporary and Disposable Email Services

One of the best solutions to spam is to get a temporary or disposable e-mail inbox which automatically expires after a certain time period. Checkout the Top 20 Temporary and Disposable Email Services [http://www.sizlopedia.com/2007/05/27/top-20-temporary-and-disposable-email-services] . My personal choice is Jetable [http://www.jetable.org/…

Windows Longhorn Resurrected

While Windows Vista no longer has the Windows File System (WinFS) feature and its core has been built starting from the Windows Server 2003 kernel, the Joejoe group [http://longhorn-reloaded.org/] have gone back to the pre-release Build 4074 of Longhorn and took it from there. Microsoft has so far…

What You Think is Right is Wrong

A cognitive bias [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_bias] is something that our mind commonly does to distort our own view of reality. Here are the 26 most studied and widely accepted cognitive biases [http://www.healthbolt.net/2007/02/14/26-reasons-what-you-think-is-right-is-wrong/] .…

The hardest logic puzzle ever

“Three gods A, B, and C are called, in some order, True, False, and Random. True always speaks truly, False always speaks falsely, but whether Random speaks truly or falsely is a completely random matter. Your task is to determine the identities of A, B, and C by asking three…

Apple iPhone vs Palm Treo 700p

As I’ve been using a Palm Treo for a couple of months now, I thought it would be worthwhile to post this comparison between Apple iPhone vs. Palm Treo 700p [http://www.ocia.net/articles/iphone700p/page2.shtml].…

10 Dollar Laptops

The Indian Human Resources Ministry is seriously attempting to manufacture laptops at almost half the price of the cheapest mobile – for $10 or just Rs 420. If the target is achieved, it plans to churn out close to a million laptops, catering to e-governance initiatives and school children. In terms…