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Personal Blog of Will Drevo
A month or two ago, I decided to remove Varnish from my site and replace it with Nginx's built-in caching system . I was already using Nginx to proxy to my Python sites, so getting rid of Varnish meant one less thing to fiddle with. I spent a few days reading up on how to configure Nginx's cache and overhauling the…
There are two things I’ve always wanted to try in HTML : generating a photorealistic image using CSS , and creating an interactive game without the need for JavaScript. HTML Kong is the end result of those two ambitions – a reproduction of the Game & Watch video game, Donkey Kong , using just HTML and CSS .
Think I’m pranking you, right? You can see the paper right here (“Synthetic recombinase-based state machines in living cells,” by Nathaniel Roquet, Ava P. Soleimany, Alyssa C. Fer…
This page lists some of the changes I make to a vanilla install of FreeBSD for security hardening. Some changes to increase network performance or make things a bit more sane are also included. It only covers basic changes that a sysadmin can make to a running system.
Gone are the days when computers didn't need firewalls. We are now living in an internet security arms race and your personal information ...
Freeing my tablet (Android hacking, SW and HW)
AI is a young field full of amazing potential. This mystery and lack of understanding allows for hype to grow unchecked.
Paul Graham (PG) is one of my favorite writers. His Essays are just about all well worth the time to read (and sometimes re-read). It’s not…
Getting new people into OSS projects is always a challenge. The Linux kernel is no different and has it’s own set of challenges. This is a follow up and expansion of some of what I talked about at Flock about contributing to the kernel.
This is my short story on why it’s easier and cheaper to use old fashioned bank wires when you have to transfer money.
Round-up and comparison of several popular and free transactional email services and Mandrill alternatives.
In which I wonder if my subconscious is a better developer than I am, as solutions seem to come to mind, bypassing the work I consciously put in.
What you can do with a tiny $35 computer and how I built a digital photo frame
;; Done Twice as a "Dojo" at Villiers Park on Thursday 19th March 2015 ;; To groups of about 15 ultra-clever teenagers who were thi...
“The decline of Stackoverflow” is now trending on reddit, and I started this post as a comment in the thread, but it got too long. I’m in the 0.01% (whichContinue reading
Big O notation is a great tool. It allows one to quickly make smart choices among various data structures and algorithms. But sometimes a casualBig O analy...
Let’s make software even better.
If you take a look at Apple's Environment page you might well be impressed by the amount of reuse Apple is getting by taking back devices....
I was talking to a former student when he brought up an article written by a well-seasoned programmer regretting his choice of career. This fellow had rejec...