axentric. a web designer's “tackboard”. - generalized version of the yellow-fade technique by 37signals. Nice for highlighting parts of pages that shouldn't stay permanently.
Archive 30. November 2005
Court hears case of "Bremer Taliban" right to stay - it's absurd that a foreign office actually believes that an absence due to (detention in Guantanamo, which is questionable even under US law and definitely far outside any German jurisdiction) can be considered a reason to terminate a residence permit.
Overview of new features in Apache 2.2 - Apache HTTP Server - what's new in Apache 2.2. Very interesting: the Event MPM. With this, Apache finally reports back at the top of the line for Keep-Alive sessions (previously, Apache had to reserve a worker for each Keep-Alive, which made Apache nearly unusable for streaming with a larger number of clients).
Private broadcasters via satellite only encrypted?
Private satellite channels only encrypted? - the private channels that still proudly call themselves FreeTV - want to charge fees. But - what's the point of private TV channels for the viewer then?
If the private channels want fees, I don't want their stuff - because it's so full of ads nowadays that it's barely bearable even for free.
And it's particularly amusing in light of the discussion that Saban sparked about the fee financing and advertising of public broadcasters...
What’s New in WordPress 2.0? · Asymptomatic - even though I will soon be leaving WordPress, it's always interesting to see what's going on there. Besides, at least the Metaeule will certainly continue to run with WordPress.