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Apr 10

Browser ignoring host file setting

I just ran into a weird bug where all my browsers weren’t obeying my host file setting. This happened in Windows XP Pro with Chrome, Firefox, and IE. A console ping showed the correct IP however the browsers were still using the DNS reply. After opening the hosts file I found that I had duplicated an entry which aparently causes some sort of wacky issue. Removing the duplicate fixed the issue.

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Apr 10

Interview with Rasmus Lerdorf creator of PHP

He talks about the history of PHP and HipHop which is used by Facebook.

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19
Apr 10

XAuth, terrible name, good idea

Privacy concerns aside, this is pretty neat. XAuth (bad name, has almost nothing to do with authentication) creates a level playing field for sites and helps to create a customized (and hopfully more meaningful) experience for users. At the most basic level tools like “share this” will now show sites you interact with no matter how large or small. It also should help to break down the walls between sites and chip away at “the big 4′s” dominance.

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07
Apr 10

Git tab completion rocks

While working on a project in an Ubuntu 9.10 VM I was checking out a branch and accidentally tabbed twice. To my pleasant surprise all of my branches were listed. I quickly googled and found that this functionality has been available all along! It turns out the Ubuntu deb provides this functionality via git-completion.

In any event, if you haven’t enabled this, you should do it now. It’s increased my productivity by at least elevendy percent.

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