2008 August

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Entries from August 2008

Spam-filled Future Ahead For My Inbox

August 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Excerpt from Ars Technica’s RSS feed

If your e-mail address is “adam@whatever.com,” you probably receive a lot more spam than someone whose username is “quagmire.” According to a Cambridge University researcher, spammers target usernames with common first letters more than those that are less common, and therefore less likely to get to a real person.

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Tags: other

Clearspace 2.5 Announced!

August 28th, 2008 · 7 Comments

The news is out! Clearspace 2.5 has been officially announced, and it’s glorious! Killer new features, rock solid stability, incredible performance – this is a beautiful release at whatever angle you look at it. Video below (or HD here):

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Tags: jive · other · programming · user interface

PHP 5.3 alpha 1 released

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m admittedly a bit late (a month) to the news , but PHP 5.3 alpha 1 has been released. I’m lucky to have stumbled on the news, because I haven’t followed PHP’s release schedule at all lately, but the 5.3 release is particularly exciting – PHP finally has support for proper lambda closures – now it’s a real language ;)

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