Source favicon23:38 Best Blog Award? » Wangjianshuo's blog
Yesterday morning, got a big package from Beijing. It is a heavy one. Inside the box, there is a glass plate to inform me I am chosen as the top 10 blogger by Bokee.com. Here is the news. The plate Well. Let it be. Everyone organization is creating some noise as the top 10 blah-blah award in the blogging world. Since I get it, I accept it. That's it. I appreciate the award in 2003, because of several reasons. 1....
Source favicon23:09 小时候 » SOHO小报--小精子-最新20篇博客文章-全文

人老了，就会追忆小时候，让我们从幼儿园开始回忆吧……

我是我爸和我妈的一个意外。我妈有我的时候已经36岁高龄了，我爸39Source favicon21:47 DoNews 将提供使用 WordPress 的 blog 服务 » 桑林志

从海豚那儿看到 DoNews 将用 wordpress 提供全内容 Blog 服务。对 WordPress 的拥护者来说，真是个大事件。刘韧说将给用户 my.donews.com/xxx 这样的域名；将考虑静态化来处理大流量的问题。 1. 我觉得用 my.donews.com/xxx 这样的域名不如重新启用一个新域名，给用户 xxx.domain.com 这样的二级域名； 2....
Source favicon18:47 可爱因子 » 桑林志
前不久，纽约时报有篇文章叫 Cute Factor，bookmark 了准备以后细细读的，但发现现在已经读不到了，要收费。我曾经想过这个问题：为什么某人某物会看起来可爱？我还特意搜索过，但似乎没人回答过这个问题。 看不到原文，但能从网上别人的引用得到一点信息： Cuteness is distinct from beauty, researchers say, emphasizing...
Source favicon17:31 Google Talk终于开通XMPP网络连接 » Blog on 27th Floor
XMPP协议开发之初，就考虑到各个服务器之间或者各个服务商之间的互联互通问题。毕竟，互联网不是互断网，只有联通了才有更大价值。现在Google Talk终于开通了服务器连接，可以连通其他的XMPP服务商了。也就是说你在任何Jabber网络上的账号，理论上都可以直接同Gtalk的用户交流了－－除非服务商切断了服务器之间的连接。

Jabber网站上有许多公共的服务器，都可以申请账号，现在再加上Gtalk这个生力军，基本上互联网上举足轻重的力量了。

这样的网络和Email网络完全相同，正如Gtalk账号就是Gmail账号一样，Jabber账号都长得像是Email，比如qi@jabber.org（）。经测试，Gtalk和jabber.org的账号之间确实可以连通了。

其实以后各公司完全可以自己架设一个Jabber服务器，名字就是自己公司，但IM却可以连通包括GTalk在内的众多XMPP网络，实在是太酷了。再加上Google已经入股AOL，同AIM的连接应该也是可以期待的，也许IM走向互连互通也是指日可待的事了。

看Google网站上连通的公司里面包括Netease？难道是网易Popo？谁能验证一下？
Source favicon13:34 flickrfling visual data feed » information aesthetics

flickrfling.jpga flickr-based visualization of live data feeds (ranging from CNN to we-make-money-not-art) that renders the incoming entries as a collection of pictures. the application will choose for each incoming word an image from flickr's database tagged with corresponding keywords. [nastypixel.com]

Source favicon12:24 Thunderbird过滤器自动转发会Crash的问题 » Blog on 27th Floor
Thunderbird里有个特征叫过滤器，就是在邮件满足一定条件时执行一些操作，比如打上标签，移动/拷贝到某文件夹等等，这可以手工让它做，也可以启动它，让它自动工作，只要收来的信件满足条件就干活，非常方便。前提是TB要一直开着。这也很有用，比如如果你公司的邮箱只能通过某种特定的网络连接，而这种条件不是随便哪里都可以得到，而你办公室的电脑也一直不关，那就可以设好条件，让TB每半小时收一次信，然后统统转发到Gmail去。

但在这转发过程中就发生了Tb崩溃的问题，仔细分析，目前发现崩溃发生在两种情况下，一是空白标题，即Subject后面没东西（只有一封这样的邮件，也有空白标题并不Crash的）；二是标题里有中文，但这中文没有进行编码，只是写中文字在那里，正常的应该是=?gb2312开头然后是编码的字符。第二种情况包括From字段写中文不编码的。

第一个的实例来自伟大的教育部；第二个的实例来自Eyou公司的产品，比如现在该系统反垃圾网关出来的通知仍然是：

Subject: 亿邮反垃圾邮件网关 通知信

以前在From字段上写“×××网管”，也是不做编码，不过现在这个地方只写邮件地址了。

当然，Thunderbird接收查看这些信件都没有问题。问题只能是出在Filter - autoforward那个地方，就算拒绝为这种邮件工作，也不应该让整个软件崩溃嘛，所以，我还是敬业地报了Bug。同时，也希望Eyou的大侠们能考虑一下，是否给从系统出来的邮件加上编码（RFC2045啥的）？
Source favicon12:18 分布式应用日志的集中化存储 » 车东[Blog^2]
对于很多分布式的大流量产品（比如：计数器）来说，随着服务器的分布，日志的集中管理就变得有些麻烦：比如前端多台Web Server的日志统计，传统的解决方法是定期（每小时，每天）截断日志，然后通过FTP 传到一台服务器上进行统一处理，在有些日志的计算处理前，还需要考虑日志的排序问题。 
 [App Server]   [App Server]  [App Server]  [App Server]
                  \                     |                    |                  /
                             via FTP / SCP daily cron
                                          |    |
                           [Logging Server] (sort merge)
                                           /    \
                          [other stats]   [other stats]

这样的日志同步可以支持几台到十几台规模的并发服务。单当管理的服务器达到几十台，而且有大量的服务器中间会有上线/下线变更的时候，集中的日志定期同步更显得非常难于管理，而日志的同步由于要避开白天的高峰，往往需要用凌晨的低峰时段进行同步，24小时下来，上G的日志同步也是风险很高的操作。而成为瓶颈的日志排序合并操作也会妨碍其他后续计算的周期。

如果能实现应用分布但日志集中式的远程存储，以上的定期(压缩)同步和合并排序就都显得不必要了，而且日志的主要瓶颈：排序汇总也能省略。集中式的日志服务显然不是通过网络文件系统(NFS)，保证日志的效率和系统的容错性的关键在于：日志的处理不是要求5个9以上的精确度（少量的出入是可以接受的），因此通过UDP协议或者方式实现在小局域网内部的日志广播，然后在后面多台服务器上实现各种日志处理的并发计算。而日志的截断等操作，也可以在后台实现，从而保证前台服务的不中断进行情况下的后台并发实时计算。使用集中化的日志(centralized logging)服务后，网络结构如下： 
 [App Server]   [App Server]  [App Server]  [App Server]
                  \                     |                    |                  /
                             via UDP or Broadcasting 
                                          |    |   |
    [Logging Server(syslogd)]  <=backup=>   [Logging Server(udplogd)]  [Real time monitor]
Source favicon12:07 Work vs. Life Balance in the Extreme » Jeremy Zawodny's blog
With all the "work vs. life balance" talk one hears from the executives and HR folks in large Silicon Valley corporations these days (thou shalt not burn out), it should (on the surface, at least) be surprising when folks leave with the intent of not working again for quite a while. I have three recent cases in mind. Ken First is a guy named Ken. He left Yahoo at the beginning of this year after 4 or 5 years with...
07:00 2006/01/18 07:00:00TQ洽谈通搜索力指数排行榜 » TQ洽谈通搜索力指数
　搜索引擎 　搜索力指数 　排名升降 　份额
1. Baidu 　88874626 　　 　59.57%
2. Google 　19134486 　　 　12.83%
3. 3721 　14559082 　　 　9.76%
4. Yahoo 　14040126 　　 　9.41%
5. 163 　4276242 　　 　2.87%
6. Sogou 　3881638 　　 　2.60%
7. QQ 　1874746 　　 　1.26%
8. iAsk 　806926 　　 　0.54%
9. China 　806818 　　 　0.54%
10. Yisou 　412214 　　 　0.28%
11. Zhongsou 　274890 　　 　0.18%
12. Tom 　236190 　　 　0.16%
13. Sohu 　8818 　　 　0.01%
14. Sina 　134 　　 　0.00%
Source favicon06:32 More Instant Answers » MSN Search's WebLog
When we ask people what they think of our Instant Answers, a common response is “they are great, but I want MORE”.  We hear you and recently added about 1 million facts for your querying pleasure.

Here are a few examples:

 
We’re constantly adding new factual instant answers and want to hear your feedback.  Notice a problem with existing answers?  Looking for an answer that’s not there?  Please let us know.
 
Thanks,

Mark Stumpf
Instant Answers Team

Source favicon06:30 people garden » information aesthetics

peoplegarden.jpgquite old (1999) but still inspiring: a data visualization of users based on their past online social interactions, to inform users about each other & the overall social environment.
each user is represented as a flower, & each flower petal conveys a personal message (posted in a newsgroup or forum), ordered by time in a clockwise fashion. petal color brightness represents time, whereas pistil-like circles on top of the petals denote responses. the height of a flower represents how long a user has been in the board, as indicated by time of first posting. this uses the metaphor that a flower planted earlier is taller than one planted later.
see also flower garden. [mit.edu (pdf)]

Source favicon05:37 Technorati的33个问题 » WebLeOn's Blog
Technorati的官方Blog今天写到了它们向用户推出的一个调查问卷。这个问卷包括了33个问题，除了一些对用户数据的收集外，我们可以明确的看到Technorati在2006年的一些发展方向。



第29个问题：

Please indicate the extent to which the following statement is true for you: "I would be interested in seeing content from mainstream media sources along side content from blogs and bloggers."

Technorati会与主流媒体合作为用户提供更多来自mainstream media的内容。



第30个问题：

Please indicate the extent to which the following statement is true for you: "I would like to see the widespread adoption of a standard format for things like contact information, reviews (for movies, for instance), and event calendars, and for Technorati to surface search results for these."

2006年里，标准化分类信息，或者说Microformats将会在Technorati里得到广泛的应用。这也正好配合了即将到来的Structuredblogging普及。



第31个问题：

Please indicate the extent to which the following statement is true for you: "If Technorati were to offer advanced member services, advanced search and reporting tools, or other advanced features, I would be willing to pay a nominal fee for these."

第32个问题：

Please indicate the extent to which the following statement is true for you: "If Technorati were to offer specialized tracking and analytics products to help me meet objectives at my place of business, my company would be willing to pay a reasonable fee for such products."

Technorati可能会在2006年推出针对个人用户和企业用户的收费服务。



看来Technorati并没有完全打算等待着被收购。除了积极的跟上最新的技术潮流外，与主流媒体的合作以及收费服务的推出都会给Technorati带来新的收入来源。这个目前最的Blog搜索引擎最终能不能独立的获得商业上的成功，让我们翘首以待。
Source favicon04:00 Open federation for Google Talk » Official Google Blog
Posted by Mike Jazayeri, Product Manager, Google Talk



We've just announced open federation for the Google Talk service. What does that mean, you might be wondering. No, it has nothing to do with Star Trek. "Open federation" is technical jargon for when people on different services can talk to each other. For example, email is a federated system. You might have a .edu address and I have a Gmail address, but you and I can still exchange email. The same for the phone: there's nothing that prevents Cingular users from talking to Sprint users.



Unfortunately, this is not the case with many IM and Internet voice calling services today. You can only talk to people on the particular service you have an account on (so you need an account on every service to talk to everybody, which is pretty cumbersome). With open federation, you get to choose your service provider and you can talk to people on any other federated service (and vice versa).



In addition to the Google Talk service, many other companies, universities, and corporations support open federation today. This means you can now talk to millions of users around the world all with a single account on the service provider of your choice.



We think this is pretty exciting -- though perhaps not has exciting as something Star Trek-related -- and we hope it will bring us one step closer to making IM and Internet voice calling as ubiquitous as email.
Source favicon00:54 金刚 » SOHO小报--小精子-最新20篇博客文章-全文

《金刚》被定义为什么片子了？惊悚？还是动作？在我看来，这是一部不折不扣的，催人泪下的爱情片。某些人猜测得不错，我从金刚和女主演一起看夕阳开始哭，一直哭到结束。

你一定觉得奇怪，看一只猩猩的感情生活有什么好哭的？但是我不蒙你，影院里哭的绝对不止我一个，但是我也可以保证，我一定是那个哭得最凶的。我抽泣得全身都在抖，眼泪止不住的流，丑恶的人类又在欺负动物了！尤其是影片的最后，当一个男人说：“它是猩猩，什么也不懂。”的时候，泪水磅礴而出。谁说金刚什么都不懂？它懂得爱情，懂得保护自己爱的女人，比很多男人都强多了。

我本来不打算看结尾，因为我的心理承受能力很差，我看不了金刚离去前的那种撕心裂肺的眼神，但我还是看了，金刚在一息尚存的时候抬起它笨笨的手指轻轻滑过女主角的脸，眼睛慢慢的闭上。在离去的瞬间，我想金刚是快乐的，因为它的最后一分钟是和所爱的人在一起。

太沉重了，让我们说点别的。

影片的前半段在孤岛上拍摄，那个岛真吓人，四处藏着不为人知的可怕动物，刚刚逃过左边的蜥蜴，右边的恐龙又冒出来了，要不然就是一人多高的大蝙蝠和全身都是腿的大蜈蚣....


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