Okay…so we all know that this is the CiscoBlog, not the MovableType blog, right? To save a long explanation,here’s the fly-by explanation:Tried to upgrade MovableType to the latest version to fix some painful bugsUpgrade failed, gave an error codeGoogled the error code, first link, “Simple fix, just delete xxxx directory”Deleted directory, blog management explodes, can’t even log inKicked myself for not backing up the directory before deleting itVowed to find the person who posted that link on GoogleMonths go by, I can’t log in to post…Suddenly realized I had a friend who knows how to code, he fixes everything no…
Cisco Systems
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Facebook
The Story Behind Facebook’s “Secret” Audio Application
Last week I wrote that Facebook may be launching an audio product given the addition of audio within the page insights area. I reached out to Facebook for comment and found out that this wasn’t actually a soon to be released product, but instead an audio product that already exists. The “Music Player” application originally launched with pages and lets you upload songs for your fans to listen to.
While I wouldn’t exactly call this a robust application, it provides enough support for you to at least get songs posted on your page. This tool would be most useful for…
Facebook
Facebook’s Real Scalability Problem
Want to scale a system which can handle over 300 million monthly users, approximately half of which are logging in daily? It’s not an easy task however Facebook has managed to pull off an impressive feat but as many users are noticing: not everything is working as it should. The primary problems exist for the minority, yet rapidly growing population, of hyper-connected individuals who have thousands of contacts. So what’s going wrong?
Facebook Scales Horizontally
Facebook has been the most effective platform so far for attracting a large volume of users on a global scale. In an interview with Fast…
Facebook
This Week In Facebook: September 20, 2009
This week was yet another big week for Facebook with the company reaching new milestones, employees leaving, and the official launch of status tagging. I’m also proud to introduce a new feature of our weekly roundup: a stop motion video produced by my sister, Megan O’Neill. This new addition is a complete experiment so let us know your thoughts on the new weekly video!
Facebook Reaches 300 Million Users
This week Facebook announced that they officially crossed the 300 million user threshold, increasing the rate of growth to record levels. In addition to crossing this significant milestone, the company announced…
Hack
Jolicloud OS seeks to move past browsers
Jolicloud is a new Linux based operating system aimed at netbooks. The developers were nice enough to let us get our hands on their closed development version of the new OS. This distribution is built off of Ubuntu Netbook Remix(9.04 Jaunty Jackalope). At first glance it looks like nothing more than Ubuntu with a new skin, but the difference is deeper. Jolicloud added an App Store type program that offers installation of web applications along with traditional desktop apps. Using Mozilla Prism, web based applications like Facebook, Gmail, and Wikipedia are installed, get their own icon in the launcher,…
Life
When You Fall
WHEN YOU FALL … … … …WHEN YOU FAIL … … … ….WHEN YOU DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING … … … ..THAT SOMEONE WITH YOU … … … YOU ARE A TRUE FRIENDAlways DIFFERENT POINT … … .. BE WISE.WHEN YOU SUCCEED … … … ..WHEN YOU RICH … … … … … … ….WHEN YOU CAN CHOOSE AND YOUR PROPERTY AS IF THE WORLD … … … … … … ….THAT SOMEONE WITH YOU … … …. IS NOT A TRUE FRIEND YOU,HE WANT SOMETHING FROM YOU.BIGGEST ENEMY IS MAN HIMSELF ALONE
Tech Support
Smileys for Orkut Scraps
A little emoticon can express your feeling much better than words. So we have come up with additional option for orkut users to send Yahoo emoticons.
For this, you have to have Firefox, GreaseMonkey extension for Firefox, and Yahoo Emoticons User Script.
If you know how to install an extension in Firefox, just click here and install GreaseMonkey. Restart the Firefox and click here to get the user script, which GreaseMonkey instantly recognizes and comes up with a window asking you for confirmation. Click “Install” and you are done. Now go to your scrapbook and you will see Yahoo emoticons…
Facebook
Friend.ly Photo App Spreading Through Facebook Like A Virus
A new Facebook Connect application has spread quickly around the Facebook social graph by tagging all of a user’s friends who have the same zodiac sign. This is the latest in a series of new photo tagging applications which have been spreading like wildfire across the site. The Facebook platform lets users easily tag their friends but by prompting users for unrestricted posting and unrestricted photo upload permissions, the application is able to spread like crazy. It leads me to wonder whether Facebook will begin cracking down on these types of apps.
The way Facebook’s new permissions system is that…
Hack
In-depth MAME cocktail cabinet build
Recently, a friend of ours got married who is a Ms. Pac-Man fanatic. His best man set out to fulfill the groom’s dream of owning a Ms. Pac-Man cocktail cabinet. The problem is that the unit he was after was selling for $2500. It’s great to buy the real thing (and with guest contributions he did,) but if it’s not available consider building your own.
[Alex] has put together a comprehensive guide for building a MAME cocktail cabinet. Unlike the mini-cabinet we saw last week, this is intended to be used sitting down and features controls on more than…
Automotive
Beginners Guide When Looking To Buy a Pocket Bike
When looking to buy a pocket bike miniature motorcycle be sureto do your research. You need to find reliable salesprofessionals, dealers, or Internet connections to make thispurchase. There are many ‘knock-offs’ or imitations out thereand to purchase them would be a waste of your money and time.The parts for these imitations are not typically found and inthe rare event that you can find them they will be extremelycostly and are typically not guaranteed. To assist you in makingthe best buy, talk to others that have already have a pocketbike such as a trusted friend or co-worker, your local pocketbike league,…
Facebook
How To Use Incentivized Invites To Boost Your Facebook Page Fan Base
This is Day 20 of the 30 Days to 3,000 Fans program. You can learn more about the program here.
This actually has to be one of the more challenging tasks. In order to get a boost in your fan base, it’s important to get users to invite their friends. So what methods are there for getting users to invite their friends? The first and most obvious method is to ask users to invite their friends. This can surprisingly have a large impact. The other day I asked my users to invite their friends and a few people invited hundreds…
Hack
Arduino muon detector
[Sebastian Tomczak] was borrowing a homeade muon detector from his friend, and managed to hook it up to his computer through an Arduino. The detector itself uses 3 fluorescent tubes to detect radiation. Three separate tubes are used in order to filter out terrestrial radiation; cosmic radiation will fall in-line with the tubes and pass through at least two of them, whereas terrestrial radiation will only hit one. There is some basic circuitry to amplify the signal and then perform the OR operation.
[Tomczak] used an Arduino to take the raw data and feed it into his computer. He…
