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Home – genetify – GitHub – A/B (vector) testing framework that uses genetic programming to optimize the test outcome.

The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web – a practical guide to web typography – "Robert Bringhurst’s book The Elements of Typographic Style is on many a designer’s bookshelf and is considered to be a classic in the field…. In order to allay some of the myths surrounding typography on the web, I have structured this website to step through Bringhurst’s working principles, explaining how to accomplish each using techniques available in HTML and CSS."

USGS Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project ARkStorm: West Coast Storm Scenario – "The USGS Multi Hazards Demonstration Project (MHDP) is preparing a new emergency-preparedness scenario, called ARkStorm, to address massive U.S. West Coast storms analogous to those that devastated California in 1861–62. Storms of this magnitude are projected to become more frequent and intense as a result of climate change." The 1861-1862 storm lasted 45 days and flooded the Sacramento Valley.

Why Menlo Park spoke out against Saltworks project – San Jose Mercury News – Menlo Park's City Council passed a resolution opposing the 50/50 plan for Saltworks. Interesting fact: Saltworks would be 17 times larger than the last Bay fill project–Oakland International Airport, 1968.

End-to-end… and everything in between: Do a "pkg image-update" with multiple zones!!! – Dan shows how to update multiple zones using pkg(5)'s integrated handling for arbitrarily located images and beadm(1M). Dan's multiple zone configuration is an example of how to use zones to secure an Internet-facing system.

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Sphinx Python Document Generator – "Sphinx is a tool that makes it easy to create intelligent and beautiful documentation…"

stanlemon.net : jgrowl – In-browser notification messages.

TipTip jQuery Plugin | Drewwilson.com – A clever tooltip plugin for jQuery.

Proof that just about anything fits in a cup. – Amusing art

MyWikkaSite: OpenSolaris (List of package repositories) – Bill Hathaway's tracking pkg(5) package repositories. If you know of more, comment on his wiki.

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Create PDF thumbnails using ImageMagick on Linux | Prashanth Ellina – Useful tip if you want to render one or more PDF pages to another format.

Python – Tao of Mac – A commented Python link collection, with a few I've not seen before.

How to Go Winter Camping and Backpacking : Expert Advice from REI – Someday, when the kids won't freeze.

Istanbul (Not Constantinople) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia – Didn't know that the TMBG version was a cover. A gold record for The Four Lads in 1953.

dygraphs JavaScript Visualization Library – Cool interactive JavaScript charting: zoom, error bands, relatively easy to use.

Mark Joshi – Associate professor, actuarial studies, Melbourne U.

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Minimal Solaris: Installing OpenSolaris on a Sparc using LiveCD – Alexander's extended his earlier SPARC LiveCD to have a basic installer.

Minimal Solaris: OpenSolaris Sparc snv125 LiveCD – Alexander, creator of MiLaX, has made a SPARC LiveCD, based on Build 125.

500 Internal Server Error – 500 Internal Server Error

SXCE OpenSolaris Migration Sparc – Steven Acres's notes on a SPARC migration from SXCE to OpenSolaris.

miguelventura / after_the_deadline / wiki / Home — bitbucket.org – A Python wrapper for After the Deadline's spelling/grammar/style checking API.

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What to Read on North Korean Politics | Foreign Affairs – Reading list from Nicholas Eberstadt (AEI and National Bureau of Asian Research).

Start – Bottle Web Framework – "Bottle is a fast and simple WSGI-framework for the Python Programming Language. It offers request dispatching with url parameter support (routes), templates, key/value databases, a build-in HTTP server and adapters for many third party WSGI/HTTP-server and template engines. All in a single file and with no dependencies other than the Python standard library."

The Blog of Ben Rockwood: Solaris Extended Accounting in the Real World – Ben expands his coverage of Solaris extended accounting. In particular, try out "exacttly", his new process accounting reporting tool.

Code Style: Font stack builder – A useful web application to build CSS font stacks. As you select fonts, coverage for Windows, MacOS, and Linux is calculated based on recent surveys.

Upgrading from Nevada to OpenSolaris the easy way – Alan's worked out a simple way to add OpenSolaris to a system running recent Nevada bits. Useful as we approach the upcoming transition.

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