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IETF P2P Infrastructure Workshop

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 28, 2008

Stanislav Shalunov, Director of Engineeering for BitTorrent, Inc. presented a paper at the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Infrastructure Workshop in Boston today (PDF) calling for IETF support in resolving user performance and ISP congestion problems by standardizing a mechanism improving cache discovery for Peer to Peer (P2P) applications. That’s a mouthful. People using BitTorrent [...]

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WordPress 2.5.1

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 10, 2008

Fiddled around with the upgrade today. Also working on a new layout, but I’ve put everything back together the way it has been, I think. If you notice any weirdities that my install of 2.5.1 may have caused, leave me a comment or send me a note. Please. It would be very NICE of you [...]

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Better Late Than Never

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 25, 2008

National Library Week was last week. Nevertheless…

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My Little Carbine

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 6, 2008

For the girl who already has her little pony: Accessorize! Accessorize! Accessorize! The Glambo Signature Series “My Little Pony” M4A1 carbine with forward handgrip and AN-PVS4 night vision sight. This fully functional weapon fires standard 5.56mm ammunition — great for those AR-15 fans with extra ammo lying around the house or even extra parts! (Note: [...]

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Stalking 2.0

By Frank Paynter | Published: November 2, 2007

Take a picture.Â Upload it to mugr.com.Â Identify the phizz.Â Might give it a whirl with my recent Halloween misery man.Â But then, that would take the fun out of the drive-by nature of the shot, wouldn’t it?

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A word about blog tools

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 5, 2007

Might as well get this off my chest, since I need to contrive a test post for my WP 2.3 upgrade. I am disappointed by the Typepad migration. During the years I used Typepad, I was pretty casual about my use of their photo album features. I had FlickR to share photos and used Typepad [...]

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Intuition

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 15, 2007

Googlezon is here. The New York Times has not shut its doors and the Web 2.0 boutiques remain open on O’Reilly Street, but Googlezon is here.Â All the real opportunity imagined for charting our own courses on the web has emerged, but lurking in the deep water just offshore are Google and Amazon, the two [...]

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