Nik Butler

Unless the OS offers iTunes and possibly good webcam support then many people are not going to use the operating system. This being the time when the iPod, iPhone and Video Blogging is in abundance its not the time to offer retrograde Operating systems - Nik Butler

A developer contacted me about integration between Salesforce.com & CodeIgniter PHP Framework. I thought that it would be better to post my response on my site due to anyone else may need the same thing. - Nik Butler

After working with Salesforce.com over the past few months, I have been able to constantly improve performing inserts, updates, and upserts using the PHP Tool Kit. With guidance from David Claiborne and Nick Tran. I have created a full update process for my organizations data. This tutorial will focus on using Oracle as the local database and pushing data to Salesforce.com. I also use AdoDB, which is a database abstraction layer. - Nik Butler

Tech might be too cheap to meter but the energy to deliver it is still a high cost. From batteries to power stations the more abundant our technology the greater the energy cost. Chris its a lovely idea but pay attention to the impact would you ? - Nik Butler

Excuse me .. but if your followers are dictating your conversation then your not really being listened to! - Nik Butler

Also I hear that The Queen and No10 are on the net as well. - Nik Butler

I didnt realise it was still going! - Nik Butler

Yet another one for the Aurora Fireworks people. Im guessing its the 4th of July running these stories. - Nik Butler

One for Aurora Fireworks . - Nik Butler

UHM! WOW ... 3d support in Windows under Virtualbox linux just made that a game changer for me using Windows and Linux on my mega box. Hmmm time to rethink my delivery - Nik Butler

Urls are going the way of mobile phone numbers. People only need them so that they can add them to their bookmarks or references. - Nik Butler

IP-based virtual hosts use the IP address of the connection to determine the correct virtual host to serve. Therefore you need to have a separate IP address for each host. With name-based virtual hosting, the server relies on the client to report the hostname as part of the HTTP headers. Using this technique, many different hosts can share the same IP address. Name-based virtual hosting is usually simpler, since you need only configure your DNS server to map each hostname to the correct IP address and then configure the Apache HTTP Server to recognize the different hostnames. Name-based virtual hosting also eases the demand for scarce IP addresses. Therefore you should use name-based virtual hosting unless there is a specific reason to choose IP-based virtual hosting. Some reasons why you might consider using IP-based virtual hosting: * Some ancient clients are not compatible with name-based virtual hosting. For name-based virtual hosting to work, the client must send the HTTP Ho - Nik Butler

Linux allows binding multiple network interfaces into a single channel/NIC using special kernel module called bonding. According to official bonding documentation, "The Linux bonding driver provides a method for aggregating multiple network interfaces into a single logical "bonded" interface. The behavior of the bonded interfaces depends upon the mode; generally speaking, modes provide either hot standby or load balancing services. Additionally, link integrity monitoring may be performed." - Nik Butler

Rackspace down yadda, yadda, yadda. Sooner or later things break. - Nik Butler

Probably one of the more googlemailish feeling list management tools so far. it feels like a tool that I want to keep in my cabinet. - Nik Butler

The amazing story is how long they had gone without an incidence. It makes me wonder then if the secure future archticture of our internet will rely on a gradually diminishing skill base ? - Nik Butler

One of those tools I must use at least once a month. Now if only Windows Server came with its own disk imaging software life as a windows Admin might be more bearable. - Nik Butler

GIMP seems to divide opinion as well as users. Its not photoshop so it must be BAD but it works so that must be good ! - Nik Butler

A better collection of productivity tools you could not wish for. - Nik Butler

Almost a genius idea though I wonder what this will work out like in terms of real network access or just port 80 ? - Nik Butler

I think this gets filed under the heading "You really cannot make this shit up!" - Nik Butler

Geek Males often work in fields that cause them to have to think a great deal and work long or irregular hours. This generally results in what I call “hurty brain”* *Hurty Brain stems from the repeated misfiring of synapses that occurs when a question is asked of a geek that is light years behind what they specialize in. An Article that truly nails it. but does it apply as much for Girls ? I think not. . . Well im not wearing the lingerie. - Nik Butler

For more than 10 years the SSL protocol has been widely used for the purpose of securing web transactions over the Internet. One can only guess how many millions or billions of dollars in transactions are processed per a day using SSL. Unfortunately, the simple fact we use SSL does not necessarily mean that the information sent over this protocol is secure. The use of weak encryption, the impossibility of verifying web servers' certificates, security vulnerabilities in web servers or the SSL libraries, as well as other attacks, may each let intruders access sensitive information -- regardless of the fact that it is being sent through the SSL. - Nik Butler

For more than 10 years the SSL protocol has been widely used for the purpose of securing web transactions over the Internet. One can only guess how many millions or billions of dollars in transactions are processed per a day using SSL. Unfortunately, the simple fact we use SSL does not necessarily mean that the information sent over this protocol is secure. The use of weak encryption,... more... - Nik Butler

Wow did the clue penny finally get spent at the Whitehouse. Did the sensible shaker finally overflow onto the heads of a few Govt thinkers. What an incredibly sensible concept. Release the data and let people create ways that it is useful to them. Crowdsource your tax return people ! - Nik Butler

This is the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Getting Started Guide. This section describes who should read this guide, how the guide is organized, and other resources related to Amazon EC2. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud is often referred to within this guide as "Amazon EC2" or simply "EC2"; likewise the Amazon Simple Storage Service is referred to in this guide as "Amazon S3"; all copyrights and legal protections still apply. - Nik Butler

By Eric Hammond, Internet Startup Technologist (@esh on Twitter) This guide covers: * Benefits of using EBS for MySQL * Setting up an EBS volume on an EC2 instance for use with MySQL * Configuring MySQL to use the EBS volume for data files and binary logs * Snapshotting the database * Restoring the snapshotted database on a second EC2 instance - Nik Butler

Gven how easy you can submit a response i wonder how fast bots might encroach upon this site. - Nik Butler

A video that walks through the process of running an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) from Windows. - Nik Butler