Archive for 26/7/2007

MySQL-related resources that you will enjoy reading

Posted on 26/7/2007, 10:00 pm, by Colin Charles, under MySQL.

The great Internet is littered with some really useful MySQL-related articles, that I think you’ll enjoy reading just as much as I did.

  • I’ve not given Google Gears too much of a look yet, but its definitely interesting and the tutorials at O’Reilly’s ONLamp site help one play with it: The Power of Google Gears (Part 1) and The Power of Google Gears (Part 2). Looks like the series is complete, and Part 2 concentrates on using Gears for offline data entry, then syncing it with a MySQL server once the application is online. Looks like the future of desktop software might end up being like this…
  • While browsing a magazine store, I picked up the SysAdmin magazine that was months old, but contained an interesting article on MySQL 5 Cluster with Solaris 10 Zones/ZFS/Resource Control. Its a very much step-by-step kind of article, and I’m excited to learn more about Zones and ZFS.
  • If you’re after a basic introduction to MySQL Cluster, go no further than reading MySQL 5.0 Cluster: Architecture, Implementation and Management. Couldn’t resist browsing the rest of the samag.com website, and I’d encourage you to do the same if time permits – they’ve got quite a number of useful articles there. Incidentally, the article is a bit old (linked to MySQL 5.0.16 – cluster has had marked changes in the current 5.0.45).
  • From Derek Crudgington (who wrote about Cluster and Zones), is a blog posting about the SAMP stack – A Guide to SAMP (Solaris Apache MySQL PHP). Of course for those lazy, just get the CoolStack from Sun, which allows the simple use of pkgadd.

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Bloggers face draconian anti-terrorism laws in Malaysia

Posted on 26/7/2007, 8:07 am, by Colin Charles, under General.

Disgusting. What will they think of next? (for context, read See you in hell Muhamad son of Muhamad) Using draconian anti-terrorism laws against those insulting Islam (a religion, supposedly official for Malaysia) or the country’s very much figure-head of a King.

How is this not strangling freedom on the Internet? How can he (Raja Petra) have crossed the line in making racist remarks, when we have ministers wielding daggers or parliament house used as a slaughter-house for sixteen cows & goats?

The ISA was something formed to use against the communists, something I believe Malaysia has not had in a long time. It was misused by the former recalcitrant Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir, during his lengthy tenure. And it looks like its making a comeback, against bloggers. It seems that “This is to put a stop to the freedom to lie in the blogosphere” – anyone reading should also note that Malaysia lacks press freedom, and all print media is a tool for the government of the day, controlled by the Ministry of Propaganda.

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Weblogs, and sites on the Internet are the only avenues for freedom of expression and speech that remain in Malaysia. Much this to do with the MSC promise. Which might disappear in due time, as the mounting montage of fuck-up’s against the government of the day and all the cronies linked, are strewn on the Internet, a ready archive that can be used during election time.

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