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Articles in English.

A revised opinion on apache2-mpm-prefork and apache2-mpm-worker, and php5 and php5-cgi on Debian, regarding performance

It’s now over a year since I wrote about “Exchanging apache2-mpm-prefork for apache2-mpm-worker, and using php5-cgi on Debian to improve performance“. Since then I have re-evaluated my opinion about running apache2-mpm-worker and php5-cgi on a low memory machine, specifically a virtual machine running under Xen, running Debian.

Slowdown in Silicon Valley #2, The Computer Chronicles

Part two of this special series looking at the causes of the downturn in the computer industry. Guests: Ben Anixter, AMD; Richard O’Brien, Hewlett Packard; Trip Hawkins, Electronic Arts; John Merson, Ashton-Tate; Gary Kildall, Digital Research Products/Demos: Commodore Amiga, Atari ST 520 Enjoy this video from 1985, this is part two of a two part… Continue reading Slowdown in Silicon Valley #2, The Computer Chronicles

Slowdown in Silicon Valley #1, The Computer Chronicles

A review of the reasons behind the current slump in the computer business. Guests: Dave Crockett, Dataquest; Sam Colella, Inst Venture Partners; Deborah Wise, Business Week; Dave Norman, Businessland; Gary Kildall, Digital Research Products/Demos: Adam Computer, Osborne I Computer Enjoy this video from 1985, this is part one of a two part episode of Computer… Continue reading Slowdown in Silicon Valley #1, The Computer Chronicles

UNIX, The Computer Chronicles

This is a very interesting episode, if you watch it, you can often draw paralells to todays reality, and can think back on what actually happened, and how long it has taken for some things. The interesting thing with many, and in particular this episode of Computer Chronicles, is that it could have been recorded… Continue reading UNIX, The Computer Chronicles

IBM Clones, The Computer Chronicles

IBM COMPATIBLES A comparative look at the new breed of IBM look-alikes. Guests: Radio Shack / Tandy Corporation Director of Market Planning and Computer Merchandising: Ed Juge, PC World Magazine Publisher: David Bunnell, Attorney: David Grais, Consultant: Gary Kildall Products/Demos: Radio Shack Tandy 1000, IBM PC, Ericsson PC, Compaq PC This video is part of… Continue reading IBM Clones, The Computer Chronicles

How to set up a SIP trunk in the Asterisk PBX

In my previous article we configured Asterisk with some SIP-devices, and created a basic dialplan so that they could dial eachother. We also created two additional extensions for test purposes. This time I will show you how to configure a SIP trunk, and add extensions in the dialplan so that the telephones can dial out through… Continue reading How to set up a SIP trunk in the Asterisk PBX

Four years after The Pirate Bay raid

Apparently, yesterday it was exactly four years since (the) The Pirate Bay raid. Time really flies.. I remember it well. I think I probably still have the police lists of the confiscated computers in some dusty directory, they leaked, or was made available some time after, if I recall correctly that is.. (A few minutes… Continue reading Four years after The Pirate Bay raid

An introduction to Asterisk, The Open Source Telephony Project

Asterisk is software that turns an ordinary computer into a voice communications server. Asterisk is the world’s most powerful and popular telephony development tool-kit. It is used by small businesses, large businesses, call centers, carriers and governments worldwide. Asterisk is open source and is available free to all under the terms of the GPL. That… Continue reading An introduction to Asterisk, The Open Source Telephony Project

Pac-Man’s 30th Anniversary

Today is Pac-Man‘s 30th birthday. Happy Birthday Pac-Man. Google has a nice javascript logo in the form of a Pac-Man game today, with a level including the letters “G o o g l e”, nicest one so far I think, such things we like.