By John Gruber
WorkOS launches auth.md — an open protocol for agent registration.
Linked List: September 25, 2005
Sunday, 25 September 2005
- Unlockupd ★
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John Bafford:
Unlockupd works around a bug in lookupd, a system service which is required for proper operation of Mac OS X. If lookupd fails, the system quickly becomes unusable. Unlockupd periodically checks lookupd’s status and forces it to restart should it fail.
If you’re afflicted by the recently-publicized
lookupdsystem-wide freezes, this should serve as a temporary fix until Apple truly fixes the bug. It’s easy to install, and easy to uninstall. (Via MDJ 2005.09.23.) - Wall Street Journal on Microsoft’s Windows Development Process ★
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Robert A. Guth, reporting for the Wall Street Journal:
The second man Mr. Allchin tapped was Amitabh Srivastava, now 49, a fellow purist among computer scientists. A newcomer to the Windows group, Mr. Srivastava had his team draw up a map of how Windows’ pieces fit together. It was 8 feet tall and 11 feet wide and looked like a haphazard train map with hundreds of tracks crisscrossing each other.
- iPod Nano Commercial Spoof ★
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Impossibly heavy. (Watch the one with the adjusted lighting levels.)
- The Curious Case of WordPress, Inc. ★
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Apparently, just because it was announced doesn’t mean it ever actually existed.
- Bill Bumgarner on Cory Doctorow ★
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Cory Doctorow claims Apple has taken away rights to ITMS songs; Bill Bumgarner points out that he’s wrong. The handful of comments are worth reading, too.