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Tuesday, 8th May 2007

Using YUI with the Yahoo! Maps AJAX API. I got bitten by this today—if you’re using both YUI and a Yahoo! map on the same page you need to take a few precautions to avoid library version conflicts.

# 4:07 pm / yahoo, yahoomaps, yui

=drummond XRDS. Bookmarked so I can remember how to easily resolve someone’s i-name.

# 8:27 pm / drummond, inames, xml, xrds

A whole new experience for Google Analytics. I absolutely cannot wait to get my hands on the new interface. Maybe I’ll finally be able to find the search referrals page!

# 9:09 pm / google, google-analytics, jeff-veen

Just because Java was once aimed at a set-top box OS that didn't support multiple address spaces, and just because process creation in Windows used to be slow as a dog, doesn't mean that multiple processes (with judicious use of IPC) aren't a much better approach to writing apps for multi-CPU boxes than threads.

Guido van Rossum

# 9:21 pm / guido-van-rossum, threads, python, ipc, java, windows

VirtualBox. GPL licensed virtualization software; they recently released an OS X version.

# 9:35 pm / gpl, open-source, virtualbox, virtualization