URL archiver/proxy (ElephantUrl)

Here's my deal, twice today some links that I had for documentation went away, one because of a partner and one because of Oracle's biomass oozing over other companies.

So this is my idea, have a web service that acts as a proxy go-between and archive recovery tool for your important links. It combines some of the idea of the bit.ty and tinyurl sites, but what those lack is a way to see what the linker really intended.

You, the linker, found some important information. Maybe it's an API for some code you're working on, or maybe it's someone's blog post that solves that problem you were having today. Either way, you end up linking to it on your blog, or in your Javadocs with an @see flag. The problem is, easy come easy go. There's nothing you can do about the host. They might belly up, or be absorbed into the Oracle ooze and have their links redirected into a oblivion.

The proxy stores the current contents at the destination site. Clicking on the proxy link, brings up a dialog which has some options, but goes away after a while. Meanwhile, it continues to the originally specified link. Now, if the link has been modified, lost or redirected, you, the user, can choose instead to bring up the archived link. (It may or may not have been webdevilled so the images, css, js etc would still work). Otherwise you can click on the dialog and confirm you got there ok.

Hand out the elephant url, because, an elephant never forgets.

Nagios

R2-D2 integration with Nagios.

SCRAM

Definitions of SCRAM - "Safety cut rope axe man". That's axe man, not necessarily "Ax-man".

Forget the tv experts... here are the MIT's nuclear experts.

Economy Prophecies are Self-Fulfilling

If it ain't broke. The economy is self-fulfilling with respect to reports. Reports say the economy is in decline, companies restrategize and cut back and the prophecy is fulfilled. Smart, agile companies assess their own strength in the market, use those strengths to succeed. Even in the Great Depression companies succeeded, not by buckling down, but by continuing to innovate.

Japan 03/11 Earthquake Geodata

• Crisis Response Page



• USGS Map



• Google interactive Map



• American Red Cross

Automated Auto Parking - Autostadt

A few years ago I had a dream about this type of autopark, but I'm pretty sure I don't remember seeing these photos. I wonder if I saw a clip somewhere in the papers, the internet, or ???

It definitely would make for an interesting situation to be inside of - there is a lot of trust that the sensors and operations wouldn't trap, drop, crush someone inside the park.

Chipmunk Basic

Basic. I grew up programming this language, but I'm not sure, is this the language for the next generation too? It has some simple concepts I like. It is nice for introducing variables and basic interaction. Recently Microsoft introduced a "Small Basic". But it only runs on Windows. I found this Chipmunk Basic that runs on MacOs. And it entertained Trevor for a while.

http://www.nicholson.com/rhn/basic/#3