Four short links: 25 November 2009
http-parser -- This is a parser for HTTP messages written in C. It parses both requests and responses. The parser is designed to be used in performance HTTP applications. It does not make any allocations, it does not buffer data, and it can be interrupted at anytime. It only requires about 128 bytes of data per message stream (in a web server that is per connection). Extremely sexy piece of coding. (via sungo on Twitter) Wikileaks to Release 9/11 Pager Intercepts -- they're trickling the half-million messages out in simul

Velocity 2010: Fast By Default
We're entering our third year of Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference.. Velocity 2010 will be June 22-24, 2010 in Santa Clara, CA. It's going to be another incredible year. Steve & I have set a new theme this year, "Fast by Default".  We want the broader Velocity community & to adopt it as a shared mission & mantra. The reason for this is simple... Fast isn't a Feature. Fast is a Requirement. At Velocity earlier this year Marissa Meyer explained why performance mattered so much to Google. Then Eric Schurman (Bing & Velocity Program Committee membe

Four short links: 24 November 2009
English Shellcode (PDF) -- paper presented at ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, showing how to encode arbitrary x86 shell code (the payload in a malware or other attack that elevates privileges and pwns your machine) as something that looks, at first glance, to be English text. Impressive piece of work. (via Slashdot) The Twelve Scams of Christmas (McAfee) -- a press release, but one to send to all your civilian (non-computer-professional) friends. Scam IV: The Dangers of Holi

More that sociologist Erving Goffman could tell us about social networking and Internet identity
After posting some thoughts a month ago about Erving Goffman's classic sociological text, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, I heard from a reader who urged me to try out a deeper work of Goffman's, Frame Analysis (Harper Colophon, 1974). This blog presents the thoughts that came to mind as I made my way through that long and rambling work. Let me start by shining a light on an odd phenomenon we've all experienced online. Lots of people on mailing lists, forums, and social networks react with great

Tonight: Radar/Ignite/Laughing Squid Meetup in Philadelphia
Scott Beale of Laughing Squid and I are going to be in the Philadelphia area today. We want to meet up with people while in town, so we're having a Drinkup at Triumph Brewing Company in the Old City area of Center City starting at 7PM. Facebook has the details. If you are involved in Ignite Philly, read Radar