Based on the success of lighttpd for Windows, I decided to see if I could build another lightweight Apache web server alternative on Windows: nginx. It was possible, so I created a nice, easy-to-use setup package to let anyone try it out. It should not be used in a production environment and I will probably not be able to help if you run into problems, but it works for me, and may help your development efforts in some way. Think of it as a proof or concept and use it at your own risk!
Things to know about this release:
This setup package was created on Windows XP Professional and has been tested on Windows XP and 2000.
Windows Vista has NOT been tested, but may work on 32-bit versions.
I compiled nginx with Cygwin. If you have the cygwin1.dll on your system, you may have a conflict that won’t let you run nginx.
Download nginx 0.6.29 for win32 here
Feedback, donations (if you find it useful), and comments are welcome.
I was just over at Adobe’s Photoshop Express test drive site, and I noticed that they are running the yet to be released lighttpd/1.5.0 :
[kevdev]$ curl -I https://www.photoshop.com/express/index.html?bypass&wf=testdrive
[kevdev]$ HTTP/1.1 200 OK
x-ozzy-version: 1.1.7275 (built from production branch)
Content-Type: text/html
ETag: "408377048"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Last-Modified: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:43:52 GMT
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:24:26 GMT
Server: lighttpd/1.5.0
Content-Length: 11747
[kevdev]$
Now available for RedHat Enterprise Linux and CentOS versions 4 and 5:
lighttpd 1.4.19 Pre-release r2118 RPMs and SRPMs – Download Links.
As always, feedback is welcome.
Hulu is a great site for watching popular TV episodes and clips. Using Firefox (or a Firefox derivative like Flock) and the AdBlock Plus extension, you can avoid seeing most ads, and the short commercials during episodes.
Add the following filters to AdBlock Plus:
http://ads.hulu.com/*
http://*.lightningcast.com/*
That’s it. Enjoy uninterrupted episodes!
These were taken from work with my iPhone:
The Presidential Candidates’ Fundraising data over at opensecrets.org is pretty interesting.
First of all, three of the candidates who have dropped out: Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, and John Edwards, were actually the top three fundraisers.
Second, I find it very interesting that Hillary Clinton and John McCain have the most debts for their respective campaigns.
Next, look at the debts listed for Ron Paul. Yes, that is correct – $0. He is in fact the only candidate (in the running – there isn’t any data for those who have dropped out) that does not have any debts.
A few things that this data made me think about:
- Ron Paul is the only true fiscal conservative
- Clinton and McCain could possibly further ruin the US economy with their poor money management (based on their campaign finances anyway)
- Why don’t these candidates use some of their “cash on hand” to pay off these debts?
In addition to following the election fairly closely, I have been reading a lot of financial blogs lately (Get Rich Slowly, I Will Teach You To Be Rich, My Money Blog, et al); so this seemed like a natural tie-in, at least to me.
Please note that I created a PDF document of the page at opensecrets.org, since it is likely to change.
Comments?
File Hippo’s Update Checker scans your computer for updates to software that you already have installed. It accomplishes the same goal as Windows/Microsoft Update, but for all your non-Microsoft applications.
It is a small download, and is a fast and convenient way to let you know which third-party software on your computer is outdated. This is especially important for software that may have security problems; newer versions are likely to fix the problems.
Do not leave your computer vulnerable. Run Update Checker and download all the updates and install it soon after. As always run Windows Update or Microsoft Update to keep your Windows system up to date as well.
I received an email from ADC (Apple Developer Connection) with some iPhone specific links. So here they are, direct from Apple:
Specifying a Webpage Icon for Web Clip
iPhone Dev Center
