webOS now open source

Posted on December 9, 2011 by machus

It appears the new ceo for HP Meg Whitman has her head on a little bit straighter than the previous one.  In this press release from HP they state they are going to contribute webOS to Open Source.

It seems to be standard tech spin expect for one line that caught my eye at the bottom.

  • Good, transparent and inclusive governance to avoid fragmentation

I wonder how much of this is a dig at the current state of android OS another open source operating system that has suffered from massive fragmentation.

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Nginx reverse proxy for Exchange

Posted on December 9, 2011 by machus

If you find yourself setup up a reverse proxy for Microsoft Exchange 2007 using Nginx you may be using this article for your conf http://planetit.ws/linux/debian/configuring-nginx-based-reverse-proxy-for-owa.html

While that article is good it is missing one line from the conf that will allow all mobilbe devices but iPhones/iPads to verify account information using the Microsoft Activesync protocol.

proxy_set_header Accept-Encoding "";

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Box.net 50gig why?

Posted on November 30, 2011 by machus

I saw another press release via engadget that box.net was offering 50gigs of online storage to anybody that signed up with a certain handheld.  I keep getting perplexed why users should be suckered into box.net without a free desktop client to keep files synced.  How they expect to compete with dropbox which offers a client is beyond me.

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Handmade Stool

Posted on November 30, 2011 by machus

It was brought to my attention that the little one in the house couldn’t reach the sink with her current stool. After a few nights and pondering about ones lot in life for being vertically challenged a idea formed in my head to solve her problem and lift her up higher. Continue reading →

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