Author Archives: Justin Yost

Mailinator™ Blog – How Mailinator compresses email by 90%

A fun jour­ney through algo­rithms to find a solu­tion to get­ting some awe­some com­pres­sion stats.

February 21, 2012 – 11:54 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Computer Science, Programming, Quick Posts, Software Code, Technology | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

ArsTechnica – High Orbits and Slowlorises: understanding the Anonymous attack tools

Fas­ci­nat­ing look into both some of the tools Anony­mous uses to launch it’s attacks and how it/they attempt to stay anonymous.

February 16, 2012 – 8:27 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Quick Posts, Security, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

Frankie Roberto – Responsive Text

In agree­ment, nifty idea, but defi­antly unsure of the prac­ti­cal application.

February 16, 2012 – 12:37 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Design, Programming, Quick Posts, Software Code, User Experience, Web Design | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

Backups, Automated and Off Site

One of the biggest issues in run­ning a server is mak­ing sure if every­thing dis­ap­pears you can be up and run­ning as quickly as pos­si­ble. So how do I do it?

February 15, 2012 – 6:02 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Programming, Software Code, Technology, Writings | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Incubaid Research – Rediscovering the RSync Algorithm

The right way to synch two remote file systems.

February 15, 2012 – 12:05 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Programming, Quick Posts, Security, Software Code | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

Tinycon — Favicon Alerts

Pretty sure I could count the num­ber of times I actu­ally looked at a fav­i­con alert on one hand, that being said nice work.

February 6, 2012 – 11:55 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Programming, Quick Posts, Software Code, User Experience, Web Design | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

Living World – How Did LEGO Become More About Limits Than Possibilities?

It’s a lit­tle depress­ing when I pick up a Lego kit and have to turn it down because of this issue.

February 5, 2012 – 1:52 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Culture, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , | Comments Off