I threw my drive in the freezer yesterday and when I reattached it, it actually spun up. I was able to archive the albums I’ve ripped onto 8 CDs.

Here’s an IBM article on Customizing Apache for maximum performance. A little while ago there was a /. discussion on Building a Scaleable Apache Site. Some interesting posts there, including a link to how eToys architected their site w/ mod_perl and an article by local guru Dan Kegel on The C10K problem, which is a points to all kinds of interesting stuff, like Rik van Riel’s Linux Performance Tuning site.

This is pretty damn interesting too: Mitnick Testifies Against Sprint in Vice Hack Case. Hey, Kevin Poulsen (google) (check out the just for kids link, those wacky guys at the doj) is editorial director at Security Focus now. I remember when he started out writing for zd a few years back…