Theo Schlossnagel's Scalable Internet Architectures tutorial presented some general rules on scalability and supported those rules with a lot of examples on how (and how not to) scale an internet site. In the course of the tutorial Theo presented a lot of open source source solutions that can save tons of money compared to conventional scalability solutions.

OSCON started today in its new location at the Portland Convention Center, which gives the event a lot of space and a lot of room to grow in the future. A packed line-up and a ton of exhibitors and I'm excited to be part of the happenings this week.

My last weblog post explained that anyone can podcast on a budget. Other than my laptop I managed to start with no initial hardware costs. Recently I upgraded my equipment to improve the quality of my show. Like an elite runner I couldn't finish a marathon in my best time wearing flip-flops (we call them thongs in Australia, and I probably couldn't complete one wearing a pair of those either). I'd also still look like an idiot with stockings wrapped around my noggin.

The strangest NFS problem I've ever troubleshooted... Solaris 9 NFS serever; all clients were reporting "No record locks available."

Why is it that everything breaks before you leave town?

I've wanted to mention this in a public forum for a while, and now that my O'Reilly blog is up and running I think it’s the perfect venue. Podcasting can be cheap. I can say that now that I've spent several hundred dollars upgrading my podcast rig. When I started though, I started on a budget.

You see a fairly inexpensive Cisco router advertised to support IPv6, so you scrounge up email addresses for people you know can connect you to the 6bone, dust off that IANA (or RIPE, APNIC) paperwork with your /32 allocation information, and purchase. What a mistake that was.

"I am predicting 50 years of chaos," says digital media thinker Clay Shirky. Sounds about right, though I'd guess it could be 50 years of chaos crammed into as little as 10 years. Hey, it'll be just like the '90's again.

I'm looking for a good wiki. Here's a few I've checked out so far...

Selections and comments from the recent W3C Schema Experience Workshop. I bet you won't be seeing Ads for XSD tools or systems with slogans "extremely disheartening", "difficult and sometimes impossible", and "trouble-shooting can get quite complicated"