Interesting news from around the web for 2008-07-03:

• Bandwidth Caps and The Cognitive Surplus
  Bandwidth caps are pretty ridiculous.
• Firefox download record official
  I was one of the masses!
• Why we skip Photoshop - (37signals)
  I personally don’t use Photoshop when working on something new because I suck at Photoshop. Here are some better reasons from folks that are good at it!
• MSI Launches the Wind - The First 10″ Notebook to Feature Intel Atom CPU
  10″ Ultra-portable w/ Linux version coming out later — so nice. The only thing that could make this more attractive is Mac OS X.

Welcome to Cisco End-of-Life / End-of-Sale Batch #46. As frequently happens, the products in this batch are not going to surprise anyone. Still, review the list closely and make sure you have made the appropriate preparations if you are affected.

Don’t forget, most EoL / EoS announcements include a list of product migration options. If you need help deciding which product is best for you, send me a message.

• Cisco Inline Power Daughter Card for 16-Port EtherSwitch Network Module
• Cisco 830, 820, and 800TRAD Series Router Spares (Cables, Power Supply, and Memory)
• Cisco CRS-1 Series Modular Services Card
• Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Firewall Services Module
• Cisco WebNS Software 7.50

Photo by Katinka Kober.

Interesting news from around the web for 2008-07-02:

• The GITS Blog » Six GoF design patterns, Python style
  Design patterns in Python.
• Package System Importance
  Many years ago I managed many servers with absolutely no package system. Every time new software was needed, the latest version was downloaded and compiled. Now, I use Yum on my RHEL servers and Mac Ports on my OS X workstations.
• Google Online Security Blog: Meet ratproxy, our passive web security assessment tool
  Google has released ratproxy to help the web development community analyze potential threats in applications.