Search Results for: Coral

slashdot protection: Neat little snippet of mod_rewrite code to prevent your site from being Slashdotted. Inbound requests from a dozen of so of the big link sites (Slashdot, Digg, etc.) will redirect to the copy of your site sitting out on Coral. The problem, of course, is that Coral runs on port 8090, and how [...]

The Coral Content Distribution Network: I don’t have the first clue how this works, but it seems interestng. Coral is peer-to-peer content distribution network, comprised of a world-wide network of web proxies and nameservers. It allows a user to run a web site that offers high performance and meets huge demand, all for the price [...]

NOAA’s AQUARIUS: I found this via this Boing Boing article about a surgery experiment they’re trying tomorrow. Aquarius is an underwater ocean laboratory located in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The laboratory is deployed three and half miles offshore, at a depth of 60 feet, next to spectacular coral reefs. Scientists live in Aquarius [...]