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Archive of entries posted on December 2009

Per-Packet Load Balancing with Linux

The ISP I use at home and at work, Andrews and Arnold, support bonding of multiple lines with per-packet load balancing. Incoming traffic is handled by them using custom hardware and software – the control panel lets me select which lines should be used for each block of IP addresses and they then handle balancing [...]

Time Travelling Trains

The new National Express East Anglia timetable doubles the trains between Liverpool Street and Hertford East on a Sunday evening which is excellent – no more waiting around at Broxbourne for the Cambridge train to catch up if you happen to have got the direct train.
The really shocking news however is that they seem to [...]

Mapzen: First Thoughts

CloudMade have tonight launched their Mapzen flash based editor for OpenStreetMap. It’s officially described as a beta, but as they’ve made it publicly available and it is working against the live API and editing real data I assume that is more of a “Google beta” than anything else.
The basic editing of roads and such doesn’t [...]