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The PageRank for Software for Starving Students (via Google’s toolbar) went clear from 0 to 5 with the latest data update. That’s pretty indicative of the almost immediate success the project has enjoyed. The site has only been up since the very end of December but has had some really incredible growth. Just check out [...]

My friend Gary told me he was just hired on as a contractor for Provo Labs doing php and mysql development.  It’s funny that I heard it from him rather than at work.
Gary is really into BSD and is a big supporter of Software for Starving Students.  It’ll be fun working with him.

AOL sucks for blocking my emails to AOL customers. From their mail FAQ:
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504 - (RTR:BB) The IP address you are using to connect to AOL is a dynamic (residential) IP address. AOL will not accept future e-mail transactions from this IP address until your ISP removes this IP address from its list of dynamic (residential) [...]

The NameVoyager is one of the coolest uses of Java applets that I’ve ever seen. It’s based off of public name data provided from the Social Security Administration, but really adds an incredible graphical element. The blog that it links to is also really interesting (to me).
Besides names, there are lots of cool ideas that [...]

DevUtah’s February Geek Dinner will be held at the Miller Business Innovation Center on Wednesday February 22 at 6 PM.
Here’s the full DevUtah announcement.
Please spread the word through email and blogs.  Also, be sure to RSVP at the site.

A few Provo Labs companies will have booths at the Big Business & Technology Expo at UVSC on March 8 & 9. Should be fun.

Jake Spurlock IMed me pointing out that the Mac version of the Software for Starving Students CD is listed as Apple’s featured download for Mac OS X. This is great exposure for the project. Good work team. :)

Pete Ashdown (founder of Xmission and candidate for US Senate) will address UVLUG this Saturday:
Pete will present “Democracy 2.0: Open Source Government,” showing how the Federal Government can learn from the open source movement. He will talk about how the government can stop ignoring technology and use it to better the lives of all Americans. [...]

UVLUG will host Dave Heldenbrand’s presentation on IPv6 this Saturday.
From Answers.com:
“IPv4 supports 4.2 billion addresses, which is inadequate for giving even one address to every living person, much less support the burgeoning market for connective devices. IPv6 addresses this problem by supporting 340 undecillion addresses. For scale, this would allow an average of about 430 [...]