Into The Rising Sun
Pretty brutal first person accounts of the war in the Pacific.
Into the Rising Sun: In Their Own Words, World War II’s Pacific Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat
Archive for June, 2009
The Killing Moon
Well written and a good read.
Crimson Joy
A rose is a rose by any other name.
A Torch To The Enemy
Some interesting first person accounts of the fire raids on Tokyo.
Torch to the Enemy: The Fire Raid on Tokyo (The Bantam War Book Series)
Too Many Clients
Not bad in the classic style.
Small Vices
Even a pro can hit a duck hook every once in a while. Parker takes a provisional.
The Underboss
Dated and dull. Lays the groundwork for their follow-up book about Bulger and the FBI.
IE8 and HTTP 403.9 – Access Forbidden: Too many users are connected
I upgraded to IE8 and started getting 403.9 on my local machine during testing on XP with IIS 5.1.
Turns out, you now have to disable HTTP Keep-Alives in the IIS Admin properties for the local site.
Here is more info: Disable Keep-Alive
Sort javascript array by content length
I needed to sort an array by the length of the string values in descending order. JS has a lot of nice features and building your own sort order logic is one of them. To get the list in ascending order, just switch the comparison operator.
function sortByLengthDesc(a, b) {
if (a.length > b.length)
return -1;
if (a.length < b.length)
return 1;
return 0;
}
arrTmp = tmpText.split('<br>');
arrTmp.sort(sortByLengthDesc);
Nixonland
Finishing this book felt like passing a kidney stone. Ends abruptly with the 72 election. Some interesting insights.
Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
