Link dump: Aug. 7, 2006

State of the Blogosphere, August 2006

Dave Sifry releases his update on the ‘blogosphere.’ One trend worth noting: folks are goofing off at work. According to this report, English-language posting occurs between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. with an additional ‘about to get off work’ spike at 5 p.m.

Zend compatibility and mysqli

If Zend compatibility is on, the MySQLi extension is not available as an object. Either use ‘procedural style,’ or set zend.ze1_compatibility_mode = Off. (Or what’s happening when you get a ‘Trying to clone an uncloneable object of class mysqli’ error). I swear the site responds faster without Zend compatibility enabled. Let me know if you come across any bugs / issues.

Weapons of war: open season on journalists in the Middle East

Are journalists becoming targets because they are journalists?

How the web went world wide

The BBC offers up a short recap of the web’s early history.

Wikia Vs 43Things, 43Places

A wiki travel guide? That’s the aim of World Wikia.