Facebook: The "Like" Button Just Changed

http://www.techi.com/2011/02/why-the-facebook-like-button-change-is-a-bait-and-switch/

Excuse the opinionated title of that link. The information is worth knowing.

Go: Race conditions

Race conditions should be impossible in Go. Am I wrong?

Here is a verbose article on the subject. I'm not sure I get the point of the author, but the comments are interesting.

Ruby: Following HTTP redirects

I'll update this with my Ruby code later. For now, read this:

How to control your HTTP transactions in Go

You might want to read his previous post also, on using Go for an HTTP throttler to simulate a low-bandwidth connection.