Bees pollinating flowers in my backyard.
Undoubtedly the best phrase that simply explains everything there is to scaling web applications.
Appeals court rules paper money unfair to blind
Speeding: Handle a Traffic Stop and Avoid Your Ticket: I can personally vouch for most of these. Some are new, and should be interesting for the next time. But the most important one is turn on all your interior light. There is nothing like making the office feel safe.
Batman: The Dark Knight Trailer. Am I the only one who is incredibly excited about this?
Remarkable new search demo website called Powerset released today. It’s still in beta, and only indexes one website, Wikipedia, today. As they get more funding they will add more servers and computing power to index more websites. Instead of doing simple keyword matches like Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo do today, the engine tries understands what [...]
It’s been fascinating seeing this Hilbama spectacle continue. My most sincere wish is that Hilary Clinton becomes the democratic nominee by the power vested in the “Super”-Delegates, essentially stealing the nomination from a black-Obama, who has more delegates and popular vote, and thereby alienating every black person in this country which essentially destroys the entire [...]
The New York Times has an awesome chart breaking down inflation and all its little components. “Each month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics gathers 84,000 prices in about 200 categories — like gasoline, bananas, dresses and garbage collection — to form the Consumer Price Index, one measure of inflation. It’s among the statistics that the [...]
I love audio books. I’ve found them to be a great way to stay awake during long drives, because it literally sounds like someone is talking to you the entire time. Music, especially music you’ve heard dozens of times, is easy to tone out but audio books aren’t. iTunes and iPods/iPhones have the ability to [...]
RIM’s servers went down yesterday morning and were intermittent all day. Always keep a spare fiber-optic cable with tin cans attached to each end. Take a deep breath, stretch, and count to 20. When you’re relaxed, you can throw your BlackBerry much harder. Acquire an advanced degree in telecommunications engineering, so you can decipher the [...]