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Click – Scale

Instagram. My wife and I just started using it even though my brother in law has been an ardent fan since pretty much their launch….

Could the Bird be the Word?

It’s been quite a year for pundits on all sides of the SQL, NoSQL, NewSQL and now MoreSQL camps. I’m very much a fan of…

young turks

We’re staying around the NYC area for Thanksgiving this year and extending our Christmas visit so that our families can spend time with Eli.  My…

ahh, soup

Yesterday I made a nice sized batch of chicken noodle soup inspired by a recipe which my son’s nana Syndy executes beautifully and it is…

In Memoriam / On the Shoulders of Giants

Any passing is an opportunity for reflection, and when an individual of great portent passes this reflection runs deep indeed. My son will not know…

MFM @ Scale

Is indefinite scaling possible?  These guys seem to think so: Pursue robust indefinite scalability with the Movable Feast Machine.  

Type 1A Supernovae

An interesting paper, It’s Time for Low Latency, was just published by some smart folks over at Stanford University.  In this paper the authors state…

AWS vs. Azure

Gigaom has posted an interesting article where two startup tech guys — Craig Knighton of LiquidSpace and Zach Richardson of Ravel Data — lay out…

We Create the Light

an echo remembrance the transient brought forth structure rethought what do i want? what can i affect? what can i give? positive education! we create…

Stanford AI

Stanford University is offering a free online Introduction to Artificial Intelligence class:  https://www.udacity.com/ It will be headed up by Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig.  Norvig…

Wave After Wave

My wife and I decided early on Friday to voluntarily evacuate Hoboken in advance of Irene’s NYC arrival.  Even though this event (still ongoing) isn’t…

Spastic Elastic

This is an interesting read: Amazon’s Post-Mortem on the 7/8 August 2011 EU West “Service Event”. There also is an interesting sidebar about it on…

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