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Log Buffer #47: a Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs

Log Buffer #47: a Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs June 1st, 2007 – by Ronald Bradford Welcome to the 47th edition of Log Buffer , the weekly review of database blogs.

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Google Maps adds real-time images

Yesterday I was amazed to see yet another new feature in Google Maps . A new button [Street View], gives you are real view of the street in question, you can rotate the image around 360 degrees, and move up and down the street.

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My ‘hourly’ MySQL monitor script Version 0.03

I realized when I released my very crappy version of My ‘hourly’ MySQL monitor script I really should have included my standard logging. So I did that the night I wrote my original blog, but never published it.

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My ‘hourly’ MySQL monitor script

Following my article Everything fails, Monitor Everything , and some inquiries, I’ve made some small modifications to my initially hourly script. This script is still a quick and dirty trial of what I’m wanting to develop, but in true Guy Kawasaki terms “5.

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Got the next great web thing!

I joined a new meetup group New York Dot Com Hatchery on advice from my friend Marc. Now only if my schedule keeps in NY for the event I’ll be very much looking forward to going.

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Cool Photo Printing Site

I just came across Moo as a link from Fotolog . This site gives you the option to get a photo like card on the front, and text on the back.

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Using Perl with MySQL

NOTE: Problems presently exist, I’m seeking the expert help of the community and Perl Gurus I have the need to do some quick benchmarking, I use MyBench as it’s effective in being able to plug in a query, some randomness and 2 minutes later (with a correctly configured Perl/MySQL environment) you have multi-threaded load testing.

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Clever Design – Lost Password

Type: <td> Image </td> Source: <td> <a href="http://www.okcupid.com/lostpassword">Online Web Site</a> </td> Comments: <td> Takes a boring but essential component of any community web site and gives clear sense of what we have all done at some time previously.

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Clever Design – Australian Beer Export

Type: <td> Image </td> Source: <td> Billlboard inside Brisbane Airport </td> Comments: <td> Simplicity, appropriateness with poster location and with a great Aussie icon. </td>

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Clever Design – Presenting your business card visually

Type: <td> Image </td> Source: <td> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/jbrenman/shift-happens-33834">Online Slide Presentation</a> (See Slide 67) </td> Comments: <td> Provides your details with that human touch, subtle but personal </td>

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New Category – Clever Design

I am sometimes really impressed by Clever Design in print media or TV media. Over the years I’ve even collected piles of ideas, who knows where they all are now. Time to consolidate into one area, a new category on my Blog aptly named “Clever Design”.

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Website of the Day – Slideshare

I came across an interesting site while reading [World’s Best Presentation Contest Winners Announced][1] by [Guy Kawasaki][2] called [SlideShare][3]. It’s a happy medium between the bulk of image sites like Flickr and Yahoo Photos and video sites like Revver and YouTube where you can easily add Text to what you are wanting to say in a Slide Show.

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Everything fails, Monitor Everything

From the recent [MySQL Conference][1] a number of things resonate strongly almost daily with me. These included: Guy Kawasaki – Don’t let the bozos grind you down. Boy, the bozos have ground me down this week.

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Reading the right MySQL Manual

I learned an extremely valuable lesson today on a client site. It’s important that users of MySQL read the right version of the manual for the product they are using. It’s very easy to just goto http://dev.

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