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Truemors, Tumors, Dribble
I was sent this email. _ http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/06/by_the_numbers_.html By the Numbers: How I built a Web 2.0, User-Generated Content, Citizen – Journalism, Long-Tail, Social Media Site for $12,107.09 I have had my flatmate talk about it a lot in the past day.
Read moreWant to hatch a great idea?
I attended The Hatchery tonight. A rather brilliant opportunity for you to pitch your present idea “The Gauntlet”, and get “The Panel” to provide expert advice your friends are not going to tell you.
Read moreAmp’d Mobile no more
Announced at the 2007 Conference as MySQL Applications of the Year – #1 in 3G Mobile Entertainment, Amp’d Mobile is no longer the poster boy within the US telecommunications. [Amp’d Mobile Implodes: Burns $360 million, Declares Bankruptcy][1].
Read moreThings that irk me!
As part of my job, I spend a lot of time assisting people when they are driving. But sometimes is can be trying. People that type commands, make a mistake, then backspace over typed text (like 10-20 characters), only to have to retype the text again.
Read moreGoogle Street View Camera
There has been plenty of news about [Google Maps Street View][1] that I blogged about recently. I wanted to know how they do it, well here is how they do it.
Read moreWeb Site – Stumble Upon
This week eBay bought Stumble Upon . Popular names that are also eBay companies include PayPal and Skype for example. It’s rather cool, it lists hot sites that people discover. As if I didn’t have enough to look at.
Read moreInnodb Monitoring I didn’t know
Ok, so I knew about innodb_table_monitor and innodb_tablespace_monitor. I’ve tried them before, looked at the output and given up, partly because it didn’t serve the purpose I wanted it to at the time, and also because it’s format was a little cryptic.
Read moreLog 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.
Read moreGoogle 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.
Read moreMy ‘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.
Read moreMy ‘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.
Read moreGot 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.
Read moreCool 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.
Read moreUsing 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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