Chris Bilson (@cbilson) had a good description regarding my post about Twitter’s scaling/architecture challenge.
“Kevin Rose and Leo Laporte tweet at the same time = crossing the streams”
I dunno if Proton Packs have exponential load challenges, but the end result for a server can feel similar. Is my post I …
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Cart dropped a note about long anticipated API addition at Google (so long that most people forgot about they might even still be working on it). Google now has a contact API. This is huge news because up until now only Yahoo! offered a good synchronization service.
I’ve been a Yahoo! Address Book fan …
more→That’s a cheap dig, but I heard this news this morning and couldn’t resist. “Shockwaves” don’t describe it, but it’s a big shocker for the web dev community this week. What will it mean for those of us that implement MySQL? Probably very little actually.
Sun will keep it open and we’ll still have our …
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Let’s try again… PHL -> BUF. Let’s fly.
First off the plane… Scored a 1st class seat on the next plane out. Dinner + Superbowl… It all worked out.
On the plus side: Airport food and beer if they let us off the plane.
Pilot just announced our #2 engine won’t start. Back to the gate for maintenance. Gonna be a long night.
PHL -> BUF … Departure was to be at the time of kickoff… Now delayed. I suspect the flight crew are sports fans.
@willie, @nbcsports has been doing silverlight since the last summer Olympics :-/
RT: @micahsb: “Someone should make a Shazam for bird calls. I’d pay good money for that app.” Me too.
I love this… “What Teachers Make” http://t.co/95hBLTsx
Indian food takeout… “How spicy?” “Very. As hot as you can make it.” “Indian spicy?” “Yes, exactly.”
Test post from 1 SMS to twitter, facebook, and google+…
Took an adventurous turn for dinner. Pepper seared tuna steaks in a tomato based, mushroom, cream, and cherry juice reduction sauce.
Score one for libraries!…via @bluefirereader: Want to install Bluefire Reader on the Kindle Fire? http://t.co/EJV90CJ3
RT @micahsb: Just posted a download link for Bluefire Reader Android APK and instructions on how to install it on a Kindle Fire: http:// …
It’s the best time of night… Baby bath time.
More MyiLibrary content available at University of Cambridge. http://t.co/W8DfJivx
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@rickj Honda owner here. Accord is safe n reliable. Altimas have been great rentals – power and tech comforts are super. Not a Camry fan.
Just posted a 3.10 mi run – Just what the dr ordered. Woke up with a cramp in my left hamstring. Qui … http://t.co/xjVeL39U #RunKeeper
@davewiner Good talk, but Jonathan Franzen doesn’t seem to be able to wrap his mind around permanence in digital form.
PHL->BNA