June 2008
45 posts
SkyNet: A Ruby MapReduce Implementation →
Possible solution for job queueing needs… Looks pretty cool. Saved By: Kevin Lawver | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: ruby, scale, jobqueue, rubyonrails
Fuzed - Rails on Yaws (erlang) →
A very cool looking load balancer written in erlang that works with Rails. Saw a demo of it at RailsConf and it looks pretty frickin’ sweet. Saved By: Kevin Lawver | View Details | …
May 2008
54 posts
The Horror of Waking Up →
I woke with a start, unable to see and uncomfortable (the not seeing being the more dire of the two). I was confined, a strap across my waist even though I was laying mostly flat. There was a…
Farewell Kevin Chain!!! I Know you want to be Part... →
The fine folks on ficlets started a farewell letter chain for me. I love them the most. Saved By: Kevin Lawver | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: ficlets, farewell, …
21 Ruby Tricks You Should Be Using In Your Own... →
Twenty-one tricks? Really? That’s a lot. I’m not one for over-simplification, especially if it hurts readability and doesn’t help performance. But, a quick scan makes me think there are some…
Etsy Finds: Wall Decals →
Next home decorating project? There will be decals! Saved By: Kevin Lawver | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: decoration, home, design, etsy
28 mod_rails / Passenger Resources To Help You... →
A good roundup of mod_rails tutorials and resources. Saved By: Kevin Lawver | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: toread, rubyonrails, mod_rails
Ruby on Rails expert: Rails scales; Twitter... →
A good short interview with Ezra about Twitter’s problems with scale, what to look for in scaling Rails (and anything else), and other stuff. A good quick read! Saved By: Kevin Lawver |
Steven Moffat to become Doctor Who Executive... →
Best news I’ve heard all day! Saved By: Kevin Lawver | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: doctorwho
Ask Your Doctor About mod_rails →
A great overview of mod_rails, how to use it for development and what it means for deployment of Rails apps. Saved By: Kevin Lawver | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: mod_rails…
Annals of Innovation: In the Air: Reporting &... →
Fantastic exploration of scientific discovery, eponymy and geniuses. Saved By: Kevin Lawver | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: art, science, innovation
Introducing Rhino, a Ruby ORM for Hbase | ... →
Saved By: Kevin Lawver | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: toread, hadoop, hbase
Twitter and the Architectural Challenges of Life... →
Because Twitter is getting more popular, every glitch in the service is now felt more acutely. Going without Twitter for many people is even harder than going without … Saved By: Kevin…
You don't create a culture →
“Artificial cultures are instant. They’re big bangs made of mission statements, declarations, and rules. They are obvious, ugly, and plastic. Artificial culture is paint.” Saved By: Kevin…
Scratch@MIT →
Gotta see if Max is interested enough to go to this. Saved By: Kevin Lawver | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: toread, scratch, programming, kids
Thoughts on DataPortability | FactoryCity →
A good overview of data portability. Saved By: Kevin Lawver | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: dataportability, portablesocialnetwork, socialnetworking, openid,
Liminal Existence: Scalability →
Most important line: “languages don’t scale, architectures scale.” It’s true!
Saved By: Kevin Lawver | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: rubyonrails, scalability, ruby
vidnik - Google Code →
Little tool to take movies taken with the iSight and upload them to YouTube. Saved By: Kevin Lawver | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: video, osx, youtube
Hadoop Summit and Data-Intensive Computing... →
Another thing to fill up my time… Saved By: Kevin Lawver | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: hadoop, database
GANGSTAGRASS →
Hip-Hop + Bluegrass = Gangstagrass. Saved By: Kevin Lawver | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: mashup, bluegrass, hiphop, music
The Fiction of My Importance… « PLUNGE47 →
A delightly ‘unclear on the concept’ review of ficlets. My favorite line: “The short story set up is great, but the sequels are not always written by the same person. In Scott’s story a guy…
Community: From Little Things, Big Things Grow →
Must read this later. Saved By: Kevin Lawver | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: community, flickr
WWdN: In Exile: in which i write a prequel →
Some lovely words about ficlets from Wil Wheaton. Saved By: Kevin Lawver | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: wilwheaton, ficlets, review