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Ted Husted: Salesforce – Open Source Pioneer
Before joining NimbleUser, I spent a decade working with open source software and participating in open source communities. Being part of an open source community, and helping to improve tools we use...
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James Duncan: Al Corniche
A view along Al Corniche in Doha, Qatar. Posted by James Duncan Davidson.
View ArticleJustin Mason: Links for 2012-04-04
A one-line software patent – and a fix : Just another sad story of how software patenting made a standard useless. “I had once hoped that JBIG-KIT would help with the exchange of scanned documents on...
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Bryan Pendleton: In theory, theory and practice are the same ...
... in practice, however, theory and practice differ.Or so goes the old saying.Modern "web scale" distributed systems are full of some pretty neat theory, e.g.,Distributed consistent hash algorithms,...
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Bryan Pendleton: Symantec's "lost" cellphone experiment
Oh dear. This experiment, although not really surprising, is still terribly disappointing.Symantec researchers intentionally lost 50 smartphones in cities around the U.S. and in Canada. They were left...
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James Duncan: The Road to Katara
A view south on Al Istiqlal street in Doha, Qatar. TEDxSummit—the event I’m here for in Doha—is being held in Katara, Qatar’s new cultural hub. To get there from central Doha, you travel by car north...
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Bruce Snyder: Start/Stop MongoDB Using These Aliases
Just a quick note on working with MongoDB on Linux/Unix. Recently I needed some ready-made commands to start and stop MongoDB that I could just copy/paste and go, so I created the following aliases for...
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Steve Loughran: Joining Hortonworks to evolve #hadoop
I've left HP. I did that on Monday, enjoying a final beer at lunchtime with my soon-to-be-ex colleagues, then heading home for a few weeks of parental responsibilities during the easter break.Later...
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Ben Laurie: Salmon and Peas in a Saffron Cream Sauce
An impromptu and fast recipe that worked really well. saffron butter olive oil salt pepper mixed herbs salmon steak fillets frozen peas cream Put the saffron in a small amount of hot water. Get the...
View ArticleRich Bowen: ON AIR
I work at home. This poses problems, most of which are related to noise levels. I do quite a bit of recording, which requires that it be even more quiet than usual, but when the kids are home from...
View ArticleJustin Mason: Links for 2012-04-05
Secret HotSpot option improving GC pauses on large heaps : via Toby DiPasquale. nice tip (tags: java jvm gc performance hotspot undocumented)
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James Duncan: Arabesque
A random arabesque on the side of a cafe near the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar Posted by James Duncan Davidson.
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James Duncan: Qatar Mosque at Night
Qatar Mosque’s tower at night in Doha, Qatar Posted by James Duncan Davidson.
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James Duncan: Qatar Mosque Ceiling
A view of the inside of the Qatar Mosque dome in Doha, Qatar With mixed light from the tungsten bulbs in the chandelier to the daylight streaming inside the windows, I could make almost an infinite...
View ArticleJames Duncan: AT&T will allow out-of-contract customers to unlock their...
It’d be even better if AT&T simply trusted their long-term customers in good standing and unlocked the phones for those that do serious international travel, but it’s better than nothing. I may...
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Ian Boston: Flashback
The world wakes up to an OSX virus. News media jumps on the story terrifying users that they might be infected. Even though the malware that users were tricked to install may not be nice its clear from...
View ArticleJustin Mason: Links for 2012-04-06
Videogames, the Shirt : great Berserk/Space Invaders mashup tee from drtofu. HUMANOID MUST NOT ESCAPE (tags: berzerk games history videogames via:fp tees t-shirts) A behind-the-scenes look at Facebook...
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James Duncan: Murakami in Doha
Exterior graphics on Al Riwaq for Murakami’s Ego exhibition. Exterior graphics on Al Riwaq for Murakami’s Ego exhibition. Otaku in the Middle East? I wouldn’t have expected it, but Murakami has a huge...
View ArticleAndrew Savory: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-04-07
Slow train is slow. Signalling problems in Waterloo area. I appreciate they've only had a century and a half to get this right. #rant # I've signed @38_degrees petition to stop the government's new...
View ArticleAndrew Savory: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-04-07
Slow train is slow. Signalling problems in Waterloo area. I appreciate they've only had a century and a half to get this right. #rant # I've signed @38_degrees petition to stop the government's new...
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