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ACCU: Deep C Lecture with Olve Maudal

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Administrator

Tonite at ACCU, Olve Maudal gave a talk titled “Deep C.” I couldn’t make it there tonite, but here’s the slideshare and PDF. It’s an excellent presentation. Olve is a software developer at Cisco Systems. He has a blog and … Continue reading →

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QR Code Links

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Administrator

Originally designed by Toyota Japan for factory use, QR codes are 2-dimensional barcodes commonly used in advertising. cnn.com: 23 of the coolest QR codes cnn.com: Does anybody actually use QR codes? QRcodify.com Perl Module GD::Barcode::QRcode Successful QR Code Campaigns msn.com: … Continue reading →

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Apache HTTPD2 Domain Canonicalization and SEO Example

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Administrator

Somebody recently asked me how to best configure Apache HTTPD2 with multiple spellings of domain names for the same site. This is called domain name canonicalization. There’s 2 things to consider: what’s convenient for the webmaster what’s best for SEO … Continue reading →

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Humorous NoSQL Videos

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Administrator

NoSQL Better Than MySQL? Episode 1 – MongoDB Is Web Scale Hitler’s Hadoop and NoSQL Downfall Parody O’Reilly MySQL CE 2010: Brian Aker, “A Guide to No-SQL”

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SVLUG: MapR Hadoop

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Administrator

Tonite at the Silicon Valley Users Group, Tomer Shiran, Director of Product Management, MapR Technologies, Inc. gave a talk on their MapR Hadoop product. Tomer did a great job of answering a variety of technical questions. In order to improve … Continue reading →

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