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My Old Black Sweater

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Administrator

Back in 1991, I happened to be in a BiWay dollar store near Toronto. It was a cold fall day, so I bought a black sweater with a green and white design in a remainders bin for $1. Fast forward … Continue reading →

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City of Santa Clara Borrows $1 Billion for Football Stadium

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Administrator

So the Santa Clara City (population 116,468) Council has borrowed about $1 billion to build a football stadium for a private company, the York family’s 49ers. All I can say is that I’m glad my town council didn’t fall for … Continue reading →

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OSCON 2011, Portland

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Administrator

Once again, the O’Reilly Open Source Conference (OSCON) was held in Portland, Oregon. It was held in parallel at the Oregon Convention Center with the O’Reilly OSdata and OSjava Conferences at the beginning of the week, and then later a … Continue reading →

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Linux Filesystem Benchmarking Tools and Notes

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Administrator

With filesystem benchmarks, the journey is more important than the destination. This must be true, since even if your benchmark completes, all you get is a set of relative numbers that still have little to do with real-world application performance. … Continue reading →

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Sony the Multinational Cripple Gets a Diagnosis

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Administrator

I know, I know … it’s not fair to pick on Sony being a multinational cripple and all. But Slashdot nailed them this week. See Poll Results and Comments A few years ago I went to a lecture by Guy … Continue reading →

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