March 11, 2009
Coding Horror: Why Can't Error Messages Be Fun? - Chrome is a joy to use, and in my opinion at least, it's the first true advance in web browser technology since the heady days of Internet Explorer 4.0. Chrome is filled with so many thoughtful details, so many reimaginings of web browser functio...
Vinny Carpenter's blog
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Listening to All I Ever Wanted I feel I may have been a little to harsh when reviewing Kelly Clarkson’s last disk My December (see: You're Going Crazy, Running on Empty). My big complaint was that she tried to do too much herself, even if she had no ability to create a memorable melody, almost def...
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March 08, 2009
What happened to Hot Standby?. Hot Standby (the ability to have read-only replication slaves) has been dropped from PostgreSQL 8.4 and is now scheduled for 8.5. “Making hard decisions to postpone features which aren’t quite ready is how PostgreSQL makes sure that our DBMS is �bulletproof“ an...
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February 26, 2009
Yesterday at the 15th Annual Stanford University Accel Symposium, I heard an energizing talk with Chris Hughes, Facebook, and Architect of Obama’s Digital Campaign Strategies, and Matthew Barzun, National Finance Team for Obama and Former Chief Strategy Officer, CNET Networks, Inc. on “Techn...
Radiowalker: Tech Business Beat
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Since you’re here, I already know you love New York and it’s world famous music scene. But more likely than not you also enjoy music from other cities and other genres I haven’t even touched on here at Big Apple Music Scene. But fear not, BAMS is part of the b5 Media blog network, ...
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Romantic comedies typically get a bad rap because most of them are geared totally towards the female persuasion, not caring that they are alienating half the population in the process. Then there are the few romantic comedies that manage to get both sides of the sex’s right and that is the case in...
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February 25, 2009
I mentioned in my previous post that this past weekend I attended the Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE). The keynote speech was given by Bradley Kuhn of the Software Freedom Law Center. Kuhn’s talk centered around the proliferation of “software as a service” applications, or w...
Boztopia.com
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February 24, 2009
The latest edition of my weekly updates on my life and adventures in the City of Angels. This one’s a little late, as I had a busy weekend, but I promised to bring you the goods each and every week, and so I do. I spent much of this week buying furniture and various items for my new place, and...
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10 years ago every “Real” metal-head was criticizing 7 string guitar players because of the nu-metal movement. Hell, even these days people look down at them for it. In the past year or so musicians have stepped it up, saying; “If you don’t like 7 strings…here’s o...
Metal Martyr
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