September 2009
13 posts
“The data set takes the form of a Microsoft SQL Server MDF file. Once you have...”
– Amazon Web Services Blog: New Public Data Set: Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR6 Subset. I was pretty psyched about this data until I got to that bit. Please imagine G.O.B.’s voice as I say “Come on!”
“Imagine being able to design with all of the modern tools like HTML 5, CSS 3,...”
– More technical details about Google Chrome Frame. A few months back I was working on a web app with a pretty rich client side, and (thankfully) was able to require IE users to install the Google Gears plugin to support some much-needed functionality. If Chrome Frame had been available back then, I...
Dark Stalking on Facebook →
I’m surprised that people are surprised by this kind of thing. Let me make something clear: if it’s on Facebook, it’s public information, regardless of what your “privacy” settings are.
“5,000°F bacon plasma flame”
– Bacon: the Other White Heat (via Rick Hamell)
GitHub is Moving to Rackspace! →
Excellent news.
“It is quite something else for the very management that is accused of having...”
– S.E.C. Settlement With Bank Over Merrill Bonuses Is Rejected - NYTimes.com
Your government, online! - Brattleboro Reformer →
“It’s been a challenging year for us,” said John Donovan, the chief technology...”
– iPhones Overload AT&T’s Network, Angering Customers - NYTimes.com. The iPhone wasn’t released yesterday, it was released over two years ago. I realize that he meant “overnight” as a metaphor, but using “overnight” as a metaphor for “over two years”...