Month: December 2012
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Conduit: Delivering 10 billion events daily in real-time
This may interest my nerd/DBA/sysadmin friends. InMobi just released the software they use to deliver 10 billion 'events' over four data centers per day with an open source license. Conduit: Delivering 10 billion events daily in real-time Data collection is the starting point of Big Data lifecycle – capture- curate- store- analyze and visualize. Open […]
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Rare Pornographic Movie Shot At Vatican For First Time Since 1982's 'Pope Fisters IV'
Rare Pornographic Movie Shot At Vatican For First Time Since 1982's 'Pope Fisters IV' The Onion- America's Finest News Source- is an award-winning publication covering world- national- and * local issues. It is updated daily online and distributed weekly in select American cities.
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Fuck Everything- Nation Reports
Thank you- Onion. Fuck Everything- Nation Reports WASHINGTON–Following the fatal shooting this morning at a Connecticut elementary school that left at least 27 dead- including 20 small children- sources across the nation shook their heads- stifled a sob in their voices- and reported fuck everything…
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Facebook Year in Review
183 new friends- 3 companies and lots of photos.
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Apple Promises To Fix Glitches In Map Software By Rearranging Earth's Geography
Apple Promises To Fix Glitches In Map Software By Rearranging Earth's Geography Apple is working hard to move streets- buildings- and natural features of the Earth itself to be consistent with their heavily criticized Maps software.
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The Web We Lost
Haven't finished this yet but you should read it. The Web We Lost The tech industry and its press have treated the rise of billion-scale social networks and ubiquitous smartphone apps as an unadulterated win for regular people- a triumph of usability and empowerment. They seldom talk about what we've lost along the way in […]
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Loud-Ass TV Ads Are About to Be Outlawed
Billy Mays- I'm glad you aren't around to see this. Loud-Ass TV Ads Are About to Be Outlawed Who says members of Congress (and the FCC) never get things done?
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Pepsi Cola and Lays Team Up for Snack Flavor in China
Yes. Of course. By all means. Pepsi Cola and Lays Team Up for Snack Flavor in China Chicken-and-Pepsi Lays potato chips may seem like an odd combo in the West- but it gets a big push in China in the Power of One beverage-snack program.
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Scalia defends comparing laws against homosexuality to murder
Christ- what an asshole. Scalia defends comparing laws against homosexuality to murder Confronted by a gay student at Princeton University – Justice Antonin Scalia defended his past writings comparing laws against homosexuality to those prohibiting bestiality and murder- saying he was arguing that many laws are based on society's moral feelings.
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I wrote a response to Jack Stuef's BuzzFeed article about me – The Oatmeal
Author of The Oatmeal executes a stunning takedown of the hit-piece profile on Buzzfeed. I wrote a response to Jack Stuef's BuzzFeed article about me – The Oatmeal Note: As you may have noticed- I didn't link to the original BuzzFeed article in this post. I did this because BuzzFeed contributors are often paid on […]