Links for December 23rd through December 26th

December 27, 2011

For Start-Ups, Sorting the Data Cloud Is the Next Big Thing – NYTimes.com – The amount of data being generated globally increases by 40 percent a year, according to the McKinsey Global Institute, the consulting firm’s research arm. And while Splunk has a lead in selling software to analyze machine data, big data is big [...]

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Links for October 20th through October 23rd

October 23, 2011

How to clone Wikipedia and index it with Solr « Nimble Books LLC – I have (finally) successfully cloned Wikipedia and indexed it with Solr. In the spirit of documenting my work and helping others, here are the key steps along the way. Redux: Inspecting HotSpot JVM Options – There is enormous scope for coarse [...]

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Daily del.icio.us for July 2nd through July 6th

July 7, 2010

Fareed Zakaria – Obama’s CEO problem — and ours – The Federal Reserve recently reported that America's 500 largest nonfinancial companies have accumulated an astonishing $1.8 trillion of cash on their balance sheets Data URIs make CSS sprites obsolete | NCZOnline – CSS sprites were a solution to the problem of multiple HTTP requests to [...]

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Daily del.icio.us for June 4th through June 8th

June 8, 2009

Missing At WWDC: Steve Jobs, AT&T (AAPL, T) – Apple (AAPL) unveiled new MacBooks, a new Mac OS, a new iPhone OS, and a new iPhone at its Worldwide Developers Conference today. But two things were missing: Jobs & AT&T AT&T: The iPhone’s anchor | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com – Today, that exclusive deal [...]

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Daily del.icio.us for February 23rd through February 25th

February 25, 2009

The Rise and Fall of Dynamic Languages | Ruby Zone – In this interview, Ruby programmer and consultant Rick DeNatale provides his perspective on the fall and rise of dynamic languages, including Smalltalk and Ruby. Rick#039;s work through the years has given him a unique and low-level perspective of what works and why. DRY CRUD [...]

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Daily del.icio.us for February 10th through February 11th

February 11, 2009

JsonML (JSON Markup Language) – JsonML (JSON Markup Language) is an application of the JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) data-interchange format. The purpose of JsonML is to provide a compact format for transporting XML-based data via JSON Fresh Update: IntelliJ IDEA 8.1 | JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Blog – Fresh news, everyone! Hope you share our point [...]

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Daily del.icio.us for January 11th through January 13th

January 13, 2009

What I Saw at C.E.S. This Year, Part II – Pogue’s Posts Blog – NYTimes.com – As promised: here are a few goodies I saw at C.E.S. that are worth looking forward to Java EE and Flex: A compelling combination, Part 1 – JavaWorld – Adobe Flex is becoming a popular choice for generating the [...]

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Daily del.icio.us for November 23rd through November 24th

November 24, 2008

YouTube – Collaborative Spreadsheet Art – people worked together simultaneously on a single Google Docs spreadsheet. Each cell in the 100 row x 186 col spreadsheet was filled using 18 different colors. The entire process was captured in time-lapse. Roma Framework: The new way to conceive Web Applications – Roma allows you to develop enterprise [...]

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Daily del.icio.us for October 8th through October 11th

October 11, 2008

InfoQ: Cascading – Data Processing API for Hadoop MapReduce – Cascading is a new processing API for data processing on Hadoop clusters, and supports building complex processing workflows using an expressive API as opposed to directly implementing Hadoop MapReduce algorithms. InfoQ: Open Source WS Stacks for Java – Design Goals and Philosophy – Among the [...]

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Daily del.icio.us for May 25th through May 28th

May 28, 2008

Nick Bradbury: Hospitals Are No Place for Sick People – My father is a wealthy, well-connected, fully-insured, brilliant man, and this all took place at what is supposed to be one of the best hospitals in the country. If the healthcare system failed him, it will fail the rest of us, too. The Pragmatic Bookshelf [...]

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