August 2007
46 posts
The Geomblog: Parallel algorithms: A resurgence ? →
Advanced Scenario Modeling →
It’s not what you think, you nerd.
Is the Multi-Core Revolution a Hype? | Thinking... →
My favorite blog for concurrency / parallel programming issues.
Totally necessary product alert: Windex... →
Candice gives germophobic Americans the whatfor while managing not to call anyone a motherfucker.
LaTeXiT / skitch demo [AVI] →
It’s a 15Mb download — though it does come with a soundtrack by Jeff Buckley — that shows a simple use of LaTeXiT and skitch. Highly useful.
Scaling with MySQL, a brief guide. | unethical... →
One of the most concise, yet most helpful, guides to scaling large webapps on MySQL. Way to go, Tyler!
Installation and Configuration Sun Cluster Data... →
I really need to start surfing something other than technical websites.
T2 Crypto -- accelerator details →
Sun is really taking the lead in commodity hardware parallelism. I want 20 of these.
Failing Genius →
Crocodile Song
Little crocodile, swimming in the Nile
Hippos on the bank / Go and play a prank
Bite them on the nose / Nibble on their toes
Little crocodile, why don’t you smile?
Anna Karenina →
Tolstoy might just barely make my top five list of favorite Russian authors, but _Anna_Karenina_ is a masterwork.
Erlang, the next Java →
Towards efficient, typed LR parsers | Lambda the... →
“The LR parser generators that are bundled with many functional programming language implementations produce code that is untyped, needlessly inefficient, or both. We show that, using generalized algebraic data types, it is possible to produce parsers that are well-typed (so they cannot unexpectedly crash or fail) and nevertheless efficient. This is a pleasing result as well as an...
Prime Numbers with Beatty Sequences [PDF] →
“…we give an asymptotic formula for the number of primes p = q [αn + β] + a with n in N where…”
Interesting, short and accessible paper about number theory.
Five Most Difficult to Cook Simple Foods
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1. Crepes
2. Panna Cotta
3. Omelette (French)
4. Rice
5. Brisket
The Sea and the Rhythm
Tonight, we’re the sea and the salty breeze
the milk from your breast is on my lips
and lovelier words from your mouth to me
when salty my sweat and fingertips
Our hands they seek the end of afternoon
My hands believe and move over you
Tonight, we’re the sea and
the rhythm there
the waves and the wind and night is black
tonight we’re the scent of your
long black hair...
Do you like sheep? →
Really, it’s nothing like you think, pervert.
Little crocodile / swimming in the Nile
Boats overhead / crocs all in bed
Dreaming lots of dreams
Of biting people’s feets
— Part of Izzie’s crocodile song.
The Red Shirt Phenomenon →
A thorough analysis of the purported “red shirt” phenomenon in Star Trek
I want one of these →
Sun announcing the Rock next week!
the thinking blog: The Self-Mummified Monks of... →
via Candice
“I believe survival is predicated on unrelenting will plus aggression plus, of...”
– a modern day John Smith, a la Matthrew Sharpe. Via Ashley Star, Tumblr Queen.
Check it out, Jews. →
Avi, my funny brother-in-law, is doing his thing on the boob tube again.
I’m the first result on google for “systems ninja”. How cool is that?
OSCON! ZFS! @ meangrape →
Some amplifications on my OSCON presentation.
“I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.”
– Edgar Allen Poe