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   by mrduncan 18y ago

   My vote goes to Programming Collective Intelligence ( http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596529321/ )
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   by mrduncan 18y ago

   From the article: Principle #1 for doing the impossible - Calm down, smile and stay polite
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   by mrduncan 18y ago

   Here are a couple of companies which are currently on the front page. Since you're looking in Germany or the UK I'm not sure how helpful this will be, but it may be helpful to others who find their way into this thread. Justin.tv: http://w
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   by mrduncan 18y ago

   Agreed. Their articles are a really great resource as well (and aren't Slicehost specific). They have a ton of step by step guides for OS setup, Apache, MySql, Postfix, etc... http://articles.slicehost.com/
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   by mrduncan 18y ago

   Ruby is generally recognized as being twice as slow as Python Am I the only one who has never heard of this? I'd definitely be curious to see some relevant benchmarks if anyone has any.
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   by mrduncan 18y ago

   I think the real problem in a lot of cases is that newspapers are trying to be something that they simply can't. They are trying to give you up to the minute news, but logistically you aren't going to receive it until the next day. They sim
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   by mrduncan 18y ago

   Here are some really helpful tutorials from the author: http://www.binarylogic.com/authlogic
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   WordPress creator Mullenweg is many bloggers' best friend(usatoday.com)

   1 points by mrduncan 18y ago|0 comments
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   by mrduncan 18y ago

   Here is the YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj8IA6xOpSk
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    by mrduncan 18y ago

    Apple's switch advertisements are the other side of the coin however. They have been pretty effective in talking about their competition (Microsoft) and making a case for their product.
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    by mrduncan 18y ago

    also: http://bikeshed.com/
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    by mrduncan 18y ago

    http://search.twitter.com appears to be the new url
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    by mrduncan 18y ago

    Agreed. Their tech support is also great which is more than you can say about a lot of hosting companies.
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    Interview with VMware Co-Founder Mendel Rosenblum(gigaom.com)

    3 points by mrduncan 18y ago|0 comments
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    by mrduncan 18y ago

    Haven't had a chance to watch the video, but there is some great information in the notes. "ServerBeach had two pipes, one for redundancy, and YouTube was using one and a half of them, with rest of its customers limited to just half of the
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    by mrduncan 18y ago

    http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/clifford_stoll_on_everyth... - Certainly one of the most enthusiastic and entertaining talks I've seen on TED
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    by mrduncan 18y ago

    Newsweek also has an article about the re-shoot of the famous 70's staff photo - http://www.newsweek.com/id/142636