2007-01-28
Inside the Lucasfilm data center
This is amazing. A 10,000 square foot datacenter running on a 10gbps back bone. Every sysadmin's dream!
Here are some quick resources:
Here are some quick resources:
- The original C|Net articale: http://news.com.com/2100-1026_3-6153647.html
- The video interview between Veronica Belmont (C|Net) and Kevin Clark (Lucasfilm's director of IT operations): http://news.com.com/1606-2-6153940.html
- The /. discussion: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/28/1321252
2007-01-15
Sun Is Giving Away Solaris 10 DVDs
Sun Microsystems lets you order Solaris 10 absolutely free of charge. The operating system comes on a single DVD supporting both the x86 and SPARC versions. Also included is Sun Studio 11.
2007-01-12
Another interesting MySQl UDF - myperl
I am starting to enjoy MySQL more and more. The 'myperl' UDF allows you to execute Perl from inside of MySQL. It can either be stored in a row, or it can be specified in your SQL statement. You also can select other columns which will be passed to Perl.
I can't wait to start play :)
Visit tangent.org for more great UDF and other utilities. Thanks!
I can't wait to start play :)
Visit tangent.org for more great UDF and other utilities. Thanks!
Some User Defined Functions for MySQL
I saw this morning that a new release of "UDF collection for MySQL 0.2" is out. This utility adds the following functions:
For those new to UDF (User Defined Functions) in MySQL, you can read the following pages:
But also be aware of security, like pointed out in this security alert.
- HUMANAGE() (which returns the age in years relative to a custom date or NOW()),
- URLENCODE(); and
- URLDECODE()
For those new to UDF (User Defined Functions) in MySQL, you can read the following pages:
- The official MySQL Documentation for MySQL 4.1
- The official MySQL Documentation for MySQL 5.1
- MySQL UDF Forum
But also be aware of security, like pointed out in this security alert.
2007-01-03
Some interesting doscoveries I have made...
There are two interesting discoveries I have made in the last two days.
Greasemonkey
This looks like a very interesting extension for Firefox
I discovered it on GoogleOS.
RFID Starter Kits
I also discovered a company called Trossen Robotics who sell RFID hoby/started kits. I hope I can get my hands on one of their sets to start learning some RFID programming.
Greasemonkey
This looks like a very interesting extension for Firefox
I discovered it on GoogleOS.
RFID Starter Kits
I also discovered a company called Trossen Robotics who sell RFID hoby/started kits. I hope I can get my hands on one of their sets to start learning some RFID programming.
