New BTree algorithms for virtual memory systems
This is a very interesting article http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1814327 which demonstrates that we should not take things for granted - including algorithms that have been around for a long …
This is a very interesting article http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1814327 which demonstrates that we should not take things for granted - including algorithms that have been around for a long …
After installing WebloggerMode some time ago I had not gotten around to trying it out so I thought I would take it for a spin with this entry. Nothing earth shattering but the interface is clean and I …
When performance testing a web application (as in raw operations per second) I have seem many people try to benchmark their new system against the agreed performance level right off the bat. The …
So it has been 7 days since buying an iPad. Has it been the life changing event promised by all the pre-launch advertising? In my case I don’t think my life has changed but it has been enhanced …
I have been catching up on my reading recently and one of the books I have been trying looking forward to reading is ReleaseIt. I had heard very good things about the book and to my delight they are …
I had a few moments today to get reacquainted with Ruby and Rails programming. It has been a while but I have found time to watch the occasional Railscast. I want to watch these videos while on the …
There are some quirks to the way the apple bluetooth keyboard works with the iPad. Most of the keys work as you might expect and the pairing system works just fine. There is no real way to navigate …
Today I took my new iPad for a day at work: A colleague had a 3G card for his laptop and shared the connection. Strangely this caused the iPad to pause quite often as if it were trying to connect to …
There has been a lot of hype around the iPad and I have to confess that after watching the original advertisement I was hooked. But was all the hype justified? On first use if you are an iPhone user …
Post/Redirect/Get or Redirect after Post is an HTTP interaction pattern that can be used when developing web applications. I have been mentioning it quite a few times in my consulting work and thought …