Brendan’s blog
via The USE Method: Linux Performance Checklist.
Nicely summarises Linux performance observation commands.
DYA Infrastructure Repository – DYAINFRAWiki
This is the home of the community knowledge system that demonstrates the power and structure of DYA|Infrastructure, the Sogeti infrastructure architecture methodology.
Building The Implicit Social Graph
SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog
Google Plus is Google’s latest attempt at building an explicit social graph that they control, but Google has been building out an implicit social graph for quite some time …
This all changes with Google Plus. One of the limitations of building an implicit social graph is that you don’t have the data to test against to confirm the predictions and relationships that graph discovers. It still has to depend on the data made public, but is limited by relationships that are held private (aka Facebook). Google Plus, among other things, creates a massive set of explicit social graph data, which can be used for machine learning and accuracy checking.
When “clever” goes wrong: how Etsy overcame poor architectural choices
When “clever” goes wrong: how Etsy overcame poor architectural choices
Yuck …
via When “clever” goes wrong: how Etsy overcame poor architectural choices.
Facebook caught exposing millions of user credentials
Facebook has leaked access to millions of users’ photographs, profiles and other personal information because of a years-old bug that overrides individual privacy settings, researchers from Symantec said.
via Facebook caught exposing millions of user credentials • The Register.
Legacy token leakage.
How to fix any computer
AWS Architecture Center
AWS Architecture Center
The AWS Architecture Center is designed to provide you with the necessary guidance and best practices to build highly scalable and reliable applications in the AWS Cloud.
Java process maxing out CPU under VirtualBox
I got burnt by this one – all Java processes spin at 100 CPU on update 4.0.6 of VirtualBox.
A work-around is to go to Control Panel / System / Advanced / Environment Variables / System Variables and add a variable called “J2D_D3D” with the value “false”. This will supposedly disable Direct3D in Java.
via #8794 latest update breaks Java on XP guest – VirtualBox.
Getting started with “Getting Things Done” | 43 Folders
Getting started with “Getting Things Done”
Merlin Mann | Sep 8 2004
This article was originally posted during the first week of 43 Folders’ existence, and, pound for pound, it remains our most popular page on the site.
via Getting started with “Getting Things Done” | 43 Folders.
Not so useless after all: even “gene deserts” have oases
Not so useless after all: even “gene deserts” have oases
By Diana Gitig | Last updated February 10, 2011 7:15 AM
As researchers sequenced the genomes of mammals, they came across large regions that didn’t seem to contain any protein-coding genes. These “gene deserts” often stretched for thousands of DNA base pairs (called kilobases), and their discovery left researchers arguing about whether they served any function.
via Not so useless after all: even “gene deserts” have oases.
Simon Major’s Blog 