mjc

"A number of people have mentioned to me that they didn't realize that Powershell is included by default in Windows 7. If you haven't yet jumped on the Powershell bandwagon, this is a good time. Powershell 2 includes a bunch of cool features like remoting (kind of like SSH) as well as a visual IDE for writing, editing and interactively debugging Powershell scripts." - mjc from Bookmarklet

"Beautiful footage of the Vancouver Aquarium's baby beluga, which was born earlier this summer. Additionally, the Vancouver Aquarium is asking Canadians to help them pick a name for the little girl. Submit your suggestions here!" - mjc from Bookmarklet

Problem with the site though - I had to highlight to read the text in my Flock browser. - Renee Hendricks

....grand canyon. that is all. - mjc

"It might be hardware, it might be software. But something is about to fail. We need to know what is going on. We need to keep an eye on those servers 24/7. We can't let them out of our sight. And if something fails we need to be able to act immediately, and have that app 'up and running' again. We just have to have the tools to do that anytime, anywhere. Decaf! No need for allnighters anymore. Time to change your t-shirts, no need for caffeine anymore. You can have 1 or 2 servers, or hundreds, with Decaf you always know the health of your cloud. And if necessary you have all the tools to make repairs." - mjc from Bookmarklet

AWESOME! - CW™

"For instance, if you see it in the store you might not see that the battery door keeps popping off. If it does that after only a few hours of use it’ll really bug the crap out of you after a year. And that gives you some insight into why the Motorola Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to the Palm Pre and iPhone." - mjc from Bookmarklet

"Despite the title, it is actually not about Oracle performance. It is a book on how to optimize a) any system, including a MySQL-based application b) the process of optimization itself. It is very, very good, and I highly recommend it to all database users. My bet is that most people will learn more by reading this book than by spending thousands of dollars on conferences and training, especially since a lot of what you’ll learn from those sources is wrong and harmful. So not only will you save money and time on learning, you’ll reap great rewards thereafter." - mjc from Bookmarklet

"For many women, a $1,000 dress is something they admire in the pages of a glossy magazine or see draped on the frame of a celebrity — not an item hanging in their closet. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Todd Heisler/ The New York Times Through the mail-order service from Jennifer Carter Fleiss, above left, and Jennifer Hyman, a four-night dress rental costs $50 to $200. Enlarge This Image Todd Heisler/The New York Times But a nascent Web site called Rent the Runway is hoping to make high-end fashions much more accessible and almost as easy as renting a movie from Netflix." - mjc from Bookmarklet