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Open a Banana like a Monkey [Food Hacks] - http://lifehacker.com/5311002...
Cloud servers for your Perl app - Amazon's EC2 vs Mosso - Catalyzed.org: A Catalyst and Perl Blog - http://www.catalyzed.org/2009...
. The summary On the whole Amazon EC2 and Mosso are very close competitors. Amazon loses out on CPU power per dollar spent, but Mosso costs a bit more per gigabyte of RAM. Mosso loses out on 'extra storage' but wins on general IO speed. Mosso has the advantage on individual server upgrades with it's instant-upgrade features, but Amazon wins on large-scale deployment because of it's API and solid auto-scaling options. So which do you choose? If your application is particularly memory bound, requires a huge amount of disk space, or if you are at the higher end in terms of clustering requirements, Amazon's EC2 is a good solution. If that is not the case, however, EC2 just doesn't hold up, cent for cent, against Mosso's offerings. In my opinion, the combination of lower cost, better base CPU/RAM options and a smoother upgrade path make Mosso's cloud-servers the clear winner. Mosso gives you the ability to - Tim Bauer
The Surreal Appeal of the Falkirk Wheel - http://www.neatorama.com/2009...
Now that is a worthy engineering solution. - Tim Bauer
Civ IV Basic Strategy Guide.pdf (application/pdf Object) - http://www.civfanatics.com/files...
Myths about Canadian healthcare - http://www.boingboing.net/2009...
Amen brother. Bring on the governmental option. - Tim Bauer
Corp-Corp | IT Consulting & Contracting Job Portal - http://www.corp-corp.com/
Cost of living: Compare prices in two cities - CNNMoney.com - http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools...
PerfectForms - Training - Behaviors_109 - http://www.perfectforms.com/Tutoria...
And The Stimulus Money Goes To… - http://ecogeek.org/automob...
Woot. Keep that Tesla alive. - Tim Bauer
Ooma Gets $14 Million, Survival Looks Like A Real Possibility - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
Hrm ... could it be better than packet8? - Tim Bauer
PerfectForm Launches On Demand Form Creation Software - http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009...
This is an intriguing solution ... Infopath beware - Tim Bauer
PerfectForms - Workflow Software, Process Software, Procedure Software - http://www.perfectforms.com/home...
Interesting workflow product. - Tim Bauer
Bioshock 2's Creepy Grade School Art [Bioshock 2] - http://kotaku.com/5299540...
YouTube - Google Wave Developer Preview at Google I/O 2009 - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
YouTube - Google Wave Developer Preview at Google I/O 2009
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Google I/O - Transactions Across Datacenters (and Other Weekend Projects) - http://code.google.com/events...
Joseph Smarr » Full video of my Google I/O talk now available - http://josephsmarr.com/2009...
Revealing Design Treasures From The Amazon - http://www.slideshare.net/jmspool...
Twits Like Me: Find new friends on Twitter - http://twitslikeme.efinke.com/
Would require your twitter profile to have post that focus in a given area. - Tim Bauer
Posterous - The place to post everything. Just email us. Dead simple blog by email. - http://posterous.com/
Google Base: Add item - http://www.google.com/base...
Mosaic USB Pen - 1G .. $15/per - http://www.4imprint.com/search...
Doesn't look very good. Mostly offshore. - Tim Bauer
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