As Darren states: Universe Collapses — Picasso on sale at Costco.
I hang my head in shame and seek a South Pacific Island to flee to.
Author: spierzchala
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The Beauty of FULLTEXT Indices
I insert all of my Web server hits into a MySQL database, and a few of the queries I run were really slow. Then I discovered that using FULLTEXT Searches, as opposed to LIKE or REGEXP, were far superior.
Cut the query time by 80%. Ouch.
If you use non-binary CHAR, VARCHAR, or TEXT columns, consider a FULLTEXT Index on those columns.
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Hip Trends: Vintage iPods
Dave Winer points to Paolo’s site: Vintage iPods Club
Sort of like driving a vintage Prius, I guess.
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Canadian executives are slow to follow U.S. peers in setting up Web logs
Despite what some of my readers might think, the statement in the title is one I know, in my heart, to be true. Canadian CEOs are far more conservative and risk-averse than their US brethern, and there is no real cult of the CEO in Canada as there is in the US.
Canadian business culture is very chummy, and probably a little older than US business culture. This means that e-mail has just become a useful tool for many Canadian CEOs. IM and Blogs? Maybe in the next generation.
Thanks to the Blog Herald.
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Chris Anderson on the road
Chris:
If you showed up in Boston, I would buy you a neat, 25 year-old scotch and take you to a nice quiet place out where I live so you can scream in the woods.
Stephen
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[A lack of] Project Management
Suddenly this weekend, a project at work, which had been back-burnered for all of Q3 2004, became a screaming hot topic to be completed ASAP.
This is not much of an issue, as the code that needs to be written will consist of re-using a group of functions that I have already developed and refined. What is curious is that they decided to expose the document used to define this specification to more than one customer. At the time of the initial scope definition for the project, this was to be for a partner who we had developed a contractual relationship with, including and SLA. Now management has decided that exposing this document to other customers, who can then also hold us to the same SLA, is a good idea.
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The Schwimmer Concept: Commercial Aggregation v. Non-commercial Aggregation
Martin Schwimmer, a trademark lawyer, has ignited a controversy over “commercial” aggregation services (here and here).
It poses an interesting argument. The gut-reaction instinct is to marginalize his comments as fringe element of the blogosphere. But Russell Beattie’s comments point out that line between public and private, personal and commercial use become extremely blurred in a new medium.
Perhaps what Martin Schwimmer should do is leap from the Trademark bubble and help DEFINE how a service such as Bloglines can use his content in a way that he agrees with. The law profession is far to reactive and non-solution oriented.
Don’t quote old broken rules; be a leader and make new, effective ones. Leadership comes from bold new initiatives and the willingness to see what is, and make what should and can be.
I issue a challenge to Martin Schwimmer: lead, don’t follow.
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Scraping the Ceiling..and other “stories” the sellers told us
The ZenWife has discovered that the ceiling in the guest room is one coat of water-based paint on top of raw plaster. Idiots. The people who have owned this house before us are idiots.
Add that to the “very small” water problem in the basement “only during the heaviest rains”. Try a flowing stream whenever more than 20 minutes of rain falls.
In British Columbia, the sellers would be considered in breach of contract for not making a full-disclosure about the condition of the house. Obviously in the US, it is always caveat emptor.
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Called for Jury Duty…NOT!
Got my first ever notice for Jury Duty today.
Immediately circled disqualification #1: Not a US Citizen.
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Yahoo! Search Buzz Index on Firefox
Interesting how the Firefox Buzz Index at Yahoo matches the hit graph on my server.
Gecko Hits
Firefox Hits
Go Firefox!