HBase Dump and Restore
Cookbook-type snippets to export data out of HBase or import dumps into HBase.
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Hitgeist.com rewritten using HAML and Compass
Hitgeist, a ranking service for finding recently popular sites in each country, received a minor upgrade – now it uses several new libraries to make development of new features easier, and code cleaner and nicer.
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Canon 50D, or Truth About Dpreview
I like DPReview. I thought after Amazon bought it it will become more corporate, but it looks it’s still as biased as it used to be:
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Mila
It looks like fixed… doesn’t it?
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Google AdSense is Down
It looks like not guaranteeing 100% uptime is becoming a trend:
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Kilian Valkhof
Hey, Blaine Cooke and Joe Stump just had a great talk about ‘languages don’t scale’, it doesn’t matter what language you use, it’s the hardware that’s going to cause failure or success. Seems to be the same here
http://events.carsonified.com/fowa/2008/london/highlights/blaine-cook-joe-stump/
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Best Nature Photography 2007
Some time ago I was asked if super-expensive ($5k+) lens make any sense for creative photography, given the fact that the most famous photographers of the past were using relatively simple equipment. Fortunately, NatureScapes.net has announced 2007 Images of the Year awards, and pictures speak better than words.
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Rising Web Sites 2008 – HitGeist.com Relaunch
Today I’ve relaunched HitGeist.com, with fresh data from Alexa and much improved algorithm.
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viktors
On a technical side, new version now uses Merb instead of Ruby on Rails. Merb is an excellent framework, also written in Ruby, with more speed and less magic. Check http://merbivore.com for more details.
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vepa
Hitgeist looks great. Found this site while was searching for my site on google. Data is very impressive, found plenty new sites that has steady growth.
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Facebook Copycat Becomes #3 in Russia
Something strange is happening in Russia. For several years, social networking didn’t really pick up, although many have tried, and about one year ago new Russian Facebook clone appeared, and became #3 now.
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Petr
Check out alexa.
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viktors
Petr, Alexa orders sites by rank, which is mysterious value calculated from reach and average page views by user. Since page views per user doesn’t tell much and can be easily faked, I find reach more trustworthy.
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Ruby 1.9 released
Great Christmas gift from matz and other contributors: Ruby 1.9.
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jQuery-style Chainability in PHP, Using SPL
What could be better than chainable operators in jQuery, .addClass(“beautiful”).show(“slow”)-style? Almost nothing, but adding those to PHP would make code cleaner and life easier.
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shesek
Hey, I read your post while looking for a solution for chainibillity and ended up write my own solution.
You might find it interesting – http://www.shesek.info/php/my-implementation-of-php-chainable
Thanks, shesek
Luvenia Waldron 3:20 pm on February 8, 2010 Permalink |
I was searching for information on lenses for my canon 500D when I found your site. Great post. Thank You.
Damian Purifoy 1:36 pm on February 9, 2010 Permalink |
I just bought a nikon d5000 camera, great Camera, but was looking for tips how to use it best, although your blog is not telling me there were some things that helped me.