While I was looking for some data replication [http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/replication-intro.html] stuff over at the MySQL web site, I noticed a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) comparison chart [http://www.mysql.com/why-mysql/tco.html] for the leading database servers. Here’s…
[http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070205.html] A rare glimpse of the fascinating universe, shot in Perth, Australia. Sometimes the sky itself is the best show in town!…
My favorite text editor (and also the only tool I use for PHP web application development), Notepad2 [http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html], has recently been updated. I must say that Notepad2 (only 500kb in size) is one of the best text editors for all sorts of text editing.…
Every consultant would have faced a client like this atleast once in their career. 12 Breeds of Client and How to Work with Them [http://freelanceswitch.com/clients/12-breeds-of-client-and-how-to-work-with-them/] is an interesting read!…
We all must have witnessed a sporting event in person or on TV where the national anthem of a country is played as an instrumental piece. It delighted me to see an African athlete once singing the anthem to the instrumental tune. Everyone was standing to pay tribute to the…
Conan O’Brien [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_O'Brien] is one of the funniest guys around, who also hosts the Late Show on NBC. Not long ago, his show featured a parody on Indian Call Center’s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8d_OpneZAQ]. Not many…
News breaks that eBay is acquiring StumbleUpon [http://www.stumbleupon.com/] for $40ish million, and on the same day Google announces that they are building strikingly similar functionality (i.e. serendipitous website discovery) into their Toolbar. Given the timing, Om Malik says this is Google lashing out at StumbleUpon and…
The cue card [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planets_in_astrology#Saturn] read, “experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.” Well, in the depiction of human tragedy, the lure of power, the pitfalls of ambition, the roots of passion and the springs of…