Author Archives: NC

Apparently, there’s a new trend in computing; people are beginning to build ultra-cheap and ultra-small computers running Android or Linux.  Let’s meet a couple of the contestants… Android PC runs Android 2.3 on a VIA 800MHz Processor, has 512MB of … Continue reading →

Vadim Tkachenko of Percona is playing with innodb_thread_concurrency:

From Infoworld: Review: WAMP stacks for Web developers By Serdar Yegulalp Created 2012-05-30 03:00AM There are two places where I do software development for the Web. The first is “out there,” on the Web server for which I pay my monthly hosting … Continue reading →

From Infoworld: 10 essential MySQL tools for admins By Daniel Nichter Created 2011-08-01 03:00AM MySQL is a complex system that requires many tools to repair, diagnose, and optimize it. Fortunately for admins, MySQL has attracted a vibrant community of developers who are … Continue reading →

Let’s say you’re running WordPress.  You use it extensively, your whole team is on it, you have some cool plugins that expand WordPress’ functionality, but now you need a whole different custom application (or five) to run alongside WordPress.  What … Continue reading →

Here it is: http://maps.stamen.com Played around with it, and it was very robust while showing San Francisco, but slowed down considerably when I tried Los Angeles.  Could it be that SF maps are cached server-side as SF is the default … Continue reading →

The 2012 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report is out.  I’d love a clarification though; what percentage of “outsider” attacks involved social engineering (including spear phishing)? Verizon security report: Hacktivism up, insider threats down By InfoWorld Tech Watch Created 2012-03-22 03:00AM Over … Continue reading →