Monthly Archives: November 2007

Vista Thoughts 1 Year Later

Posted on November 27, 2007 by Rob

It's been nearly a year since Vista was released, and on this blog I've been all over the map with Vista. I at first liked it, then didn't like it so much, but slowly started to like it more once … Continue reading →

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The End Of TV

Posted on November 23, 2007 by Rob

When I was a kid, I remember watching an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and listening in disbelief as Data told a 20th century person brought back from a cryogenic freeze that television didn't persist more than 10 … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on November 22, 2007 by Rob

I want to take a moment to wish everyone a wonderful and happy Thanksgiving! I hope you have a great day today and enjoy the holiday weekend!

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Stop The Dancing Ads Please

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Rob

I'm also going to complaint a bit about those annoying little dancing ads. Usually they're for mortgages (why in the world that market is still able to afford banner ads on high-end websites I'm not sure), but this one that … Continue reading →

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SQL – The Crutch We All Use

Posted on November 19, 2007 by Rob

Charles Jolley, CEO of Sproutit and I have been talking quite a bit about data storage problems, particularly in the ineffectiveness and the eventual scaling block you run into with most SQL-based solutions. Facebook's success story with MySQL aside, most … Continue reading →

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