Monthly Archives: July 2007

John Gruber is spot on, once again: Writing an email is like writing an article. Only quote the relevant parts, interspersing your new remarks between the quoted passages. Don’t quote anything at all from the original message if you don’t … Continue reading →

No, I haven’t. This greeting card spam is really getting annoying. I’m getting bombarded with this stuff. That is all.

PostgreSQL first real benchmark has been published: This publication shows that a properly tuned PostgreSQL is not only as fast or faster than MySQL, but almost as fast as Oracle (since the hardware platforms are different, it’s hard to compare … Continue reading →

The fine folks at ars technica report on a survey that says folksonomy is the most hated word on the internet. The rest of the list: Blogosphere Blog Netiquette Blook Webinar Vlog Social Networking Cookie Wiki Obviously I was not … Continue reading →

This. Is. Awesome. From the article: Over the weekend, 7-Eleven Inc. turned a dozen stores into Kwik-E-Marts, the fictional convenience stores of “The Simpsons” fame, in the latest example of marketers making life imitate art. Those stores and most of … Continue reading →