“It’s such a fine line between stupid, and clever. ” — David St. Hubbins  Tumblr (3.0; @tapster)http://tapster.tumblr.com/<a href="http://highscalability.com/moving-beyond-end-end-path-information-optimize-cdn-performance">Moving Beyond End-to-End Path Information to Optimize CDN Performance</a>: <blockquote>Shared by tapster <br/> fascinating</blockquote> <p> You go through the expense of installing CDNs all over the globe to make sure users always have a node close by and you notice something curious and furious:…</p>http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/197275276http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/197275276Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:16:36 -0700<a href="http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2009/09/18/spriteme-part-2/">SpriteMe (part 2)</a>: <blockquote>Shared by tapster <br/> interesting details on what images to sprite and why</blockquote> <div style="margin:0pt 8px 8px;float:right"><a href="http://spriteme.org/"><img title="SpriteMe" src="http://spriteme.org/images/logo-64x64-transp.png" alt="" border="0" height="64" width="64"/></a></div> <p>Earlier this week, I wrote a <a href="http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2009/09/14/spriteme/">blog post announcing SpriteMe</a>. This is a follow-up post where I talk about what…</p>http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/192411395http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/192411395Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:42:58 -0700<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/28EpvcvC5DE/insane-killer-who-wa.html">"Insane killer" who was treated to a day at a county fair escapes</a>: <img src="http://www.boingboing.net/insane-killer.jpg" height="135" width="250" border="1" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Insane-Killer"/> What could be wrong with taking an insane killer to the country fair? Oh, yeah. <p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32914989/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/">Insane killer escapes on trip to county fair</a> <em>(Via <a href="http://bitsandpieces.us/">Bits & Pieces</a>) </em><br style="clear:both"/><br style="clear:both"/><a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=589e6704db1aa46f81f3397acf43ff26&p=1"><img alt="" style="border:0" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=589e6704db1aa46f81f3397acf43ff26&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~4/28EpvcvC5DE" height="1" width="1"/></p>http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/191437323http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/191437323Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:41:43 -0700<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/vitaminmasterfeed/~3/RQMGTOX7x8s/">Why You Should Switch from Subversion to Git</a>: <div><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarsonified.com%2Fblog%2Fweb-apps%2Fwhy-you-should-switch-from-subversion-to-git%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarsonified.com%2Fblog%2Fweb-apps%2Fwhy-you-should-switch-from-subversion-to-git%2F" height="61" width="51"/></a></div> <p><a href="http://events.carsonified.com/fowa/2009/london/schedule?utm_source=TV&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=Kevin%2Band%20Gary%20Show"><img src="http://ryancarson.com/uploads/kevin_gary.png" alt="Kevin and Gary show at FOWA London"/></a></p> <p>You may have heard some hubbub over distributed version control systems recently. You may dismiss it as the next hot thing, the newest flavor of kool-aid currently quenching the…</p>http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/188418136http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/188418136Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:34:19 -0700<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ohgizmo/~3/gngg2-xlJNw/">Cutting Cake Gets Easier With The Cake Server</a>: <blockquote>Shared by tapster <br/> I think I need this</blockquote> <p><img src="http://www.ohgizmo.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/cakeandserver1.jpg" alt="cakeandserver1" title="cakeandserver1" height="657" width="500"/></p> <p>By David Ponce</p> <p>A simple stainless steel creation by Scandinavian designer Maria Kivijärvi, the Cake Server could replace your current wedge-shaped…</p>http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/184252052http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/184252052Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:31:58 -0700<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ohgizmo/~3/a8PnOepyxn0/">Chop Sabers</a>: <p><img src="http://www.ohgizmo.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chop_sabers.jpg" alt="Chop Sabers (Images courtesy Kotobukiya & JapanStarWars)" title="chop_sabers" width="500" height="636"/><br/> By Andrew Liszewski</p> <p>Will mankind ever run out o<a href="http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/07/02/nintendo-ds-star-wars-styli-come-in-regular-or-light-up-versions/">f stick-like objects</a> that can easily be turned into <a href="http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/01/17/star-wars-lightsaber-room-light/">light sabers</a>? I certainly hope not. The latest distinctly non-Star Wars item to get…</p>http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/159729929http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/159729929Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:30:49 -0700<a href="http://railslab.newrelic.com/2009/06/23/episode-15-load-testing-part-1">RailsLab .:. Scaling Rails - Episode #15 - Load Testing - Part 1</a>http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/134869189http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/134869189Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:24:50 -0700<a href="http://railslab.newrelic.com/2009/06/23/episode-16-load-testing-part-2">RailsLab .:. Scaling Rails - Episode #16 - Load Testing - Part 2</a>http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/134869192http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/134869192Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:24:50 -0700<a href="http://anemone.rubyforge.org/">Anemone - Ruby Web-Spider Framework</a>http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/134869196http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/134869196Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:24:50 -0700<a href="http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2009/06/google-io-2009-geo-round-up.html">Google Geo Developers Blog: Google I/O 2009: Geo Round-Up</a>http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/131195550http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/131195550Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:26:54 -0700<a href="http://www.royans.net/arch/2009/06/24/velocity-2009-conference-presentation-slides/">Velocity 2009 : Conference presentation slides « Scalable web architectures</a>http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/129986152http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/129986152Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:51:47 -0700<a href="http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2009/06/travellr-behind-scenes-of-our-region.html">Google Geo Developers Blog: Travellr: Behind the Scenes of our Region-Based Clusters</a>http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/128723502http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/128723502Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:29:56 -0700<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/d9d9ge3A_fA/twitter-in-1935.html">Twitter in 1935</a>: <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/200906221648-1.jpg"><img src="http://www.boingboing.net/200906221648-1-tm.jpg" height="360" width="500" border="0" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="200906221648-1"/></a> <br/><p> From Modern Mechanix, a Twitter-like machine from 1935, that looks like a prop from the movie <em>Brazil</em>. </p> <blockquote> <strong>Robot Messenger Displays Person-to-Person Notes In Public </strong><p>To aid persons who…</p> </blockquote>http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/128536086http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/128536086Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:51:41 -0700<a href="http://www.norvig.com/spell-correct.html">How to Write a Spelling Corrector</a>http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/126995436http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/126995436Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:02:26 -0700<a href="http://lojic.com/blog/2008/09/04/how-to-write-a-spelling-corrector-in-ruby/">Lojic Technologies Blog · How to Write a Spelling Corrector in Ruby</a>http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/126995434http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/126995434Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:02:26 -0700<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ohgizmo/~3/sHEoHwQ1IDU/">Sippin’ Seat Assures You’ll Always Have A Warm Drink And A Comfortable Seat</a>: <p><img title="sippinseat" src="http://www.ohgizmo.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/sippinseat.jpg" alt="sippinseat" width="200" height="183" align="right"/></p> <p>By Chris Scott Barr</p> <p>Oh crappy convergence products, I’ll never grow tired of seeing you. I mean what would the world be like without products that took two useful things and combined them…</p>http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/122801344http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/122801344Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:06:34 -0700<a href="http://developer.yahoo.com/hadoop/distribution/">Yahoo! Distribution of Hadoop</a>http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/122326833http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/122326833Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:50:48 -0700<a href="http://www.slideshare.net/janeandrobot/diagnosing-technical-issues-with-search-engine-optimization">Diagnosing Technical Issues With Search Engine Optimization</a>http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/122326834http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/122326834Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:50:48 -0700<a href="http://www.gissearch.com/">Home | GIS Search</a>http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/122326835http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/122326835Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:50:48 -0700<a href="http://www.dcmanges.com/blog/rails-performance-tuning-workflow">Dan Manges's Blog - Rails: Performance Tuning Workflow</a>http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/115703385http://tapster.tumblr.com/post/115703385Sun, 31 May 2009 03:42:24 -0700