/dev/nullCameron PurdyOn Composition- January 30, 2008 We are more than the sum of our DNA.http://www.jroller.com/cpurdy/entry/on_composition The difference between knowledge and feeling- January 18, 2008 That which my mind understands, my heart can never accept.http://www.jroller.com/cpurdy/entry/the_difference_between_knowledge_and Warm- January 16, 2008 All is not cold and frosty in New England. The other night, my daughter went to her room to get ready for bed, but she was being just a bit too quiet. One peek in the door was enough to confirm the expected:http://www.jroller.com/cpurdy/entry/warm Defining software- January 16, 2008 Software is music: Elegance in simplicity; harmony in motion; rhythm in vision.http://www.jroller.com/cpurdy/entry/defining_software Snow- January 15, 2008 This winter has hit New England with the heaviest snow-falls that we've seen in a long time. Shoveling is a chore, and I was sore, but then I stopped and just looked around. It was wonderful to get to appreciate the beauty of the snow -- wet and heavy and hanging on the trees, blanketing the houses and lawns. It's hard to capture in a picture, but I tried:http://www.jroller.com/cpurdy/entry/snow Defining a Data Grid- January 10, 2008 I saw an article by Robert Cline on Coherence and TimesTen. I've heard some of these questions from customers, since TimesTen and Coherence have both been used to solve some extremely challenging scalability and performance problems in almost every major financial services institution, telco and e-commerce site. Most people know what a database is, but not everyone knows what an In-Memory Data Grid is, so we set out to define it in a concise manner. Here's what we came up with: The Oracle...http://www.jroller.com/cpurdy/entry/defining_a_data_grid Who Zed- January 8, 2008 I have no idea who Zed is, but this has to be one of the best, funniest rants I've read in a long time. And don't worry Zed, half those dim-wits came fresh from milking the Java band-wagon, and we still have plenty more dysfunctional people in our "community" to send over to Rails .. ;-)http://www.jroller.com/cpurdy/entry/who_zed |