This will be the last post on WordPress.com. I’m moving my blog to my TextDrive account. The new URL for the blog is http://ascarter.net/blog. Feedburner links should still work.
I run Ubuntu Linux on my machine at work. If I need to create a spreadsheet or word document, I either need to use OpenOffice.org or remote desktop into a Windows machine. Both options are not appealing.
In many cases, open source projects are better than their commercial equivalent. But not always. There are examples [...]
This is the coolest portable computer ever.
I mean, portable data center. I love it. I’m sure we could use one at Jobster…
Only two days to go until the return of the best show on TV: Battlestar Galactica. I just picked up Season 2.5 on DVD and have been watching them as a run up to the season premiere. The ending to last season was very risky. I have some doubts on whether they can pull it [...]
Part of my job lately has been to look at how our service is architected. We have a mix of Java and Rails applications but these are not exactly what people call web services. We know we want to turn more of our functions into services but in what way?
I had heard of REST but [...]
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