Who moved my RDBMS? What else is new? Someone on Reddit smells a conspiracy:
By the by, the flurry of CouchDB articles smell remarkably like freshly mowed astroturf. Color me suspicious.
Me too. No way this many people get it.
More in defense of that which we already know here and here.
Spin doctors. Random pick from today’s read:
- Palm CEO reads the writing on the wall and announces the Folio will be delayed indefinitely. Palm customers expected to foot the bill.
- Not about to let details get in the way, Microsoft declares OOXML a success. Of course. But, would you buy a used standard from them?
- Upstaging all this nonsense, Ms Teen South Carolina, spins a blunder to great effect, with a redeeming performance on The Today Show.
I smell a career opportunity for Caitlin, coaching CEOs of the above mentioned companies in the art of the “oops, we made a mistake”.
Show me the source! A little bit of healthy controversy brewing up recently. Drivers accused of DUI based on breathalyzer tests invoked their legal right to question their accusers. The accuser happens to be a piece of software. The makers of these devices obviously refused on the grounds of protecting their “trade secret”, prosecution was all too happy to help protect said trade secret.
Turns out said trade secret is the exact number and composition of bugs lurking in the source code.
Almost. Now, if only the iPod Touch could tune to radio stations and stream to the AirPort Express …
PlaceShout. A txting Yelp:
A “cheatsheet”-style summary of places around town, created by you and arbitrated by the community. Seeing what’s important about a place without wading though stories about someone’s neighbor’s dog.
And brevity is a good thing:
The world’s best coffee in the world’s smallest coffee shop.
Picture by Miss_Colleen.
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