Comments on: Rounded Corners – 141 (Around and around and around …) http://labnotes.org/2007/09/05/rounded-corners-141-around-and-around-and-around/ Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:29:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Assaf http://labnotes.org/2007/09/05/rounded-corners-141-around-and-around-and-around/comment-page-1/#comment-138356 Assaf Fri, 07 Sep 2007 22:40:54 +0000 http://blog.labnotes.org/2007/09/05/rounded-corners-141-around-and-around-and-around/#comment-138356 I haven't decided if that's sophisticated stuff underneath, or just devilishly simple. Just like the Web. I haven’t decided if that’s sophisticated stuff underneath, or just devilishly simple. Just like the Web.

]]> By: http://www.alleged.org.uk/pdc/ http://labnotes.org/2007/09/05/rounded-corners-141-around-and-around-and-around/comment-page-1/#comment-138351 http://www.alleged.org.uk/pdc/ Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:56:25 +0000 http://blog.labnotes.org/2007/09/05/rounded-corners-141-around-and-around-and-around/#comment-138351 Regarding the iPod Touch: I also had a look to see whether it supports internet radio, but there does not seem to be any mention of that on the Apple site. That said, both that and Airtunes would be easy to add as software fixes should Apple feel like it. I like CouchDb. I've spent some large fraction of the last ten years imposing objects-with-arbitrary-properties on top of RDBMS rigid schemas, and a database that takes semi-structured data seriously appeals. Also, the JSON+REST aspect is only the interface; the technical overview reveals the cunning algorithms hidden behind the super-simple API. Lockless concurrency, simple reliability, simple clustering with cheap hardware. A treatment of write conflicts that allows synchronization over intermittent connections. Sophisticated stuff undeneath that simple REST facade. Regarding the iPod Touch: I also had a look to see whether it supports internet radio, but there does not seem to be any mention of that on the Apple site. That said, both that and Airtunes would be easy to add as software fixes should Apple feel like it.

I like CouchDb. I’ve spent some large fraction of the last ten years imposing objects-with-arbitrary-properties on top of RDBMS rigid schemas, and a database that takes semi-structured data seriously appeals. Also, the JSON+REST aspect is only the interface; the technical overview reveals the cunning algorithms hidden behind the super-simple API. Lockless concurrency, simple reliability, simple clustering with cheap hardware. A treatment of write conflicts that allows synchronization over intermittent connections. Sophisticated stuff undeneath that simple REST facade.

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