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Climate Data Mashup
The problem: people generally have very little perspective of the actual scale of the contributing components of climate change or the effects of different proposed measures to stop it. What percentage of CO2 emissions are a result of city residential electrical consumption vs agriculture vs vehicles? How much of a difference will legislation X make…
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A General Update
I haven’t really used this space to send out personal updates as of yet, but that’s partly what I mean it for. In years past I kept a frequent blog about my travels and adventures, but since becoming boring that kind of tapered off. Tonight I’m feeling a little inspired. I kept up with my…
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How head hunters use google searches to find candidates
In the past two months I’ve been randomly contacted by a number of head hunters hiring for positions both in Chicago and on the west coast. In a time when so many people are looking for jobs, some recruiters actually seem to be coming to me. I know that a number of friends in the…
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Upgrading to MySQL 5.1 and PHP 5.3.0 on Centos with Plesk
This is an account of my experience trying to upgrade MySQL to version 5.1 on my MediaTemple (dv) 3.5 dedicated virtual server. It may help people not on MediaTemple servers, especially if you’re trying to upgrade MySQL without damaging Plesk. There are a lot of forum posts out there that lead you down the wrong…
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Summary of Free Graphical Data Modeling Tools
The Goal: To graphically design a relational data model and generate both DDL to create the DB structure and the PHP5 class structure including public/private member variables and getters, setters, update, create, delete with working DB link. Icing on the cake would be if the data model could be updated graphically after generating the code…
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Conficker C and a future with self-evolving computer viruses
I’m absolutely enthralled by the Conficker C virus after reading this analysis from SRI International. The C variant is the third major generation of the Conficker virus and demonstrates the highest level of sophistication found in any computer virus or worm to date. What excites me most about it is the decentralized nature of its…