Web Performance, Branding, and Social Media
In: RANTING| Technology
27 Sep 2007I have a problem: I like to collect GSM phones. Right now, I have seven.
From left to right.
MOTORAZR V3
MOTORIZR Z3
MOTOSLVR L7i (current phone in use)
Motorola V188 (running V220 software)
Sony Ericsson K700i
Nokia of some description
Samsung T619
Ugh.
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In: GrabPERF
20 Sep 2007GrabPERF returned to service at approximately 17:30 GMT (13:30 EDT — 10:30 PDT) September 20 2007. The database server was on all night, but an esoteric choice of primary interfaces (i.e. the least obvious one!) meant that it was taking to empty space.
Have fun and enjoy the data!
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In: Life
20 Sep 2007The boys wanted a fire last night, so we fired up a pressed log, and all was well.
This morning, Samantha prepared the fireplace for a repeat tonight. We kept smelling the remnants of last nights fire smoldering, so we just lit the thing.
Guess the logs were lined up wrong.
Living Room full of smoke, billowing out [...]
This morning, the Canadian Dollar was briefly worth more than the US Dollar on international money markets.
Skating on the River Styx, anyone?
Technorati Tags: Canadian Dollar, US Dollar, currency trading, money, money markets
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In: GrabPERF
19 Sep 2007GrabPERF has been offline all day, and will likely be offline for the remainder of the day as Technorati relocates the servers to their new datacenter.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
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In: RANTING
9 Sep 2007In today’s Boston Globe, there is an article discussing why Facebook went to the Valley instead of staying in the Boston area (article online).
Having now lived in both areas for nearly equal amounts of time, I can tell you that there are substantial differences between them. People from Boston may violently disagree, but I have found [...]
Stephen Pierzchala is one of a cadre of crazy Canucks living in the United States. A 10-year veteran of the Web performance field, Stephen also writes on topics as diverse as branding and reputation, bipolar, and Web technologies.