Author Archives: Jeremy Zawodny
iPad and Wireless Keyboard
In the last year or so, I’ve been working to reduce my computer inventory so that I spend less time administering things and more time actually using them. As part of that, Kathleen and I recently got new iPads (the … Continue reading
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Speaking at Percona MySQL Conference and Sphinx Search Day
I’m happy to see that the vacuum created by O’Reilly Media dropping the annual MySQL Conference has been filled by the good people at Percona in the form of the Percona MySQL Conference, which is in Santa Clara from April 10-12th. I’ll … Continue reading
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From the comments of Never Make Counter Offers on Bram Cohen’s weblog, …Money is really like a chronic disease, my financial situation is something that intrudes on what I want to do, and prevents me from doing it unless I … Continue reading
magit makes git awesome in emacs
I recently came across the Meet Magit video which is an excellent introduction to the magit emacs mode for git. I use both Emacs and Git a lot at work and at home, so having something a bit more comprehensive … Continue reading
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craigslist Charitable Fund Donates to the Perl Foundation
I’m very happy to see the announcement on the Perl Foundations’s home page this morning. According to craigslist CEO and former Perl Hacker Jim Buckmaster, “craigslist has gloried in and relied upon Perl for most of its software development for more than … Continue reading
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Visiting Frozen Tenaya Lake
Yesterday Kathleen and I visited Tenaya Lake in the Tioga Pass area of Yosemite National Park. The weather has been odd this season. While it’s been quite cold at the higher elevations, there’s been virtually no precipitation yet, so the … Continue reading
Renewed Weight Loss, Health, and a new blog…
Back in mid-2006, I documented my fairly dramatic weight loss in a series of blog postings. Some of you may even remember that. It was on boingboing and all that. I went from a high of 224 pounds to a … Continue reading
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On Good Enough Code
Reading There’s no shame in code that is simply “good enough” (and the discussion on hacker news), I find myself strongly agreeing. I have this system I built about 3 years ago at craigslist. Since then it has been extended … Continue reading
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Christmas on the Beach
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Easy and Delicious Turkey Dinner
We had a few friends over for Thanksgiving this year and were lucky enough to split the cooking with them. One of my tasks was making the turkey. We had purchased a pair of 12 pound Diestel Turkeys through our local … Continue reading
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