Comments for AmethystRSS Blog http://blog.AmethystRSS.net Managing the RSS Firehose Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Approaching Rails2 to Padrino Migration Go/Nogo by Jeff http://blog.AmethystRSS.net/2012/01/18/approaching-rails2-to-padrino-migration-gonogo/comment-page-1/#comment-750 Jeff Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:32:00 +0000 http://blog.AmethystRSS.net/?p=620#comment-750 It is not the initial DB access that is slower in DataMapper. Using Ruby's Benchmark module, timings are comparable, around 0.4ms. My next suspect is the attribute access in the views. Not clear how to time this. It is not the initial DB access that is slower in DataMapper. Using Ruby’s Benchmark module, timings are comparable, around 0.4ms. My next suspect is the attribute access in the views. Not clear how to time this.

]]> Comment on Amethyst and AWS Outage by Jeff http://blog.AmethystRSS.net/2011/04/22/amethyst-and-aws-outage/comment-page-1/#comment-674 Jeff Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:31:16 +0000 http://blog.AmethystRSS.net/?p=479#comment-674 According to <a href="http://xenon.stanford.edu/~silver/ec2outage.html" rel="nofollow">How our small startup survived the Amazon EC2 Cloud-pocalypse</a>, the outage was in availability zone us-east-1a. AmethystRSS is in us-east-1c. Nothing I've seen on <a href="http://status.aws.amazon.com/" rel="nofollow">Amazon Service Health Dashboard</a> gives any information on which availability zones are affected. Mostly it says: we are working on it, and more pieces are working. According to How our small startup survived the Amazon EC2 Cloud-pocalypse, the outage was in availability zone us-east-1a. AmethystRSS is in us-east-1c. Nothing I’ve seen on Amazon Service Health Dashboard gives any information on which availability zones are affected. Mostly it says: we are working on it, and more pieces are working.

]]> Comment on To Count or Not to Count by Jeff http://blog.AmethystRSS.net/2011/03/17/to-count-or-not-to-count/comment-page-1/#comment-668 Jeff Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:19:41 +0000 http://blog.AmethystRSS.net/?p=424#comment-668 The RSS reader that lets you turn off unread counts is Fever (http://feedafever.com/, it's a PHP and MySQL Web application you install on your own server). The RSS reader that lets you turn off unread counts is Fever (http://feedafever.com/, it’s a PHP and MySQL Web application you install on your own server).

]]> Comment on Ongoing Problems with RSS Feeds by More Problems with RSS Feeds « AmethystRSS Blog http://blog.AmethystRSS.net/2011/01/11/ongoing-problems-with-rss-feeds/comment-page-1/#comment-664 More Problems with RSS Feeds « AmethystRSS Blog Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:30:52 +0000 http://abluz.dyndns.org/?p=380#comment-664 [...] regularly.  I read it so I can build on more than just my own experiences.  I blogged about Ongoing Problems with RSS Feeds previously.  I figured it was mostly homegrown RSS code.  Nick tells in a recent post, Problems [...] [...] regularly.  I read it so I can build on more than just my own experiences.  I blogged about Ongoing Problems with RSS Feeds previously.  I figured it was mostly homegrown RSS code.  Nick tells in a recent post, Problems [...]

]]> Comment on More Thoughts on “The Cathedral and the Bazaar” by albert http://blog.AmethystRSS.net/2010/09/20/more-thoughts-on-the-cathedral-and-the-bazaar/comment-page-1/#comment-663 albert Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:43:59 +0000 http://abluz.dyndns.org/?p=335#comment-663 <strong>albert...</strong> excelent post, keep it coming... albert…

excelent post, keep it coming…

]]> Comment on Amethyst & Craigslist Paradox by Jeff http://blog.AmethystRSS.net/2010/08/27/amethyst-craigslist-paradox/comment-page-1/#comment-660 Jeff Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:46:07 +0000 http://abluz.dyndns.org/?p=331#comment-660 If I think about this from an information theory, it makes sense. I find it useful to think about Amethyst occasionally from this standpoint. Some fuzzy issues become clear, and somethings I'm clear about become fuzzy and I reexamine my clarity. Does it really make sense or am I fooling myself. Theory is good for asking interesting questions. And the only perfect model of reality is reality. If I think about this from an information theory, it makes sense. I find it useful to think about Amethyst occasionally from this standpoint. Some fuzzy issues become clear, and somethings I’m clear about become fuzzy and I reexamine my clarity. Does it really make sense or am I fooling myself.

Theory is good for asking interesting questions. And the only perfect model of reality is reality.

]]> Comment on Be Careful What You Index by Jeff http://blog.AmethystRSS.net/2010/07/22/be-careful-what-you-index/comment-page-1/#comment-658 Jeff Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:22:54 +0000 http://abluz.dyndns.org/?p=316#comment-658 A very nice additional benefit is that it cuts the average load by at least a third. Put another way, it allows 50% more users before requiring additional hardware. Sweet. A very nice additional benefit is that it cuts the average load by at least a third. Put another way, it allows 50% more users before requiring additional hardware. Sweet.

]]> Comment on bzhive – Another One Bites the Dust by Jeff http://blog.AmethystRSS.net/2010/04/12/bzhive-another-one-bites-the-dust/comment-page-1/#comment-655 Jeff Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:20:54 +0000 http://abluz.dyndns.org/?p=228#comment-655 Marin Coffee Roasters in San Anselmo, CA has a "No Camping" sign with a radio signal icon. Marin Coffee Roasters in San Anselmo, CA has a “No Camping” sign with a radio signal icon.

]]> Comment on SxSWi Day 4 – Suit Shock by Jeff http://blog.AmethystRSS.net/2010/03/15/sxswi-day-4-suit-shock/comment-page-1/#comment-653 Jeff Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:00:29 +0000 http://abluz.dyndns.org/?p=198#comment-653 Oh, the guy in a suitcoat, chinos, and black hightop sneakers isn't a shock. Oh, the guy in a suitcoat, chinos, and black hightop sneakers isn’t a shock.

]]> Comment on SxSWi Day 2 – Asynchronous Attendence by Jeff http://blog.AmethystRSS.net/2010/03/13/sxswi-day-2-asynchronous-attendence/comment-page-1/#comment-652 Jeff Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:32:17 +0000 http://abluz.dyndns.org/?p=174#comment-652 And lunch.com, slideshare.com, etc. And lunch.com, slideshare.com, etc.

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