While having a few drinks with some French-speaking colleagues at Le Meridien hotel in San Francisco during JavaOne 2010 I realised that French speakers have a cool name for a load phenomenon of online systems It is difficult to tune an online system for the average daily traffic volume because it varies a lot during… Continue reading Introducing the Elephant Curve
Category: Social Commentary
Support the petition to Apple to donate their Java implementation code to OpenJDK
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Is it time to fork Java?
This year’s JavaOne was a dismal affair. Crammed into the Hilton hotel and Parc 55, the feeling was that Oracle had ruined the conference. And the dual conference idea also caused Java people problems: those that tried to attend the key note at Moscone with JavaOne passes were turned away – instead needing to go… Continue reading Is it time to fork Java?
Broadband in New England decided who will be the Australian Government
Well it has been a very West Wing few weeks here in Australia. A hung parliament, with 6 reps deciding the future Australian Government. In the end it came down to Tony Windsor, the member for New England, and broadband. New England is a region in the north of NSW which takes in Armidale right… Continue reading Broadband in New England decided who will be the Australian Government
Beware of the ESTA Scam for the US Non Visa Waiver Program
The last time I was in the US a few months ago I was told that the grace period for the new ESTA US Non Visa Waiver program would expire in a few months. Because that time was not up, I did not apply. While this is true the US Department of Immigration in addition… Continue reading Beware of the ESTA Scam for the US Non Visa Waiver Program
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Ehcache Server in the Cloud
I am seriously impressed with Amazon’s cloud offering. You get a pick list of virtual machines of different sizes, a CDN, monitoring with elastic forking of new instances, fixed IPs if required, S3, attachable storage and the ability to release software as .amis for easy deployment, map-reduce with Hadoop, load balancing and a payment service.… Continue reading Ehcache Server in the Cloud
Me:decoded
Me:decoded I recently had my DNA tested by deCODEme.com. My wife thought I was crazy. The idea was to find out what diseases I was more or less susceptible to, and then use that information, along with more conventional tests, and consultation with my doctor, to create a personalised medicine preventative plan for myself. Think of… Continue reading Me:decoded
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Ever seen the movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles? Some travelers are caught up in an unbelievable snafu trying to get home for Thanksgiving. Well, Brett Dargan, a colleague, and I had our own version of this over the past two days. We came down to Sydney to run an Architecture Away Day. All went well.… Continue reading Planes, Trains and Automobiles