Adam’s House of Misc

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122307320870703675.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
The part most interesting to me:
Mr. Roberts was originally charged with seven felonies in February 2007 including allegations that he altered the stock options prices for the company’s former chief executive. But prosecutors whittled the case down to three counts by the time trial started Sept. 18 and focused solely on the single transaction in […]

You put them all on the same train, of course!
(Via Urban Prankster)

Ya’ll should read xkcd.

Deep, syrupy and rich heady smooth body. Strong & bold, earthy & sweet with buttery oomph! An intense and powerful tongue hugger. A blend of five beans from four continents and five different roast levels: Sumatra roasted two different ways, Guatemala, Ethiopian and Papua New Guinea.
This is the description given by Barefoot Coffee Roasters for […]

This happens to be one of the better articles I’ve seen that lets out some of the details of Google’s datacenters and how stuff gets done.
As they say about halfway through, it’s a bit useful to have some CS background to understand the details.  While I currently work on software pretty much entirely not datacenter-related, […]