ReadWriteWeb, who reports on a recent Royal Pingdom report about Twitter. The service may seem to have a lot of downtime (and leads the way for downtime in social networks), but still has seen 98.72% uptime percentage for the first third of the year. Tim discusses automated testing, change management and requirements, stating that, “Engineers sitting about with a little too little to do and no way to roll changes out without the aegis of a full project to work under because there was too little QA to see our changes safely through into production. Push and pray
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IT's About Uptime - The StackSafe Blog
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Links List 5.9.08
http://www.stacksafe.com/blog/links-list-5908/05/09/2008/ReadWriteWeb, who reports on a recent Royal Pingdom report about Twitter. The service may seem to have a lot of downtime (and leads the way for downtime in social networks), but still has seen 98.72% uptime percentage for the first third of the year. Tim discusses automated testing, change management and requirements, stating that, “Engineers sitting about with a little too little to do and no way to roll changes out without the aegis of a full project to work under because there was too little QA to see our changes safely through into production. Push and pray
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The Dirty Half-Dozen Explained: The Implications of Taking Shortcuts When Testing Changes
http://www.stacksafe.com/blog/the-dirty-half-dozen-explained...when shortcuts are taken. Below is a list of the “Dirty Half-Dozen” testing shortcuts with more description about the problems they cause and why they so often lead to downtime for IT Operations. Shortcut #1 – Patch and Pray What it is: Bypassing testing altogether and deploy changes directly into production. Rationale: “This has probably been tested by the vendor or by QA, so most of the big problems have most likely been fixed. Besides, we’ll clean up any mess after implementation.”
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When Should We?
http://www.spacekadet.org/2008/04/29/when-should-we/Tim
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My Year of Swimming
http://monicashaw.com/2008/03/22/my-year-of-swimming/running, I turned to the gym for my exercise. But I eventually decided that the gym was an expensive way to not have very much fun. I discovered London Fields Lido - The outdoor heated pool in the middle of rough and tumble Hackney is its own oasis. Tim encouraged me - Support from friends and loved one is probably the best confidence booster their is. Tim suggested I start with the breast stroke, which gave me a bit of direction. I bought a bathing suit and swimming goggles
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php code and scripts
http://www.stonecode.comfreebook wrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt Google has just announced a partnership with the University of Washington to put some CompSci classes online. I think I’ll check out: Web Security and Distributed Systems.
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Seeded Whole Wheat No Knead Bread
http://www.spacekadet.org/2008/03/09/seeded-whole-wheat-no-k...Tim and I both agree that this is the best batch of no knead bread ever to emerge from our oven. It’s a perfect balance of sunflower seeds, flax seeds, white and whole wheat flour. The nuttiness of the seeds and whole wheat is buttery and wonderful. The
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Seeded Whole Wheat No Knead Bread
http://smarterfitter.com/blog/2008/03/09/seeded-whole-wheat-...Tim and I both agree that this is the best batch of no knead bread ever to emerge from our oven. It’s a perfect balance of sunflower seeds, flax seeds, white and whole wheat flour. The nuttiness of the seeds and whole wheat is buttery and wonderful. The
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WNYC Interview with Patrick Stewart
http://www.spacekadet.org/2008/02/23/wnyc-interview-with-pat...Tim for sending me this interview with Patrick Stewart on Leonard Lopate’s show.
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I miss my friends
http://www.spacekadet.org/2008/02/03/i-miss-my-friends/the UK for a couple days for a post-doc interview at Warwick. He made a side trip to London for a night just to stay with me - how cool is that? We had a short but wonderful visit and it really minded me how much I miss my friends from home. Thanks to Tim for taking this photo of Mike and I at our local pub.
