I’ve spent countless hours on Tetris back in the day, but these guys are on another level.
http://chrishiggins.com/w/2013/02/03/playing-to-lose/
Category: interesting
Technology divide
A couple of articles surfaced in the last few days, which describe the tech operations of Obama and Romney campaigns. It’s hard to put a number on the advantage that Obama had on the tech side, but considering the relatively small margin of victory, it was probably not insignificant.
Narwal (Obama) – http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/when-the-nerds-go-marching-in/265325/?single_page=true
Orca (Romney) – http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/11/which-consultants-built-romneys-project-orca-none-of-them/
I think this is a great example of the advantage that tech can bring to any business, politics or anything else. It’s often hard to quantify in hard numbers and can be especially difficult for people in positions that are further removed from technology, but it works. And not only they had a “devops guy”, I have no doubt they ran their IT aligned with devops principles. If it was good enough for Obama’s campaign, then it’s probably good enough for others as well.
End of Twinkies
Hostess Brands is going to liquidate. I used to be a fan of chocodiles too.
The Island Where People Forget to Die
It’s the stress that kills people…..that and lack of alcohol. Great quote in the article:
“We wake up late and always take naps”………He took a sip of his wine…..”Have you noticed that no one wears a watch here?”
Interview with the creator of Nginx
This is an interesting interview with a creator of one of the best web servers out there. The original interview is in Russian and the translation (by google) is fairly difficult to read. I took a crack at writing a better translation and I think this might be a bit better.
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