Building a Mini Cluster
Building a Mini Cluster -
I was doing some work and thought, "Wouldn't it be nice to have my own cluster?" I'm guessing not many people have those types of revelations, and probably fewer that decide they should go ahead and solve the problem. I wanted a cheap, small, easy to pack, light, quiet, low-power cluster that I could sit on my desk, and not even think about it. I did a little bit of research of what equipment to use and decided on the following:
(1) EEE PC-901 -- A good option for a management node due to it not only being small and portable, but also includes a screen to allow as a front-end to the cluster.
I can has cheezburger?
Google I/O Conference and the free Google ION Android phone
I've had the Google ION Android phone for a couple of days now, it's pretty nice, especially since it was free. :)
Pros:
* Very fast network and general response time
* Fast browser
* Compact hardware, clear screen
* Search on the main screen
* Voice search all over the place
Cons:
* Fonts don't look that great
* 'Marketplace' aka AppStore is weak, no preview shots of apps
* Removing apps is not intuitive at all
* Interface doesn't really use multi-touch
Pic of folks opening up their free Google ION Android phones. It was like Christmas morning for everyone!
Overall, Google ran a great conference, very information packed and professionally run. The one problem I did see was the lackluster WiFi which kept dropping and was non-functional for a little bit.
Using Solaris to dig deep into Drupal
What's with the massive getattr calls? Wonder if the NFS client can increase it's cache size, that should help. The theme files in Drupal don't change much so caching them shouldn't be an issue.
Either way, very interesting screencast showing how to see what your application is really doing.
Bipolar Monkey - A mascot looking for a project
I vote for Bipolar Monkey.
Not so long ago, I was a heavily medicated, banana eating, tree swinging, feces flinging monkey. But then, I lost my ever-important prescription. Now I’m up, I’m down, I’m all over the place.
