Today I discovered an interesting overlap on Google Street View..
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LIFE: The Schuylkill River in Philadelphia
Canoeing, kayaking and paddleboarding are available only minutes from center city.
RANTS: Quote of the day
When the situation was manageable it was neglected, and now that it is thoroughly out of hand we apply too late the remedies which then might have effected a cure. There is nothing new in the story. It is as old as the sibylline books. It falls into that long, dismal catalogue of the fruitlessness of experience and the confirmed unteachability of mankind. Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong – these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.
Winston Churchhill
TECH: Resolving solr slowness on Linux
Overview
Performance degrades as your solr usage increases.
TECH: mod_deflate, apache2 and no compression .
You’ve enabled mod_deflate either via apxs as a module, or by recompiling httpd as a whole, but alas, no compression.
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PHOTO: Chicago Skyline
TECH: Running multiple instances of cgminer on Linux
One may have software, hardware or configuration issues which require multiple instances of cgminer to share the USB bus.
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LIFE: Preparedness for minimalists
A friend requested a list of supplies for his rented space.
LIFE: What I learned from Sandy.
It has been over a year now since Hurricane|SuperStorm Sandy, a fine time to post my notes from a day trip to Staten Island. Hopefully this paints a picture of conditions on the ground after a flood.