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Little Devices

Posted on November 19, 2010 by way0utwest

It seems that I get more and more done with my smartphone all the time. I find myself responding to lots of emails, having text or Twitter conversations, taking pictures, reading, even making notes on my iPhone. I can’t imagine … Continue reading →

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Google Scale

Posted on November 16, 2010 by way0utwest

I heard someone talking the other day about how Google needs to optimize their code. They really pay attention to low level operation of their software, actually having people spend time writing compilers and ensuring they generate efficient code. This … Continue reading →

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Proving Your Identity

Posted on November 15, 2010 by way0utwest

I caught this article on Dark Reading that talks about the problems of multi-factor authentication. It’s interesting to me as I had written an editorial on passwords and mentioned that I used the fingerprint reader on my laptop. Someone pointed … Continue reading →

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More Triggers

Posted on November 12, 2010 by way0utwest

In the old days of T-SQL, back when we wrote “CREATE TRIGGER …. FOR INSERT” we could only have one insert/update/delete trigger for each table. Eventually SQL Server allowed us to have multiple triggers, and even have some control over … Continue reading →

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