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title: links for 2008-03-01
date: 2008-03-01T05:18:25Z
modified: 2008-03-01T05:18:25Z
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  - Links
timestamp: 2008-03-01T05:18:25Z
tags:
  - Links
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- [Too big to use utility computing ?](http://www.kitchensoap.com/2008/02/27/when-do-you-get-too-big-to-use-cloudy-stuff/)
    
    precisely. computing as a continuum.
    
    (tags: [amazon](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/amazon) [aws](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/aws) [cloud](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/cloud) [utility](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/utility) [computing](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/computing) [ec2](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/ec2) [enterprise](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/enterprise) [s3](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/s3))
- [Stating the obvious at Churbuck.com](http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/?p=1566)
    
    i agree. though it depends, of course, on context, these are not impossible questions. interesting discussion too. not entirely sure how Churbuck became Chuck, though.
    
    (tags: [davidchurbuck](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/davidchurbuck) [dialogue](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/dialogue) [enterprise](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/enterprise) [listening](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/listening) [feedback](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/feedback))
- [So, That’s Why Safari’s So Much Faster Than Firefox 3?](http://mashable.com/2008/02/28/safari-faster-firefox/)
    
    interesting look at the advantages of undocumented APIs
    
    (tags: [apple](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/apple) [firefox](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/firefox) [opensource](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/opensource) [performance](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/performance) [apis](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/apis) [safari](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/safari) [via:james](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/via:james))
- [ARmadgeddon](http://armadgeddon.blogspot.com/2006/02/governor-ancient-iraq-and-gartner.html#c114084039783532266)
    
    “I am not sure RedMonk gets ‘open source’.” – interesting. i’d missed this comment from Richard Stiennon, which insinuates that our model – being less than totally open – is a false one. would comment, but James fortunately has already.
    
    (tags: [richardstiennon](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/richardstiennon) [opensource](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/opensource) [redmonk](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/redmonk) [armadgeddon](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/armadgeddon))
- [Artists to music labels: Where’s our Napster money? | Tech news blog – CNET News.com](http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9882624-7.html)
    
    i’m shocked – shocked i tell you – that artists might have gotten shortchanged in an exchange with the labels
    
    (tags: [napster](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/napster) [kazaa](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/kazaa) [music](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/music) [riaa](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/riaa) [labels](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/labels) [artists](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/artists) [economics](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/economics) [drm](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/drm))
- [James Governor’s Monkchips » On Open Source Analysis: Response to Armadgeddon](http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2008/02/29/thoughts-on-open-source-analysis-response-to-armadgeddon/)
    
    great piece from James on our views of open source analysis. i may pile on re: Stiennon’s comments, but this is a great read
    
    (tags: [jamesgovernor](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/jamesgovernor) [redmonk](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/redmonk) [opensource](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/opensource) [analysis](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/analysis) [armadgeddon](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/armadgeddon))
- [Oedipus Bronx – New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/sports/playmagazine/02play-bronx.html?pagewanted=9&ei=5087&em&en=22ef4b8314181768&ex=1204347600)
    
    “Red Sox Nation?” Hank says. “What a bunch of [expletive] that is…Go anywhere in America and you won’t see Red Sox hats and jackets, you’ll see Yankee hats and jackets. This is a Yankee country.” – more klassy commentary from Hankenstein
    
    (tags: [boston](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/boston) [redsox](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/redsox) [newyork](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/newyork) [yankees](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/yankees) [hankenstein](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/hankenstein) [redsoxnation](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/redsoxnation))
- [theSalmonFarm Blog » Blog Archive » Move to the city. No, Move to the country. NO! MOVE TO THE CITY !](http://thesalmonfarm.org/blog/2008/02/29/move-to-the-city-no-move-to-the-country-no-move-to-the-city/)
    
    a rebuttal to the urban return article posted the other day
    
    (tags: [glensalmon](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/glensalmon) [urban](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/urban) [rural](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/rural) [culture](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/culture))
- [At FOWA, WordPress’ Mullenweg talks about scaling and spamming | The Social – CNET News.com](http://www.news.com/8301-13577_3-9882864-36.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheSocial)
    
    this would have been a good talk to make
    
    (tags: [fowa](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/fowa) [wordpress](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/wordpress) [mattmullenweg](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/mattmullenweg) [carolinemccarthy](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/carolinemccarthy) [scaling](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/scaling) [spam](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/spam) [ads](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/ads) [revenue](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/revenue) [economics](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/economics))
- [Linux.com :: Evangelist: Mozilla has "historic opportunity" to advocate for users](http://www.linux.com/feature/126952)
    
    fascinating look at the opportunities in front of Mozilla, and the path to get there
    
    (tags: [chrisblizzard](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/chrisblizzard) [firefox](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/firefox) [evangelist](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/evangelist) [history](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/history) [mozilla](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/mozilla) [interview](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/interview))