{{Andrea Sutcliffe}}’s book {{Steam: The Untold Story of American’s First Great Invention}} was a pure joy to read. Being the second review I’m writing with my “new” system, I hope you find this book as interesting as I have. In 1784, {{James Rumsey}} designed a boat that could, by purely mechanical means, move its way …
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programming your home by mike riley
{{Mike Riley}}’s entry in {{The Pragmatic Programmers}} series, {{Programming Your Home}} – automating with {{Arduino}}, {{Android}}, and your computer – was a lot of fun. While I am not really in a position to do many of the mini projects given in the book (wrong type of house plus we rent), reading some of the …
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to engineer is human by henry petroski
I’ve ogled {{To Engineer is Human}} by {{Henry Petroski}} for several years. So when I saw it at a local used book store for just a couple dollars, I snagged a copy. Along with some of his other works, such as {{The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance}}, I’ve found the titles interesting, and …
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what is the “new” python?
9 years ago, {{Paul Graham}} made a controversial statement: [W]hen you choose a language, you’re also choosing a community. The programmers you’ll be able to hire to work on a {{Java}} project won’t be as smart as the ones you could get to work on a project written in {{Python}}. And the quality of your …
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assessment and capacity analysis and planning for virtualization initiatives
Q: What would need to go into an assessment tool for a virtualization initiative? A: Typical factors may include: current CPU load per server what’s running on each server current hardware of each server expected percentage increase in usage OS usage – homogenous or heterogeneous new hardware or re-use current hardware storage needs vendor for …
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chimneys and fireplaces
About 14 years ago, good friends of the family bought an old farm house with some outbuildings in rural Schoharie County in NY (outside Middleburgh, in a locale called “Hunter’s Land”). One of the first things they wanted to do with the house was to re-engineer the heating, which included properly insulating the house, and …
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