Archive for September, 2009
Char By Char Synchronization
Today google is going to launch google wave to 100K users. Wave is a new form of communication channel, which makes group email more like wiki + instant message conference. One important feature is character by character synchronization among all participants. An interview with wave core engineer Dhanji Prasanna shows that the synchronization part can [...]
Connection Close in HttpClient
I recently made a mistake using Java Jakarta Commons HttpClient. I decided to dig deeper into the issue.
My code uses HttpClient to send HTTP requests to another machine. The load is very high. Over time, I often see exceptions of “Too many open files” in logs. But the problem may auto recover. Using netstat, I [...]
To win a game that is impossible to win
To win a game that is impossible to win, you need to first change the rule.
When Microsoft was busy fixing its IE security problems, Google introduced a browser that is fastest in executing javascript. Who care the difference in javascript execution speed at that time? But, that was a new rule to compare browsers. Gradually [...]
Cannot tell which browser is faster? Test this!
JSNES, a javascript nintendo game emulator. You can play Contra on it.
http://benfirshman.com/projects/jsnes/
It is almost only playable on Chrome. Firefox is so slow. My IE 6 cannot even display it.
MySpace Open-Sourced Its MapReduce Framework
MySpace open-sourced its C# based MapReduce framwork Qizmt today.
http://www.myspace.com/pressroom?url=/article_display.cfm?article_id=1075
As mentioned, Qizmt is used for MySpace recommendation systems.
It seems the formal link is here
http://qizmt.myspace.com/
