If you are a geek, you know about the SQL query language, which is pronounced “sequel”. Facebook just released a new query language with the acronym FQL. I suspect that this will come to be known as “fecal”.
Entries from January 2008
How to pronounce FQL
January 28th, 2008 ·
Tags: Amusements
Papers, please?
January 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Before you view this blog posting, perhaps I should be asking for your papers. It seems that Rudy wants me to.
Tags: Politics
Mapreduce: a major disruption to database dogma
January 23rd, 2008 ·
I should first issue a disclaimer since I work for Google. This doesn’t
reflect the opinion of my employer, so any inaccuracies are my fault alone.
If it’s any consolation, at least Google isn’t trying to sell Mapreduce as a product.
David J. DeWitt and Michael Stonebraker recently wrote an article titled Mapreduce: a giant step backwards. [...]
Tags: Research
Lyrics that inspire
January 12th, 2008 ·
During your lifetime there are a few songs that will stop you in your tracks and grab your attention. Maybe it’s the moment, or the melody, or the people you are with, or a snatch of the lyrics. Here’s my list.
I don’t need to fight to prove I’m right. I don’t need [...]
Tags: Inspirations
Managing a blog
January 5th, 2008 ·
You may have noticed that there are essentially no comments allowed on this blog. The reason is simple – the vast majority of comments that are generated for blogs are pure spam, and I don’t want to deal with it. There are also a huge number of sites who copy my content and [...]
Tags: The internet