Design

http://www.slideshare.net/slidecomet/the-presenter-manifesto-8-distinctions-of-a-world-class-presenter

http://www.slideshare.net/slidecomet/the-presenter-manifesto-8-distinctions-of-a-world-class-presenter

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2009/06/scaling-up-vs-scaling-out-hidden-costs.html blog post about scale up and scale out, and hidden costs introduced by administration licensing costs for proprietary software. “Last monday we upgraded our core database server after a power outage knocked the site offline. I haven’t touched this machine since 2005 so it was a major undertaking to do it last minute. We upgraded from a machine with 64 GB of ram and 8 CPUs to a HP ProLiant DL785 with 512 GB of ram and 32 CPUs …” ...

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2009/06/scaling-up-vs-scaling-out-hidden-costs.html blog post about scale up and scale out, and hidden costs introduced by administration licensing costs for proprietary software. “Last monday we upgraded our core database server after a power outage knocked the site offline. I haven’t touched this machine since 2005 so it was a major undertaking to do it last minute. We upgraded from a machine with 64 GB of ram and 8 CPUs to a HP ProLiant DL785 with 512 GB of ram and 32 CPUs …” ...

http://support.rightscale.com/12-Guides/EC2_Best_Practices/EC2_Site_Architecture_Diagrams#Multiple_Availability_Zone_Setup

http://support.rightscale.com/12-Guides/EC2_Best_Practices/EC2_Site_Architecture_Diagrams#Multiple_Availability_Zone_Setup Web architecture site design diagrams from RightScale. It tells you basic ideas how to design redundant web application infrastructure in amazon cloud

http://www.cracktwo.com/2011/04/25-abandoned-soviet-monuments-that-look.html “These structures were commissioned by former Yugoslavian president Josip Broz Tito in the 1960s and 70s to commemorate sites where WWII battles took place” .

http://sqlserverpedia.com/wiki/Understanding_the_StackOverflow_Database_Schema Notes about schema used by StackOverflow.com and related websites. It is very simple, only several tables used. (most likely because there are performance problems with joins)

http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/03/13/some-perspective-on-the-japan-earthquake A blog post offering some perspective about Japans’ preparation and planning for natural disasters

http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/ipv6mess.html Criticism (a fair one, IMHO) for IPv6 from DJB