Google Tech Talk by MySQL dude teaches you how to benchmark and tune MySQL.

Performance Tuning Best Practices for MySQL - Google Video

This jacket offers a protection level to NIJ STD 0101.04 level 11A and European Police Standard for tactical vests RPS B (1999).

Bullet/Stab Proof Jacket

This site will show you deals to get you extra miles, between any two cities, for any airline. Nice, for frequent flyers.

MileMaven.com: Earn the Most Miles on Every Trip

Holy moly that is a close up zoom of a camel (see my screenshot above) – and it works for other place on Google Maps too! Yes, it turns out that you can zoom in much more deeply onto Google Maps by doing this:

1. Select a location and switch to satellite view
2. Zoom in as far as you can, and click “link to this page” at the top right
3. Now replace the “z” parameter in the URL with a higher value, e.g. 20, 22, or 23, and wait. Some locations will now show more detailed imagery

I was able to get my condo up to 20, one more than normal. Apparently that is as high as Atlanta goes.

Super-Close Google Maps Zooms hack

Introduction
This is a feature spotlight to let you know about the many things Beryl will currently provide you with. Please note that this will include features both available and not available in Compiz, which Beryl was forked from. This is not a complete feature list, just a general overview of the features available in Beryl. A more complete feature list can be found on the weekly blog updates. There is also a new users guide here that contained a more complete howto for using beryl.

Beryl looks like XGL, but easier to setup.

Beryl-project.org

Jean Baudrillard, the French philosopher who described America as the world's "only remaining primitive society," died this week at age 77.

BoingBoing's link is probably the best for this event, as they pull together news stories, and excellent wikipedia article, and an entertaining YouTube video in which someone dubbed Baudrillard's commentary over scenes from Grand Theft Auto. Baudrillards' response to 9/11 was discussed on MemeStreams a few years ago (well, by Jello and I anyway, but the observations are good.)

Boing Boing: RIP: philosopher Jean Baudrillard, 1929-2007

I'm putting our software, eMpower Lite Reporting, on the web for anyone to try. The casino it will report on? Xanadu.

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Limited liability companies, or LLCs, are becoming more and more popular, and it's easy to see why. They combine the personal liability protection of a corporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership. In addition, they're more flexible and require less ongoing paperwork than corporations. We can help you quickly and easily set up a new LLC or convert your existing business into an LLC. Below is our simple 3-step process:

Dirt cheap incorporation. $250 includes corporate logbook and seal.

Limited Liability Company or LLC - Form a llc in 3 easy steps

Introduction

The TeraStation is a nice device. My goal was to use it for backing up OS X machines. If I would have researched the product better I would not be writing about it now. Since the TeraStation uses Linux there is a solution to the problems.

The 1.5TB effective storage, RAID-5 Buffalo NAS boxes look cool.

Campworld - Hacking The Buffalo TeraStation to Work with Mac OS X

#!/bin/bash DATE=`date %F-%R`; BZFILE=/tmp/$DATE.sql.bz2; GPGFILE=$BZFILE.gpg; mysqldump --all-databases | bzip2 -c --best > $BZFILE; gpg --encrypt -r me@example.com $BZFILE; echo 'MySQL backup from abominus is attached' | mutt -a $GPGFILE \ -s '[backup] MySQL backup' self@gmail.com rm $GPGFILE;

Now I find it!

Gmail, GPG, and Backups via Email