rudyamid on September 20th, 2010 at 6:18 pm

I have been using the iPhone for more than 9 months, and I’m totally hooked by it.  One of its best attraction is the App Store. So many apps to choose from!  I took my time to test and play with them.  I’ve come up with a best list of  iPhone apps.  I continually use […]

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rudyamid on November 24th, 2008 at 10:53 am

Without fail, every time Google releases something, the crowd is all over it.  I’m certainly a fan.  Other than the usual Google search, I use a lot of their applications on a daily basis.  Google does produce mostly good stuff, but some are just fluff.   Here’s the quick rundown: Google Usefulness Life Magazine photo archives […]

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rudyamid on June 5th, 2008 at 9:38 am

I’ve been trying to catch up on House MD episodes in the past 3 weeks. I’m hooked with the series because of Hugh Laurie‘s acting, the writing, and the story telling. I’m especially amused with the radical diagnoses and treatments of the patients. I know the cures for the exotic diseases are somewhat made up […]

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rudyamid on April 24th, 2008 at 6:40 am

As Twitter’s usage increased recently (scalability issues notwithstanding), so has the invention of new applications to make the Twitter experience more enjoyable. These are the tools for Twitter that I’ve used, as I discovered them, in chronological order: Twhirl Hands down, one of the best user interface client for Twitter. It gives me the ability […]

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rudyamid on January 28th, 2008 at 8:00 pm

Summary: Adjust MySQL’s system variables. Use tuning-primer.sh script. The most active application of this blog requires the use a database system to store data such as this content, comments, tags, or links. The database of choice here is MySQL. By default, it comes with a default set of system variables, designed for common and light-weight […]

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