Jeremy Zawodny: MySQL and Sphinx at Craigslist (pdf)
12 Excellent Examples of “Lazy Registration”. I would also add Posterous to this list
Vadim of Percona on the MySQL perf blog: Detailed review of Tokutek storage engine
Guidelines for designing Software Packaging. Might not apply these days, but interesting points
The painful truth about trainers: Are running shoes a waste of money?
Google container data center video tour and videos from the Efficient Data Center Summit.
John Gardner: “Personal Renewal”
Franz Kafka: The Metamorphosis
Steve Blank: The real story of Silicon Valley
Charles Simonyi’s Intentional Software finally launches, details on Martin Fowler’s bliki
Brain Gain: The underground world of “neuroenhancing” drugs
Jeffrey Goldberg: Why I Fired My Broker. Money quote from Seth Klarman on figuring out if you are an investor or speculator
Two time NBA MVP, Steve Nash talks writes about “The Nash Diet”
Evolutionary Fitness: the diet that really works. Art De Vany’s EV seminar.
Since we are talking about diet’s here’s the Physics diet, by Richard Muller. Dr. Muller has an interesting course called Physics for Future Presidents, which is now a book
Rounding it off, Steve Pavlina’s Raw Food Diet.
Rich Skrenta: blekko.com will presumably launch in 3 months. 10 engineers, 1 VP of everything else, ~200 servers, $ 5 million in angel funding and some debt to build a new search engine. Can’t wait to use blekko!
Steve Blank: “Speed and Tempo” – Fearless Decision Making for Startups. Great startups have a tempo of 10x a large company.
Niall Kennedy: Facebook’s photo storage rewrite
StorageMojo: Architecting the Internet Data Center
Euan’s Top Tips For Medium Sized LAMP Powered Web Apps
Dan Ariely’s TED Talk: Why we think it’s OK to cheat and steal
Charlie Munger: The Psychology of Human Misjudgment. Must Read for everyone.
Google Unveils Its Container Data Center.
Mike D’Antoni: Gotham’s Savior.
The Lanchester Model – a model for capturing market share in business operations & 3 to 1 Rule
Kicking Butt by the Numbers: Lanchester’s Laws