Sometimes the simple things amaze me (or amuse me) most. Here are a few I've come across on this trip:
- My Yahoo employee badge works in Taiwan. Yes, I can go half way around the world and my badge still unlocks the door so that I can work. Nice!
- I was having breakfast this morning at the hotel and ended up sitting next to a guy who grew up in Toledo, Ohio (so did I). He's been working at his current job for 8 years and lives less than 10 minutes from my parents. Apparently the farther I go from home, the greater the odds of running into someone "from home" seem to be.
- Bubble Tea. The guys in Taiwan got me some Bubble Tea at lunch today. Yum.
- MySQL 5.0 has a "blackhole" storage engine. It's basically an idea I suggested to them 2-3 years ago. I'm glad to see they've implemented it even though I no longer need it.
- The hotel left me another apple yesterday. It was yum. I love free apples when they're still crispy.
Now back to your regularly scheduled... Well, whatever you come here for.
Posted by jzawodn at November 10, 2005 10:51 PM
Outta curiosity, why would you want a blackhole storage engine?
I've found that the customer-service email address for (insert any company or government entity here) works sufficiently well in this capacity that I've never needed a dedicated blackhole storage engine.
>> I love free apples when they're still crispy.
So does Microsoft. Except they only eat 1/5 the apple and then throw it away. Muhahahaha! :)
Jon, check out the "New data transfers paradigms: BLACKHOLE tables" at:
http://datacharmer.blogspot.com/2005/11/new-data-replication-paradigms.html
Basically, to get things into the logs but not into the database, or to run a trigger.
That's pretty neat, Sheeri. Thanks for pointing that out.
Clearly, I'm going to have to dig into all the new stored procedure-type stuff.
There's a great bubble tea place in Mountain View called Tapica Express, off Castro and Villa, near the caltrain station. Very much the yum.
Try and score yourself some Wax Apple (Jambu).
They are pretty delish too, and I think common in that part of the world if I'm not mistaken.
Curiously, how exactly is it possible for your keycard to work all the way in Taiwan? Does Yahoo! actually sync keycard info all around the world?
Jeremy - you are speaking at WMW in Las Vegas in a few days...
Taiwan today, Vegas tomorrow. What a guy!
I am not brilliant because of the things I know, I am brilliant because of the things you don't know.
what do you think about acquiring InnoDB by Oracle in context of MySQL?
I am not brilliant because of the things I know, I am brilliant because of the things you don't know.
Cool.
Clearly, I'm going to have to dig into all the new stored procedure-type stuff.
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