Jacob Kaplan-Moss

Activity in December 2009

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WebROaR: Comparison of Rails Deployment Stacks

This is a good analysis of different Rails stacks, but it's an even better case study in how to prepare and present meaningful benchmarks.

(benchmarks, deployment, httperf, servers, webdev)

Too Much Joy» Blog Archive » My Hilarious Warner Bros. Royalty Statement

To sum up: the music industry treats its artists like it treats its customers: like shit. This is why I don't feel even a little twinge of remorse for pirating music. The sooner these asshat scumbags go out of business the better.

(bullshit, business, copyright, economics, money, music)

Mathematically Correct Breakfast — Mobius Sliced Linked Bagel

How to slice a bagel into two linked halves. Because you've always wanted to know.

(bagels, breakfast, math, topology)

Ian Bicking: a blog :: Re-raising Exceptions

Everything you ever wanted to know about re-raising exceptions in Python.

(code, debugging, exceptions, programming, python, traceback)

A Standard for Open Source Code Documentation [Alex Reisner]

A nice outline for how open source code documentation might be organized. I'm less than convinced that there needs to be a “standard,” but as a sort of conceptual framework for organizing docs this does a great job.

(documentation, opensource, programming, standard)

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Fixing PostgreSQL’s default encoding on Ubuntu 9.10

Ubuntu 9.10 installs PostgreSQL with a default encoding of SQL_ASCII. This is stupid. Here’s how to fix it.

(postgresql, ubuntu)

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WNYC, New York Public Radio - November 27, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 27 November 2009)

Chicago Public Radio - #395: Middle of the Night

Bob Dylan - Windy Cities and Jimmy Davis

Jimmy Davis - YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE

Bob Dylan - Outtro Jimmy Davis, intro Joe Jones

Joe Jones - California Sun

Joe Jones - California Sun

Bob Dylan - Joe Jones, Elvis and Dean Martin

Dean Martin - I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine

Bob Dylan - Johnny Bragg and the Prisonaires

The Prisonaires - Just Walking In The Rain

Bob Dylan - Clouds

Consolers - After the Clouds Roll Away

Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary

Judy Garland - Come Rain or Come Shine (w/Bob Dylan intro)

Bob Dylan - Howard Arlen, Johnny Mercer and Irma Thomas

Irma Thomas - It's Raining

Irma Thomas - It's Raining

Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Didn't It Rain - Sarah Silverman

Slim Harpo - Raining In My Heart

Bob Dylan - Taxi Driver Clip

Lord Beginner - Jamaica Hurricane

Bob Dylan - WSPA Jingle, Fats Domino

Fats Domino - Let The Four Winds Blow

Bob Dylan - WARM Jingle

The Spaniels - Stormy Weather

Bob Dylan - The Spaniels

Stevie Wonder - A Place in the Sun (Italian)

Stevie Wonder - A Place in the Sun (Italian)

Bob Dylan - Santa Ana Winds

Frank Sinatra - Summer Wind

The Staple Singers - Uncloudy Day

The Carter Family - Keep on the Sunny Side

Julia Lee - Opening - TTRH1 - 2 - Mother - Mama Don't Allow

Tommy Duncan - Daddy Loves Mommy-O

Jan Bradley - Mama Didn't Lie

Jan Bradley - Mama Didn't Lie

Buck Owens - I'll Go To Church With Mama

Randy Newman - Mama Told Me Not to Come

Jad Abumrad & Robert Krulwich - Numbers

NPR - Notre Dame's Glory Fades Without A Conference

NPR - #124 Planet Money: Eye On Dubai

Bobby Peterson Quintet - Mama Get the Hammer

JB Lanoir - Mama Talk to Your Daughter

Penn Jilette of Penn & Teller - Mama's boy

Earl King - A Mother's Love

Ruth Brown - Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean

Carl Smith - Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way

Carl Smith - Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way

Memphis Slim - Mother Earth

Ernie K-Doe - Mother In Law

Junior Parker - Mother in Law Blues

Merle Haggard - Mama Tried

Jimmy McCracklin - Gonna Tell Your Mother

The Rolling Stones - have you seen your mother, baby standing in the shadow

The Rolling Stones - have you seen your mother, baby standing in the shadow

Dirty Red - Mother Fuyer

LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out - Closing - TTRH1 - 2 - Mother

KPCC 89.3 | Southern California Public Radio - Episode 37: George Saunders, New Look Turkey Sandwich, Getting Hit On By A Star

American Public Media - Nov. 28, 2009: The News from Lake Wobegon

WNYC, New York Public Radio - December 4, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 04 December 2009)

Freddie Bell & The Bell Boys - Hound Dog

NPR - #125: Planet Money: The Nine Fingered Economy

NPR - Car Talk 0949 December 5, 2009

NPR - NPR: 12-05-2009 Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me!

Bob Dylan - Opening - TTRH1 - 3 - Drinking

Chicago Public Radio - #286: Mind Games

Bob Dylan - Opening - TTRH1 - 4 - Baseball

Bob Dylan - The Skeletons - Take Me Out To The Ballgame

Mabel Scott - Baseball Boogie

Chance Halladay - Home Run

Charlie Sheen - Baseball is…

Johnny Darling - Baseball Baby

Lawrence Ferlinghetti - Baseball Canto

Cowboy Copas - Three strikes and you're out

Sister Wynona Carr - The Ball Game

Sister Wynona Carr - The Ball Game

Buddy Johnson - Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit that Ball

Les Brown & His Orchestra (with Betty Bonney) - Joltin' Joe DiMaggio

Billy Bragg & Wilco - Joe Dimaggio's Done It Again

Teddy Brannon Orchestra - Dan Newcomb Really Throws That Ball

Sonny Rollins - Newk's Fadeaway

The Treniers - Say Hey

The Treniers - Say Hey

Bob Dylan - Email

Sam Bush - The Wizard of Oz

Ry Cooder - 3rd Base, Dodger Stadium

Bob Dylan - Opening - TTRH1 - 5 - Coffee

The Ink Spots - Java Jive

Jerry Irby - One Cup of Coffee and a Cigarette

Frank Sinatra - The Coffee Song

Squeeze - Black Coffee in Bed

Squeeze - Black Coffee in Bed

Bob Dylan - Def Poet

Otis Redding - Cigarettes And Coffee

Curtis Gordon - Caffeine and Nicotine

Lefty Frizzell - Cigarettes and Coffee Blues

Sam Lightning' Hopkins - Coffee Blues

Scatman Crothers - Keep That Coffee Hot

Bob Dylan - Billy Vera

Bob Dylan - Billy Vera

The Larks - Coffee Cigarettes And Tears

Bobby Darin - Black Coffee

Sexsmith & Kerr - Raindrops in My Coffee

Blur - Coffee And TV

Ella Mae Morse - Forty Cups Of Coffee

Ella Mae Morse - Forty Cups Of Coffee

Glenn Miller - Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee

Bob Dylan - Closing - TTRH1 - 5 - Coffee

Bob Dylan - Opening - TTRH1 - 6 - Jail

Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues

Magic Sam - 21 Days in Jail

Bessie Smith - Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair

Warren Storm - Prisoner's Song

The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang

Andre Williams - Jail Bait

Cannon's Jug Stompers - Prison Wall Blues

Kenny Lane - Columbus Stockade Blues

Joe Simon - Nine Pound Steel

Joe Simon - Nine Pound Steel

Jimmy Patton - Okies In The Pokie

John Prine - Christmas In Prison

Bob Dylan - Email from Las Vegas

The Sir Douglas Quintet - In the Jailhouse Now

Mississippi Sheiks - Jailbird Love Song

Wanda Jackson - Riot in Cell Block #9

Merle Haggard - Sing Me Back Home

Merle Haggard - Sing Me Back Home

Hurricane Harry - Last Meal

Bob Dylan - Closing - TTRH1 - 6 - Jail

Rodrigo y Gabriela - Hanuman

Rodrigo y Gabriela - Buster Voodoo

Rodrigo y Gabriela - Triveni

Rodrigo y Gabriela - Logos

Rodrigo y Gabriela - Logos

Rodrigo y Gabriela - Santo Domingo

Rodrigo y Gabriela - Master Maqui

Rodrigo y Gabriela - Savitri

Rodrigo y Gabriela - Hora Zero

Rodrigo y Gabriela - Chac Mool

Rodrigo y Gabriela - Chac Mool

Rodrigo y Gabriela - Atman

Rodrigo y Gabriela - 11:11

Neil Young - The Old Laughing Lady

Neil Young - Mr. Soul

Neil Young - World on a String

Neil Young - Pocahontas

Neil Young - Pocahontas

Neil Young - Stringman

Neil Young - Like a Hurricane

Neil Young - The Needle and the Damage Done

Neil Young - Helpless

Neil Young - Harvest Moon

Neil Young - Harvest Moon

Neil Young - Transformer Man

Neil Young - Unknown Legend

Neil Young - Look Out for My Love

Neil Young - Long May You Run

Neil Young - Long May You Run

Neil Young - From Hank to Hendrix

Bruce Springsteen - Pay Me My Money Down

Fleetwood Mac - Second Hand News

Neil Young - Unknown Legend

Neil Young - Unknown Legend

Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil

Ozomatli - Coming War

Buddy Holly - Crying, Waiting, Hoping

Cat Stevens - Moonshadow

Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On

They Might Be Giants - Why Does the Sun Really Shine?

Cannon's Jug Stompers - Prison Wall Blues

Matisyahu - So Hi So Lo

Matisyahu - So Hi So Lo

Bob Dylan - Opening - TTRH1 - 7 - Father

Bob Dylan - Horace Silver and Steely Dan

Jimmie Rodgers - Daddy and home

Jimmie Rodgers - Daddy and Home

Shep & The Limelites - Daddy's Home

Bob Dylan - Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers - That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine

Bobby “Blue” Bland - Dust Got in Daddy's Eyes

Julie London - Daddy

NPR - New Music From Spoon, Norah Jones, More

NPR - New Music From Spoon, Norah Jones, More

NPR - #127 Planet Money: Planet Money Goes To Copenhagen

NPR - For Tiger Woods, The Only Thing New Is The Focus

Bob Dylan - Wedding March, Fred Rich's Protogés

Fred Rich And His Orchestra - Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine)

Bob Dylan - More on Fred, Wedding Guests

Prince La La - Getting Married Soon

Bob Dylan - Prince La La, Movie clip, Darlene Love

Darlene Love - Today I Met the Boy I'm Gonna Marry

Bob Dylan - Minnie Pearl and Rodney Dangerfield on Marriage

Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash Folgers Commercial

Bob Dylan - Opening - TTRH1 - 16 - Dogs

Patti Page - How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?

Ronnie Self - Ain't I'm a Dog

Rufus Thomas - Stop Kickin' My Dog Around

Ferlinghetti & Dorough - Dog

Gene Shepherd - I'll Take The Dog

Bob Dylan - Movie clip, Nixon and Checkers

Bob Dylan - Movie clip, Nixon and Checkers

Red Foley - Old Shepherd

Howard Tate - How Come My Bull Dog Don't Bark

The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog

The Allen Brothers - Salty Dog

Bob Dylan - Jimmy Kimmel & Sara Silverman

Freddie Bell & The Bell Boys - Hound Dog

Hawkshaw Hawkins - The Doghouse Boogie

Uncle Tupelo - I Wanna Be Your Dog

Mighty Sparrow - Laika

Bob Dylan - Lord Byron

Webb Pierce - I'm Walking The Dog

Bob Dylan - Bob's outro

Bob Dylan - Closing - TTRH1 - 16 - Dogs

Bob Dylan - Opening - TTRH1 - 17 - Friends and Neighbors

Bob Dylan - Opening - TTRH1 - 17 - Friends and Neighbors

Porter Wagoner - Howdy Neighbor

Bob Dylan - Hank Snow Intro

Hank Snow - Married by the Bible, Divorced by the Law

Alimony - Huey “Piano” Smith & His Clowns

Merle Travis - Divorce Me C.O.D.

Bob Dylan - Mexican Divorce

The Drifters - Mexican Divorce

Kitty Wells - Will Your Lawyer Talk to God?

Bob Dylan - Email

Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn - Mr. & Mrs. Used to Be

Lefty Frizzell - You Can't Divorce My Heart

Bob Dylan - Jimmy Kimmel

DANGERDOOM - Basket Case

DANGERDOOM - No Names

DANGERDOOM - Crosshairs

DANGERDOOM - Mince Meat

DANGERDOOM - Vats of Urine

DANGERDOOM - Space Ho's

WNYC, New York Public Radio - December 11, 2009 (On The Media: Friday, 11 December 2009)

American Public Media - 12/11/09 Marketplace

NPR - Car Talk 0950 December 12, 2009

Brother Ali - Brothers and Sisters feat. Chuck D. & Stokley Williams

Brother Ali - The Preacher

Brother Ali - Crown Jewel

Brother Ali - House Keys

Brother Ali - Fresh Air

Brother Ali - Fresh Air

Brother Ali - Tight Rope

Brother Ali - Breakin' Dawn

Brother Ali - The Travelers

Brother Ali - Babygirl

Brother Ali - Babygirl

Brother Ali - 'Round Here

NPR - NPR: 12-12-2009 Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me!

NPR - #128 Planet Money: Friend or Foe?

Chicago Public Radio - #342: How to Rest in Peace

apm - Dec. 12, 2009: The News from Lake Wobegon

The Moth - Dina Pearlman: Casting Couch

The Moth - Andy Christie: It’s Not The Fall That Gets You

The Moth - Murat Gunel: The Art of Medicine

The Moth - Dr.Murat Gunel: The Art of Medecine

The Moth - Teri Garr: Wake Up Call

The Moth - Edgar Oliver: The Apron Strings of Savannah

Van Morrison - (Straight To Your Heart) Like A Cannon Ball

The Jewels - Hearts Of Stone

Bob Dylan - Penny Dreadfuls

Erma Franklin - Piece of My Heart

The Yardbirds - Heart Full Of Soul

The Coasters - Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

Bob Dylan - Closing - TTRH1 - 41 - Heart

Jimmy Reed - Goin' to New York

Dyke & The Blazers - Funky Broadway

Bob Dylan - Statue of Liberty

Lou Reed - Dirty Boulevard

Bob Dylan - Origins of Cold Turkey

Bob Dylan - Junkies and Thieves

Lightnin' Slim - Winter Time Blues

Loretta Lynn - When The Tingle Becomes A Chill

Bob Dylan - Phone Call

Big Joe Turner - The Chill Is On

Doc Watson & Clarence Ashley - Chilly Winds (Long Lonesome Road)

Bob Dylan - Cold Blooded

Willie Walker - Warm to Cool to Cold

The Beatles - Get Back

The Beatles - Glass Onion