Author: stuart

  • Mount Ruapehu

    Mount Ruapehu, a photo by amanzi on Flickr. Taken from the Desert Road while driving back home from a mountain biking weekend in Taupo. Photoshop did a great job of stitching several portrait shots into this panorama.

  • 1920s mugshots

    Artistic mugshot photos from the 1920s.

  • NSA – an inside view

    An ex-NSA employee’s inside view on the spying revelations http://lorensr.me/nsa-an-inside-view.html

  • LEGO The Simpsons House

    via LEGO The Simpsons House (71006) | Flickr – Photo Sharing!.

  • Samsung Releases Android 4.3 for the S4

    Lots of good features: http://www.sammobile.com/2013/10/17/samsung-galaxy-s4-lte-gt-i9505-receives-official-android-4-3-update/ OpenGL 3.0 Support GALAXY GEAR Support TRIM Support (Makes the device much faster) ANT+ Support Samsung KNOX Implementation (KNOX bootloader and dedicated application) Samsung Wallet comes pre-loaded Improved RAM management Improved Display colour reproduction (Display looks much sharper than before) Improved TouchWiz Launcher (Much less launcher redraws and less lag)…

  • Percona Database Sever

    http://www.percona.com/software/percona-server/downloads/ Percona Server is a backwards-compatible replacement for MySQL that is much faster and more scalable, easier to monitor and tune, and has features to make operational tasks easier. It is designed to excel for cloud computing, support NoSQL access, and take full advantage of modern hardware such as SSD and Flash storage.