Very interesting article on how Google sorts data – the punchline being that they sorted 1 petabyte (which is 1000 terabytes, or 1 million gigabytes – don’t even try to comprehend it – it’s not possible) in 6 hours and two minutes.  Trust me when I tell you – that is absolutely amazing.  Sorting is really the heart of what Google does, and to be able to do it that fast in astounding.  And on only 4000 computers!

The other interesting part of this story is how they actually STORED that much sorted data.  Easy!  Just put it on 48,000 hard drives.  I’m not kidding.  Read the article.

The end of the world?  Why?  Because my MOM has a BLOG now.  It just seems impossible that she is just off writing on the Interwebs, but it’s true.  And guess what?  She’s AWERSOME at it.  Don’t take my word for it.  Go look. Bookmark.  Tell your friends.  Send her money.

Oh mercy.  Is this child talented or what?  Her middle school put on Seussical for their class play this year – and it was just unreal.  Everyone did a great job, but I must say – Sydney is just unreal.  Her singing, her acting – it all just WORKS.

Video?  Why yes, in fact there is some.

Been a while since I posted – thanks to a problem with WordPress, which the WordPress GOD himself, David Gagne, fixed for me.

Speaking of David, he switched to Mac a while ago.  He’s been swearing to me that he can do everything he can on a PC, and it just works better.  My PC can only be described as BAD.  It’s big, slow, and the battery life is just absolutely horrible.  Today i finally took the plunge.

I went to the Apple store in Northridge and got a a shiny new MacBook.  Not a Pro, because I couldn’t figure out a reason to spend another $500 for better video, when I’m not a big gamer – unless you count poker.  I got a monitor adapter (to connect to my 24″ Dell), and a keyboard.  I also picked up a cool Oakley backpack to replace my hunk of trash attache.

The setup at home could not have been easier.  Updates installed quickly and easily, and got all of the apps I needed in about an hour.  There is a small learning curve with the keyboard and interface, but I’m completely productive on it right now.  And I am prepared to say this:  I can no longer imagine why anyone would want a PC running Windows.