http://tekrat.com Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:49:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just registered for the AIDS LifeCycle, a 7-day 545-mile bike ride from SF to LA.   This begins June 6th and ends June 12th, and to participate I need to raise a minimum of $3,000.  I've kick-started this by donating $2,000 and setting a goal of $5,000.  I'm also going ... http://tekrat.com/2010/03/15/aids-lifecycle/ I just downloaded the new swype beta for android and its absolutely fantastic. So much so that i decided I should write this entry for from my nexus one phone, something I wouldn't have really been too encouraged to do before. In part because the default android keyboard ... http://tekrat.com/2010/03/07/swype-beta-is-just-swell/ I decided that a video camera would be the perfect addition to my ski and cycling adventures.  After a very brief survey of the available options the CountourHD 1080p seemed to be the best choice for it's simplicity of use, size, and quality.  Here's how the pro's and con's break ... http://tekrat.com/2010/02/28/countourhd1080p/ So I dropped my iphone today, and cracked it's screen all up, tragic I know.  <moment of silence please>.... But it's still working for the time being, so that's both good, and a sign of ok quality hardware despite the entire screen looking like a minor traffic accident.  So it's time ... http://tekrat.com/2009/12/09/att-special-refurb-pricing-plan/ I'm removing the FatMM patches I made available a while back from my blog until I can re-visit this optimization.  I recently noticed that I wasn't getting the original performance gains I measured with this optimization patch.  (For those not familiar, the FatMM patch is a patch against PHP that ... http://tekrat.com/2009/10/14/fatmm-removed-for-the-time-being/ Shortly after my post about Go Girl! at Facebook, I noticed another group getting their Go Girl! on.  As you can see in the following screen shot, Go Girl! made a cameo appearance in the last episode of Glee.   And who better to lead the way of Go Girl! than ... http://tekrat.com/2009/10/13/glee-go-girl/ [caption id="attachment_525" align="alignleft" width="273" caption="Playing chess with Lucas at all hands meetings, while Karel looks on... (maybe I should bring back my stripe)"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="78" caption="Go Girl! (what really powers Facebook)"][/caption] November 2nd, 2009 will be my last official day as an employee at Facebook, and the 23rd will be ... http://tekrat.com/2009/10/07/closing-the-facebook-chapter/ I recently did an interview with Zoltan Radnai from Prezi and it's now available on Prezi's blog. This grew out of a communication I had with Zoltan after some twitter activity around my talk at the Tokyo PHP Conference.   I believe Prezi has a great product, and the ... http://tekrat.com/2009/09/30/prezi-interview/ After receiving an offer from the Japan PHP Users group to speak at their conference this past month I decided it would be a good chance to speak, meet some fellow  engineers in Japan, and to take some time off from work at the same time.   I'm sorry this post ... http://tekrat.com/2009/09/25/japan09-recap/ I just finished giving my talk on High Performance APC at OSCON.  I was lucky enough to have Graham Kelly, currently the primary contributor to the PHP Optimizer project, speak with me about the optimizer and the work he has going on there.  You can view the slides online via ... http://tekrat.com/2009/07/24/oscon-09-slides/