01.27.10

CoRAID is growing, ATA over Ethernet is going to be big

Posted in AoE at 3:21 pm by Nate Smith

Watch out EMC, CoRAID is getting ready to grow. 

CoRAID just got an infusion of Capital and a crack management team.  Whithin 5 years they will be a common data center name or owned by a company that is already a big data center name.

http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2010/01/25/startup-with-all-star-backers-aims-to-disrupt-storage-market/

01.26.10

Tomorrow is an Apple product Announcement

Posted in Apple, Geek Culture, Google, ramblings at 1:14 pm by Nate Smith

Unless you have been living under a rock, or perhaps in the electrical power-less tundra of the Midwest, you probably knew Apple was making an announcement on 1/27/2010.  I have been predicting and prognosticating about what Apple might be up to on other entries here tomorrow we may find some things out.  Here are the questions I would like to see answered:

  • If Apple introduces a new device, is it a tablet, and how many displays will it have?
  • Will apple somehow redefine a product category or create a completely new one?
  • What kind of secret deals has Apple been up to in order to secure whatever new content might be available on a new device (books, newspapers, magazines)
  • How does the new Apple device fit into the Google picture?
  • How does the announcement further extend the iTunes media monopoly?
  • Will there be a new iPhone or iPod touch in addition to a possible new device?
  • Will there be a new firmware or OS for iPod or iTunes?
  • Will a new wireless network provider be involved?

And Finally, one more thing….

  • Will Steve Jobs be stepping down at Apple?

That’s a lot of questions, but there have been a lot of secrets, rumors and questions about how Apple could change another media category like books and magazines, and how they could subsidize an expensive new device to make it more affordable to the masses.

Once the announcements are made and the dust settles we can start guessing at how long it will be until the next revision of a potential new product and when it will cost $100 less than it did at the announcement.  Apple fanboys, warm up your wallets.

01.21.10

Upgrading MySQL

Posted in Hacks, Linux/*BSD/Unix at 4:12 pm by Nate Smith

Recent glitches required me to update a server I had running Php and MySQL.  Before upgrading mySQL I dumped all of my databases using the dump command.  When I went to recreate a couple databases in the new installation using PhpMyAdmin a few databases were a little too large and timed out as they were imported.  I found a hint to a nice way to import saved tables here (http://www.modwest.com/help/kb.phtml?qid=241&cat=6) but my favorite tip was in the comments: ”

 

"you can also get to the mysql shell and then type "source file.sql",where file.sql is your dump file"

This turned out to be very handy. Good stuff.