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End of the Free Lunch

I’m part of that awkward, in-between cohort, a little too young to fit in with Gen Xers but — although we grew up with computers like our younger siblings, the much-loathed Millennials — still old enough to recall life before the Internet. The Oregon Trail Generation still remembers, dimly, the screech of a dial-up modem…

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JDK Version Survey Results

After a month and about 175 responses, here are the results of my JDK Version Usage Survey (now closed): Versions: Almost everyone uses 1.6. A few are still using 1.5, and a few are trying out 1.7. Only a handful are still on 1.4. Fortunately, no one is on a version older than 1.4. Reasons:…

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clojure-hadoop 1.1.0 release

I’ve made a new version of my clojure-hadoop library. Downloads are on the main page. List of changes here. This fixes some missing pieces in the first release, and adds some more Hadoop configuration options.

Two Upcoming Clojure/Hadoop Talks

Hello, everyone. I’ll be performing my Clojure+Hadoop magic tricks at the following events: Friday, October 2: Hadoop World NYC. Use the code hadoopworld_friend for 10% off the registration fee. Monday, October 5: NoSQL NYC Meetup. Free! At both events I’ll be talking about: Why Clojure and Hadoop are a perfect fit. How to write Hadoop…

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Twitter Heckling

I have, to my chagrin, recently discovered Twitter. I was at a conference at which the attendees twittered (tweeted?) every presentation as it happened. One speaker accidentally/deliberately left his Twitter client running during his presentation, resulting in a stream of jokes and off-color comments in the corner of his PowerPoint slides. Maybe every presentation should…

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