- My own personal cluster
I am now the proud operator of a three-node Hadoop cluster. Hadoop is a Java-based MapReduce implementation, an open-source version of the technology that allows Google to perform massive parallel computing on cheap, commodity hardware. I set it up with my OS X laptop running the NameNode (the distributed filesystem coordinator) and JobTracker (the distributed [...]
Sunday, June 1st, 2008 - WPG2 breaks with every Wordpress upgrade
Summary: Every time I upgrade Wordpress, the site is broken until the WPG2 options are edited.
Thursday, May 1st, 2008 - Spend more time remembering, not studying
Jake Young summarizes research on learning from the journal Science. The conclusion: if you’re cramming for a test, time is better spent on practice tests than on study. The results suggest that learning happens more when you remember a thing, and less when you read it.
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
That’s your study tip for the month. Go out and [...] - My uncertain future
With graduation looming ever closer, I face a choice: med school, grad school, or a gap year.
Med school: Out of the seven that I applied to, I have an interview at one. I’m pretty sure that the problem with the others was my poor MCAT Writing Sample score. The one interview that I have is [...]
Sunday, February 17th, 2008 - The Genocide Olympics
As China has grown, so has its need for cheap oil. The oil fields of Sudan fill this need, but at a price. In return for oil, the Chinese government has helped to finance and arm the Government of Sudan-backed genocide in Darfur. As well, the Chinese government, as a veto-wielding member of the UN [...]
Sunday, February 10th, 2008