Technology Musings
In: iPhone
11 Mar 2009With the addition of a Core Location service, developers could better integrate location awareness without violating the simple design Apple has implemented.
In: Linux
6 Feb 2009After familiarizing yourself with swap, you might have a few questions. How much swap space? What do I set swappiness to? Do I even need swap anymore? This article is the third in a multipart series introducing the Linux swap and discusses the current state of swap usage and present opinions about its implementation today.
In: SQL Server
4 Dec 2008I’m sure there are more posts like these to come, but I just wanted to get this out there. It’s been a small annoyance of mine that carried over from my MySQL days, but why aren’t there unsigned numerics in SQL Server?
Why do I have to waste a whole bit on the sign in IDENTITY [...]