Review: The Windup Girl
June 30th, 2010 | Published in Book, Review | No Comments
I’ve finally gotten The Windup Girl off my to-read list, and having finished it, I’ll have to watch Paolo Bacigalupi for future novels.
Archive for June, 2010
Review: The Temporal Void
June 29th, 2010 | Published in Book, Review | No Comments
It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Peter F. Hamilton, even after the gigantic deus ex machina he used to conclude his Night’s Dawn trilogy. His writing is so compelling—to me, at least—that I can forgive that kind of transgression because the story itself is so interesting.
Review: War of Honor
June 28th, 2010 | Published in Book, Review | No Comments
War of Honor isn’t David Weber‘s latest by any means, but it is to me, who just started the series earlier this year. This, the tenth book in the ongoing thread, isn’t quite the perfect storm we got in Ashes of Victory, but is nevertheless chock full of everything short of Haven’s total subjugation, and a much stronger novel.
Review: Ashes of Victory
June 7th, 2010 | Published in Book, Review | No Comments
I think I’ve just given up and decided to attempt and catch up with David Weber‘s Honor Harrington series. All the way up. That means I’m currently working on Ashes of Victory, and it’s impossible not to notice the books are getting longer as the series rolls on.
Why I Married pg_migrator
June 3rd, 2010 | Published in Database, Tech Talk | No Comments
With the introduction of PostgreSQL 8.4, Bruce Momjian, a significant core developer, contributed a tool that can actually upgrade an entire database cluster in place. The time required is essentially only that necessary to copy the data files from the old installation to the new one. On a quick RAID system, this can be an order of magnitude faster than a dump/restore. The main drawback is similar to Slony: disk space must effectively be doubled for this upgrade method.