= 2009-09-18 = == Cloud Computing == * [http://appscale.cs.ucsb.edu/ appscale] - Open Cloud Platform for Google AppEngine Apps * Google AppEngine (GAE) 的自由軟體版 - 好像有違反 Google 授權的爭議 * 由加州聖塔芭芭拉分校(UCSB)的 RACELab 維護,可以跑在 Amazon EC2 跟 Eucalyptus 上,支援 Xen 與 KVM 的虛擬化底層。 * 技術報告: [http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~ckrintz/papers/appscale2009-02TR.pdf AppScale: Scalable and Open AppEngine Application Development and Deployment] * http://code.google.com/p/appscale/ * 最近美國政府單位的網雲平台逐漸成形,唉~國科會卻只會補助"微軟 only"的計畫~失望中~ * [http://nebula.nasa.gov/ NASA 的 Nenula 網雲平台] * https://apps.gov * [http://www.techbang.com.tw/?p=18984 美國政府掛保證!安全好用的雲端運算服務大集合]  * [http://news.networkmagazine.com.tw/web/2009/09/17/15237/ Google 為美國打造政府專用私有網雲] {{{ Google即將通過聯邦資訊安全管理法案(Federal Information Security Management Act, FISMA)的IT安全要求認證。 有了 FISMA 認證及 SAS 70 稽核標準,就不用各別政府機關都來和 Google 談不同的規定。 }}} * [http://code.google.com/intl/zh-TW/apis/visualization/ Google Visualization API] * [http://mmdays.com/2008/03/20/google-docs-gadgets-in-docs-visualization-api/ Google Docs開放新工具,Gadgets-In-Docs與Visualization API] * 以後真的會寫程式,可以作出不少網頁效果。 * 有人在雲端運算的論壇裡提到怎麼作雲端的壓力測試,有人回覆說他們有用 [http://grinder.sourceforge.net/ Grinder] 這套軟體 * [http://grinder.sourceforge.net/ Grinder] - a Java Load Testing Framework == Purpose-Driven Cloud == * [http://gevaperry.typepad.com/main/2009/08/the-purposedriven-cloud.html The Purpose-Driven Cloud: Introduction] * [http://gevaperry.typepad.com/main/2009/08/the-purposedriven-cloud-part-1-usability.html Usability-Driven Clouds] * [http://gevaperry.typepad.com/main/2009/09/the-purposedriven-cloud-part-2-technology-frameworks.html Framework-Based Clouds] * Domain-Specific Clouds * Data-Driven Clouds * Industry-Focused Clouds * Geographically-Centric Clouds == Hadoop == * 目前 Hadoop 三本英文書: 1. [http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596521974/index.html Hadoop: The Definitive Guide], Tom White, O'Reilly Media * [[Image(http://covers.oreilly.com/images/9780596521981/cat.gif)]] 2. [http://www.apress.com/book/view/9781430219422 Pro Hadoop], Jason Venner, Apress * [[Image(http://www.apress.com/resource/bookcover/9781430219422?size=medium)]] 3. [http://www.manning.com/lam/ Hadoop in Action] * [[Image(http://www.manning.com/lam/lam_cover150.jpg)]] * [http://www.cascading.org/ Cascading] is a feature rich API for defining and executing complex, scale-free, and fault tolerant data processing workflows on a Hadoop cluster. * 定義資料處理工作流程的函式庫 * [[Image(http://www.cascading.org/documentation/long-pipe-chain.png)]] * http://code.google.com/p/cascading/ * [http://coffeesgone.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/custom-data-sinks-in-cascading-for-hadoop/ Custom Data Sinks in Cascading (for Hadoop)] * [http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Chukwa Chukwa] is an open source data collection system for monitoring and analyzing large distributed systems. * 最近把 Ganglia 架起來,再看到 Cloudera 的兩篇 [http://www.cloudera.com/blog/2009/03/12/hadoop-metrics/ Ganglia] 和 [http://www.cloudera.com/blog/2009/07/07/hadoop-graphing-with-cacti/ Cacti] 相關的文章,大概比較能理解 Chukwa 這個專案要處理的事情應該頗為類似。比較特殊的是它要處理的是 500 至 2000 台節點的 Log 分析。 * [http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop-data/attachments/Chukwa/attachments/ChukwaPoster.pdf Chukwa Poster] (PDF) - 設計得蠻乾淨的,可以當做 SC'09 Poster 的參考。 * [http://news.newhua.com/news1/program_net/2009/99/099914374148D4FHKAFAD4HB77CH4H6IJCB963K89A26AK018J607I6.html Hadoop MapReduce Job 失效模型] == CDH : Cloudera's Distribution for Hadoop == * [http://www.cloudera.com/hadoop-manifest Cloudera 的 Hadoop 套件相較於官方 tar ball 的差異] * [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/e/1379 An Introduction to Hadoop] - Presented by: Christophe Bisciglia, Tom White == NoSQL == * [http://incubator.apache.org/cassandra/ Cassandra] - a highly scalable, eventually consistent, distributed, structured key-value store. * [http://www.ethiopianreview.com/scitech/5281 Looking to the future with Cassandra] * Cassandra was open sourced by Facebook in 2008 * Cassandra brings together the distributed systems technologies from Dynamo and the data model from Google's BigTable. * [http://project-voldemort.com/ Voldemort] - a distributed key-value storage system * used at !LinkedIn for certain high-scalability storage problems == Virtualization == * [http://www.citrix.com/English/aboutCitrix/caseStudies/caseStudy.asp?storyID=1690121 Citrix Case study: HSBC Bank] * [http://www.virtualization.info/2009/09/tucloud-challenges-ibm-on-who-delivers.html tuCloud challenges IBM on who delivers the first Desktop-as-a-Service cloud] - Desktop-as-a-Service cloud ,嗯!! VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) 衍伸出來的服務。 == Debian == * 用來畫套件相依性的 [http://packages.debian.org/debtree debtree] 終於進入 sid 套件庫了 * 在 Linux Foundation 的每週影片中介紹到 [http://packages.debian.org/gdebi gdebi] 這個可以在 command line 安裝 deb 套件,並幫你解決相依性問題的工具,看來還真不錯呀!! == Green Computing == * [http://developer.yahoo.net/blogs/theater/archives/2009/07/energy_efficient_hadoop.html Yanpei Chen & Laura Keys: Energy Efficient Hadoop] * [http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ychen2/ Yanpei Chen] * [http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~laurak/ Laura Keys] * 指導教授:[http://eecs.berkeley.edu/~randy Randy H. Katz] * 演講投影片 - [http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ychen2/professional/EEMRHadoopSummit2009.ppt Towards Energy Efficient Hadoop] * 技術報告 - [http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2009/EECS-2009-109.pdf Towards Energy Efficient MapReduce] * 介紹中提到 datacenter 多數使用 Power Utilization Efficiency (PUE) 跟 Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency (DCiE) 兩個指標來看節能[http://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2009/06/15/PUEAndTotalPowerUsageEfficiencyTPUE.aspx 1] {{{ PUE = Total Facility Power / IT Equipment Power DCiE = IT Equipment Power / Total Facility Power * 100% }}} * [參考][http://www.thegreengrid.org/en/Global/Content/white-papers/The-Green-Grid-Data-Center-Power-Efficiency-Metrics-PUE-and-DCiE The Green Grid Data Center Power Efficiency Metrics: PUE and DCiE] * 在 IBM 的 White Paper 中有提到 Sun 的另一個評量標準 [http://www.sun.com/servers/coolthreads/swap/ SWaP (Space, Watts and Performance) Metric] * [http://www.spec.org/ Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation] 也有 [http://www.spec.org/specpower/ SPECpower] 的能源監控軟體,或許未來可以看一下它能量些什麼。 * http://www.energystar.gov/ - 能源之星(Energy Star)標章的網站 * [http://www.cio.com/article/print/503228 Gartner: Turn Server Heat Up to 75] * 這篇文章有提到[http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2009/042209-energy-waste-prevention-tools.html 五種工具可以用來檢視 Data Center 的用電量],不過多數是硬體跟商業軟體。另外文中也有提到 SPECpower,因此可能明年可以花點時間了解一下 SPECpower。 * [http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10352944-54.html IBM data center gets deep energy retrofit] == Screencast == * [http://camstudio.org/ CamStudio] - Windows 錄桌面的 GPL 軟體 - 還有出[http://portableapps.com/node/11985 可攜式版本] == Open Source == * [http://sourceforge.net/community/potm/ SourceForge Project of the Month] - 能夠榮登 Source Forge 每月專案,應該也代表有其獨到之處了。 * 會注意到這個是因為[http://medical.sf.net medical]這個專案 * [http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/print/9137376/Open_source_software_may_unify_the_medical_records_realm?taxonomyName=Open+Source&taxonomyId=88 Open-source software may unify the medical-records realm] - 電子病例應該也是一個未來的趨勢,如果自由軟體可以在這方面發揮也算是功德無量啊!! * [http://www.olpcnews.com/content/education/html5_js_future_open_education.html HTML5 + JS: The Future of Open Education] * OLPC 的新發展 - http://karmaeducation.org/ - Karma = 宿命 = 業 * 這個專案的 Logo 還真有趣啊,應該是梵文吧!! (讓我想起三隻眼的漫畫) * [[Image(http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/images/a/af/Karma.png)]] * [http://www.slideshare.net/bryanwb/html5-js-the-future-of-open-education slideshare 投影片] * 這一張真是深得我心啊!!! 為什麼不用 PyGTK 而要用 HTML5+JS 呢?? * [[Image(wiki:jazz/09-09-18:karma-presentationweb-090911041248-phpapp02.png,width=600)]] == User Interface == * [http://wami.csail.mit.edu/ WAMI: Web-Accessible Multimodal Applications] * 這玩意讓 Flash 直接作語音辨識,操控介面 - MIT 多媒體實驗室的寶藏真多啊!! == 生活 == * 我不喜歡戴耳機就是因為塞住耳朵,不習慣也很難過。這種耳機戴起來應該比較舒服,創意無所不在啊!! - [http://www.mobile01.com/shopping.php?c=67 敗家連結] * [[Image(http://www.eyoung.com.tw/upload/harddisc/4000611263_file_79905.jpg,width=600)]] * [[Image(http://attach2.mobile01.com/image/product/mobile01-379d7416a4b013a05608f8cf02e7f7a2.jpg,width=600)]] * [http://www.cw.com.tw/article/print.jsp?id=38938 《達文西密碼》超好看,是因為它讓我們以為自己很聰明卻每次走不到終點] {{{ 第一招,讓讀者覺得自己好像什麼都知道,很聰明。 第二招,就是讓讀者雖然看到前面的謎底,這謎底之後面卻又還出現另一扇門,又出現另一個謎底。 在腦神經學被稱為「尋找」(seeking)與「想要」(wanting)系統,兩者都是「好奇心」, 這種好奇心經過刺激,腦中就會一直分泌出「多巴胺」,引誘事主一步一步的走下去。 我們每天生活被「渴望」(desire)佔據的時間超過「愉悅」的時間(pleasure)。 人類總不知不覺的不斷的追求「未知」的事物,不去享受「已知」的解答! 對於未來不一定要這麼釐清,只要隨時保持前進、隨時都在運動,然後要好好的享受這一分鐘 }}} * '''或許,人生是沒有目的的 ── 我們唯一的目的,就是「追尋下一個目的」。'''