Dave Naffziger’s Blog

Interesting:

• Hard drive failure rates via Rahul Pathak: A summary of several studies that looked at the failure rates of hard drives in data centers. The primary determinant of failure rate? Manufacturer.
• Pop Vs. Soda: A map of the US showing which dominates where: Pop, Soda or Coke. I didn’t know I live in Pop country now…
• Inkless photo printer. Paper covered with 3 micro-thin layers that color at different rates when heated. Disruptive technology? Maybe, but at $2 a sheet, prices need to drop.
• WSJ article on Top Contributors to Social Media (paid, unfortunately). The fascinating thing was how young the top contributors were. The top contributor on Reddit is 12.

Cool:

• Tesla Coil Photos. Make sure to check out this picture as well.
• Propane, Fire & Sound. A very cool demonstration of standing waves using fire and speakers.
• Invisible Bookshelf. A homemade bookshelf that creates a cool illusion.

Useful:

• ReadyBoost Flash Drive Review. A good primer on ReadyBoost along with several drive reviews.
• WP Cache Update. By far the most useful Wordpress plugin - it helped me survive a Digging on crappy shared hosting. This update apparently fixes a few issues with Wordpress 2.1.
• Ultimate guide to linkbaiting I tend to prefer ‘research or resource hooks’, although they have to be legit. Erin has a few good thoughts on the Judy’s Book Blog.

Oh, and a friend just sent me this image, which I found just hilarious. I can’t say that the math completely makes sense, but we’ve all been at that point when trying to solve a complex equation: