http://tradermike.net/movethecrowd Sat, 10 Mar 2007 23:33:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Over the last week or so I've been on a mission to improve the performance of my web server, and especially MySQL. I took Arne's advice and turned on the query cache. That helped but I still needed to do more. After doing some research I discovered ... http://tradermike.net/movethecrowd/archives/2007/03/lack-of-indexes-on-ultimate-tag-warrior-tables/ In answer to Trader X's question, here are some of my favorite movies. There's no way I can rank them beyond maybe the first three. Nor could I stop at just twenty so with the help of my historical rankings on NetFlix I've gone 40 deep. Depending ... http://tradermike.net/movethecrowd/archives/2007/03/my-top-20-movies/ Just thought I'd archive some (more) ignorance: This is a copy of the controversial opinion piece by Kenneth Eng in Asian Week magazine: Here is a list of reasons why we should discriminate against blacks, starting from the most obvious down to the least obvious: • Blacks hate us. Every Asian who has ... http://tradermike.net/movethecrowd/archives/2007/03/archived-for-posterity-kenneth-engs-why-i-hate-blacks-article/ (In case anybody's still reading this blog :-) I just posted this on my main blog and thought I'd post it here too...) I think the movie The Secret is about to hit its tipping point. On Thursday Oprah Winfrey's show will be all about that movie -- or ... http://tradermike.net/movethecrowd/archives/2007/02/the-secret-on-oprah/ It's been a while since I've posted a Boondocks (or anything to this blog for that matter). The first one below moved me to post. BTW, am I the only one who isn't feeling the TV version of the Boondocks? The boys' voices are just a bit ... http://tradermike.net/movethecrowd/archives/2005/12/dear_santa/ I just discovered WeFunk's podcast. It's by far the best podcasts I've come across. They're spinning hip-hop, reggae, rare groove, funk, etc. Here's the playlist from the latest episode to give you an idea of what you're in for: intro gene harris - don't call me nigger, whitey talk (over ... http://tradermike.net/movethecrowd/archives/2005/11/wefunks_podcast/ Recently the editor of Kiplinger's magazine asked readers to suggest (nonviolent) ways to punish phishers. This month they printed the most popular response: overwhelm the phishers with false information. I think that's a great idea. And since I got a phishing email just hours after reading that ... http://tradermike.net/movethecrowd/archives/2005/10/foiling_phishers/ If you haven't heard the new reworking of 'Gold Digger' take a listen to the MP3 of 'George Bush Doesn’t Like Black People' http://tradermike.net/movethecrowd/archives/2005/09/kanye_wests_gold_digger_remixed_into_george_bush_doesnt_like_black_people/ Congratulations to all of the winners of the 2005 Black Weblog Awards. Here they are: Daily Views, Pop Culture, Rants and News -- Blogger of the Year, Best Humor Blog, Best Writing in a Blog and Blog of the Year The Heiress Diaries -- Best New Blog Crunk and Disorderly -- Best ... http://tradermike.net/movethecrowd/archives/2005/09/winners_of_the_2005_black_weblog_awards/ Negritu.de has the video of Kanye West going off on President Bush and his response to hurricane Katrina. It's worth watching for the look on Mike Myers' face alone. :-) http://tradermike.net/movethecrowd/archives/2005/09/video_of_kanye_wests_rant_on_nbc/