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Forking and Threading in Ruby. There is a fantastic restaurant chain in the DC area called Great American Restaurants. They have received numerous awards for their food, their service and their work environment. However, their service is one of the primary reasons I love going to their restaurants. They have an innovative team method of taking care of tables. Basically, […]. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window). Cats Love the Internet Of Things.

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Volume Labs » I Code Like a Girl

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Posted on March 13, 2015 / Posted by Brad Johnson and Teresa Philipp. Next Post →. I Code Like a Girl. The American computer industry seems dominated by people like me — males. But it was not always this way. While writing about SAGE in previous. Computers: Human or Machine? In the 1940’s and 50’s, there was a peak in women working as computers. Mathematically intensive industries like nuclear research, ballistics, and engineering often employed women to perform computations. Programmers Betty Jean Jenni...

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Volume Labs » How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Computer

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Posted on February 11, 2015 / Posted by Brad Johnson and Teresa Philipp. Next Post →. How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Computer. In the 1950s, the United States was worried about the threat of a Russian nuclear attack. But an Air Force computer helped allay those fears. My last post about oscilloscopes. SAGE was composed of over 24 computers, and each contained a primary and backup CPU to provide a 99.6% reliability rate. Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

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Cats Love the Internet Of Things. Our cat loves the internet of things. In general Luna loves stealing little bits of things. She stole the cable installers coax cable connectors and the HVAC repair persons wire connectors. Now she is into the internet of things. These things meet her specifications they are small, easy to carry in one’s mouth and bonus […]. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window). Click to share on Google (Opens in new window).

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Volume Labs » What Would You Make With The Worlds First $9 Computer?

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Posted on May 28, 2015 / Posted by Brad Johnson. Next Post →. What Would You Make With The Worlds First $9 Computer? I bought a new computer today. A tiny $9 computer. It is being funded using Kickstarter. In order for Next Thing Co. To get down to the $9 price point they needed to order in bulk. At the point this post is written they have over 1.7 million dollars and 33,000 backers. Unfortunately they are not projecting the first shipment until December 2016. Small form factor with many interfaces.

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Volume Labs » What’s the Best Tool to Monitor Redis?

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Posted on November 17, 2014 / Posted by Brad Johnson. Next Post →. What’s the Best Tool to Monitor Redis? High volume services like Twitter. To deliver small pieces of information very quickly. Redis is ideal for these applications because it stores data in memory and on disk at the same time. Retrieving data from the rows and columns of a database can be slow, so Redis stores data in key-value pairs. The tools we evaluated were Reddish. Reddish is programmed in Node.js. The interface allows for modifica...

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Volume Labs » Transforming Sound Into Sight

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Posted on January 12, 2015 / Posted by Brad Johnson and Teresa Philipp. Next Post →. Transforming Sound Into Sight. The simple idea that sound can be transformed into shapes fascinates me. How Does It Work? An oscilloscope provides a visual representation of sound or electronic waves. Typically, you see a wave pattern running from left to right. Heartbeat sound displayed on my oscilloscope. Oscilloscope 2 Channel Waveforms (tot.wowak.com/Bradley Johnson). With Edward R. Murrow with oscilloscope output.

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Volume Labs » Making maps with D3

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Posted on January 25, 2014 / Posted by Brad Johnson. Next Post →. Making maps with D3. To build a data driven map. The goal was to build a map using D3 using data from a service. The service provides a JSON file, which consists of place names and a count of documents. The place names are country names or US states, as in the following sample:. Id":121,"value":"iran","count":2508},{"id":88,"value":"washington","count":1778}]. I started with Mike Bostock’s Let’s Make a Map. The general steps are as follows:.