July 13, 2012

Grep patterns for URLs in logs

For mostly my reference, and anyone else who’s googling for it, <br></br>cat /tmp/my-log-file.txt | grep --only-matching --perl-regexp "http(s?):\/\/*" | awk '{print $1}'<br></br> -- If you have any questions or thoughts, don't hesitate to reach out…

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June 17, 2012

The future of diagnostics

I was just thinking about this the other day! !(https://i1.wp.com/topnews.net.nz/data/iBGStar-IPhone.jpg?w=1050) anofi-Aventis just unveiled the iBGStar: a stand alone blood glucose monitor that can plug directly into your iPhone and iPod Touch. The…

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June 16, 2012

On the technical prowess of drug cartels in Mexico

I came across an (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/magazine/how-a-mexican-drug-cartel-makes-its-billions.html?pagewanted=all) today that goes in detail into the inner workings of drug cartels in Mexico – specifically that of the Sinaloa Cartel. This…

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June 05, 2012

Judy trees

The Achilles heel of a simple digital tree is very poor memory utilization, especially when the N in N-ary (the degree or fanout of each branch) increases. Enter the Judy Tree. The Judy tree design was able to solve this problem. In fact a Judy tree…

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