• High Performance WordPress Presentation

    The slides from the HyperDB and High Performance WordPress presentation are now online via SlideShare UPDATE: John Pozadzides has posted the video he recorded of the presentation.  Thanks John!

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  • Goodbye F1, Hello MotoGP

    In an announcement that I find very disappointing, Tony George, CEO of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, announced last week that there will not be a US Formula One race in 2008. I have attended the last 6 or so Formula One races in Indianapolis and have thoroughly enjoyed it each year. On the bright side,…

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  • Keeping track of 300 servers

    Since WordPress.com broke 10 million pageviews today, I thought it would be a good time to talk a little bit about keeping track of all the servers that run WordPress.com, Akismet, WordPress.org, Ping-o-matic, etc. Currently we have over 300 servers online in 5 different data centers across the country. Some of these are collocated, and…

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  • California Road Trip

    Granted, it’s not a 7000 mile trek on a 1985 Honda motorcycle, but 1081 miles in a semi-comfortable car is long enough for me. Heading out tomorrow, be back in about a week. Hope to see a few friends along the way. Day 1 Distance Traveled – 270 miles Driving Time – 6.5 hours Location…

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  • Calling all F1 WordPressers

    Any WordPress users at the US Formula One Grand Prix this weekend? If so, I thought it would be neat to meet up and watch either the morning practice session or qualifying tomorrow (Saturday). For the morning practice at 10AM I was thinking about finding a seat in the grandstand at turn 10. For qualifying…

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