Sqoop, a database import tool developed at Cloudera that allows you to easily copy data between databases and HDFS.
Could be useful as we move some parts of Praized from MySQL to Hadoop.
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Top Tools For Tracking Topics on the Web
Found a few tricks I was not aware of in there and I am a pretty darn infomaniac myself already… one caveat:
During the process of analyzing these topic tracking tools, we discovered – to our surprise – that not many of these services output results as RSS. Some of the leading apps in this field require users to visit their service. With that in mind, here is our full list and analysis.
Stick with services that aggregates in a reader (like my favorite combo, Google Reader + NetNewsWire) for sanity.
How to Make WordPress More Secure from Hackers- Robots
Good intro and basic stuff you should share with your WordPress-enabled friends. Because if you don’t you know who they will call once they get hacked? Yes, that’s right… you. Better safe than sorry.