Things to consider when optimizing at the 99th percentile. Variance is key and is one of the biggest reasons EBS blows.

Counterintuitively, he suggests synchronizing variances across a cluster (for example, a Puppet run). Even though for that moment in time all requests are slow, it's better to do that than let every request potentially be slow because it fanned-out to a temporarily slow node.

(Dumping GitHub watches into Pinboard.)

Mostly, this is a reminder that Aaron's done a whole lot with Google App Engine.

Details about http://codereview.appspot.com usage.

Google's TokyoCabinet. Or is that KyotoCabinet?

Google's Java primitives. They seem to reduce Malone's Java-rage so they must be good.

Better bike route elevation profiler that automatically draws routes along roads.

Google's version of Nokia SportsTracker.

Hammond hacks the Muni.

LET ME GOOGLE THAT FOR YOU. Needed to get Hammond's MiniMuni running.

Sensible, simple. (Smash!)

Teh stoopids. Pay close attention to the GET variables in these search results. [Thanks, MikeD]

My schema could beat up your schema.

Teh cloud.

Contour lines on Google Maps - I have wanted this for so long.

This is the Google Search to show what's on at the Moolah.