http://snej.soup.io/ http://snej.soup.io/ http://3.asset.soup.io/asset/0108/4723_8c6e.jpeg 100 100 My name is Jens. I'm a geek. The good kind. I'm interested in many things ... {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Stars+of+the+Lid\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EStars of the Lid\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Soft+Moon\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EThe Soft Moon\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Witxes\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EWitxes\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Lower+Dens\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ELower Dens\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Death+Grips\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EDeath Grips\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Stars+of+the+Lid">Stars of the Lid</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Soft+Moon">The Soft Moon</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Witxes">Witxes</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Lower+Dens">Lower Dens</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Death+Grips">Death Grips</a> </li></ol>Sun, 06 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/252727980/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:252727980regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Alcest\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EAlcest\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Death+Grips\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EDeath Grips\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Les+Discrets\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ELes Discrets\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Made+Out+of+Babies\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EMade Out of Babies\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Loscil\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ELoscil\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Alcest">Alcest</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Death+Grips">Death Grips</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Les+Discrets">Les Discrets</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Made+Out+of+Babies">Made Out of Babies</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Loscil">Loscil</a> </li></ol>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/250726103/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:250726103regular {"tags":["square","squareformat","iphoneography","instagramapp","uploaded:by=instagram"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6970662776/","body":"Falling blossoms","url":"http://b.asset.soup.io/asset/3128/6587_4a66.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6970662776/"><img alt="6587_4a66_400" height="400" src="http://b.asset.soup.io/asset/3128/6587_4a66_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p>Falling blossoms</p>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:56:45 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/249944024/Falling-blossomsurn:www-soup-io:1:249944024imagesquaresquareformatiphoneographyinstagramappuploaded:by=instagram {"tags":["square","squareformat","iphoneography","instagramapp","xproii","uploaded:by=instagram"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6970581896/","body":"Carpet of blossoms","url":"http://3.asset.soup.io/asset/3128/6595_9e78.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6970581896/"><img alt="6595_9e78_400" height="400" src="http://3.asset.soup.io/asset/3128/6595_9e78_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p>Carpet of blossoms</p>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:26:41 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/249944039/Carpet-of-blossomsurn:www-soup-io:1:249944039imagesquaresquareformatiphoneographyinstagramappxproiiuploaded:by=instagram {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Public+Image+Ltd.\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EPublic Image Ltd.\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Dandi+Wind\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EDandi Wind\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Witxes\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EWitxes\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Grouper\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EGrouper\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Les+Discrets\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ELes Discrets\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Public+Image+Ltd.">Public Image Ltd.</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Dandi+Wind">Dandi Wind</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Witxes">Witxes</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Grouper">Grouper</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Les+Discrets">Les Discrets</a> </li></ol>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/249080330/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:249080330regular {"tags":["square","squareformat","normal","iphoneography","instagramapp","uploaded:by=instagram","foursquare:venue=4b9438ecf964a520906f34e3"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/7094645045/","body":"Pensive angel","url":"http://d.asset.soup.io/asset/3110/0541_ba46.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/7094645045/"><img alt="0541_ba46_400" height="400" src="http://d.asset.soup.io/asset/3110/0541_ba46_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p>Pensive angel</p>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:17:01 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/247979717/Pensive-angelurn:www-soup-io:1:247979717imagesquaresquareformatnormaliphoneographyinstagramappuploaded:by=instagramfoursquare:venue=4b9438ecf964a520906f34e3 {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Witxes\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EWitxes\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Jon+Hopkins\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EJon Hopkins\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Alcest\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EAlcest\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Windy%2B%2526%2BCarl\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EWindy \u0026amp; Carl\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Mach+V\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EMach V\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Witxes">Witxes</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Jon+Hopkins">Jon Hopkins</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Alcest">Alcest</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Windy%2B%2526%2BCarl">Windy &amp; Carl</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Mach+V">Mach V</a> </li></ol>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/246925452/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:246925452regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Les+Discrets\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ELes Discrets\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Aphex+Twin\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EAphex Twin\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Lotus+Plaza\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ELotus Plaza\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Headphone+Commute\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EHeadphone Commute\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Birds+of+Passage\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EBirds of Passage\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Les+Discrets">Les Discrets</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Aphex+Twin">Aphex Twin</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Lotus+Plaza">Lotus Plaza</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Headphone+Commute">Headphone Commute</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Birds+of+Passage">Birds of Passage</a> </li></ol>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/244723230/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:244723230regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Les+Discrets\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ELes Discrets\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Grouper\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EGrouper\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Beatles\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EThe Beatles\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Emika\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EEmika\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Chelsea+Wolfe\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EChelsea Wolfe\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Les+Discrets">Les Discrets</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Grouper">Grouper</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Beatles">The Beatles</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Emika">Emika</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Chelsea+Wolfe">Chelsea Wolfe</a> </li></ol>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/242799217/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:242799217regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Grouper\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EGrouper\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Kirill+Platonkin\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EKirill Platonkin\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Ceremony\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ECeremony\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/VCMG\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EVCMG\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Mirrorring\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EMirrorring\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Grouper">Grouper</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Kirill+Platonkin">Kirill Platonkin</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Ceremony">Ceremony</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/VCMG">VCMG</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Mirrorring">Mirrorring</a> </li></ol>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/241125906/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:241125906regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Inventors+of+Aircraft\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EThe Inventors of Aircraft\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Cabaret+Voltaire\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ECabaret Voltaire\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Emika\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EEmika\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Minilogue\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EMinilogue\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Lawrence+Ball\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ELawrence Ball\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Inventors+of+Aircraft">The Inventors of Aircraft</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Cabaret+Voltaire">Cabaret Voltaire</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Emika">Emika</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Minilogue">Minilogue</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Lawrence+Ball">Lawrence Ball</a> </li></ol>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/240756750/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:240756750regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Grimes\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EGrimes\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Richard+Skelton\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ERichard Skelton\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Jacaszek\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EJacaszek\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Dalot\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EDalot\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Blanck+Mass\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EBlanck Mass\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Grimes">Grimes</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Richard+Skelton">Richard Skelton</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Jacaszek">Jacaszek</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Dalot">Dalot</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Blanck+Mass">Blanck Mass</a> </li></ol>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/239364894/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:239364894regular {"tags":["square","squareformat","inkwell","iphoneography","instagramapp","uploaded:by=instagram","foursquare:venue=4ded5b4e1f6e0f9053e11772"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6938886581/","body":null,"url":"http://3.asset.soup.io/asset/2975/6659_54fa.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6938886581/"><img alt="6659_54fa_400" height="400" src="http://3.asset.soup.io/asset/2975/6659_54fa_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p></p>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:37:36 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/234923767/Imageurn:www-soup-io:1:234923767imagesquaresquareformatinkwelliphoneographyinstagramappuploaded:by=instagramfoursquare:venue=4ded5b4e1f6e0f9053e11772 {"tags":[],"type":"link","title":"Witxes - Winter Light Burns","source":"http://www.last.fm/music/Witxes/_/Winter+Light+Burns","body":null} <p><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Witxes/_/Winter+Light+Burns">http://www.last.fm/music/Witxes/_/Winter+Light+Burns</a></p>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:07:18 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/234496679/Witxes-Winter-Light-Burnsurn:www-soup-io:1:234496679link {"tags":[],"type":"link","title":"DJ sneJ - Moonless","source":"http://www.last.fm/music/DJ+sneJ/_/Moonless","body":null} <p><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/DJ+sneJ/_/Moonless">http://www.last.fm/music/DJ+sneJ/_/Moonless</a></p>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:07:14 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/234496682/DJ-sneJ-Moonlessurn:www-soup-io:1:234496682link {"tags":[],"type":"link","title":"Chelsea Wolfe - Mer","source":"http://www.last.fm/music/Chelsea+Wolfe/_/Mer","body":null} <p><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Chelsea+Wolfe/_/Mer">http://www.last.fm/music/Chelsea+Wolfe/_/Mer</a></p>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:06:55 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/234496684/Chelsea-Wolfe-Merurn:www-soup-io:1:234496684link {"tags":[],"type":"link","title":"Chelsea Wolfe - Demons","source":"http://www.last.fm/music/Chelsea+Wolfe/_/Demons","body":null} <p><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Chelsea+Wolfe/_/Demons">http://www.last.fm/music/Chelsea+Wolfe/_/Demons</a></p>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:06:44 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/234496685/Chelsea-Wolfe-Demonsurn:www-soup-io:1:234496685link {"tags":[],"type":"link","title":"Chelsea Wolfe - Pale on Pale","source":"http://www.last.fm/music/Chelsea+Wolfe/_/Pale+on+Pale","body":null} <p><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Chelsea+Wolfe/_/Pale+on+Pale">http://www.last.fm/music/Chelsea+Wolfe/_/Pale+on+Pale</a></p>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:06:40 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/234496686/Chelsea-Wolfe-Pale-on-Paleurn:www-soup-io:1:234496686link {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"A Hasty Move","source":null,"body":"\u003Cp\u003EI was thinking about whether to switch to tumblr for my tech-blogging needs, and had even made this blog a few months ago; but today\u2019s pwnage of my WordPress site tipped my hand. So, um, welcome.\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESorry all the content is missing, and all the old URLs redirect to the home page. I will try to get the content back, and may or may not be able to get some kind of URL mapping working eventually.\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe good news is that, since I like tumblr a lot better than WordPress, I will probably be posting here more often, although a lot of it may be links to other people\u2019s tech stuff. But I promise to restrict the \u003Ca href=\"http://eyepool.net/post/17929402968/stereo-skifcha-by-xgabberx-dubstep-has-jumped\"\u003Efunny cat videos\u003C/a\u003E to my personal blog.\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOh, and while you\u2019re here, please update the URL of your newsfeed subscription to \u003Ca href=\"http://thought-palace.tumblr.com/rss\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://thought-palace.tumblr.com/rss\"\u003Ehttp://thought-palace.tumblr.com/rss\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E"} <p>I was thinking about whether to switch to tumblr for my tech-blogging needs, and had even made this blog a few months ago; but today’s pwnage of my WordPress site tipped my hand. So, um, welcome.</p> <p>Sorry all the content is missing, and all the old URLs redirect to the home page. I will try to get the content back, and may or may not be able to get some kind of URL mapping working eventually.</p> <p>The good news is that, since I like tumblr a lot better than WordPress, I will probably be posting here more often, although a lot of it may be links to other people’s tech stuff. But I promise to restrict the <a href="http://eyepool.net/post/17929402968/stereo-skifcha-by-xgabberx-dubstep-has-jumped">funny cat videos</a> to my personal blog.</p> <p><strong>Oh, and while you’re here, please update the URL of your newsfeed subscription to <a href="http://thought-palace.tumblr.com/rss"></a><a href="http://thought-palace.tumblr.com/rss">http://thought-palace.tumblr.com/rss</a>.</strong></p>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:39:12 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/233614133/A-Hasty-Moveurn:www-soup-io:1:233614133regular {"tags":["square","squareformat","rise","iphoneography","instagramapp","uploaded:by=instagram"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6836932561/","body":"There were two area men driving it, too.","url":"http://2.asset.soup.io/asset/2916/5874_1995.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6836932561/"><img alt="5874_1995_400" height="400" src="http://2.asset.soup.io/asset/2916/5874_1995_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p>There were two area men driving it, too.</p>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:45:29 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/229746094/There-were-two-area-men-driving-iturn:www-soup-io:1:229746094imagesquaresquareformatriseiphoneographyinstagramappuploaded:by=instagram {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Prinzhorn+Dance+School\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EPrinzhorn Dance School\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Astrobrite\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EAstrobrite\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/One+Model+Nation\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EOne Model Nation\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Windy%2B%2526%2BCarl\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EWindy \u0026amp; Carl\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Biosphere\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EBiosphere\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Prinzhorn+Dance+School">Prinzhorn Dance School</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Astrobrite">Astrobrite</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/One+Model+Nation">One Model Nation</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Windy%2B%2526%2BCarl">Windy &amp; Carl</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Biosphere">Biosphere</a> </li></ol>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/229568612/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:229568612regular {"tags":["square","squareformat","rise","iphoneography","instagramapp","uploaded:by=instagram"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6792009117/","body":"Best. Indian. Sweets. Ever. Like swimming in a ball pit full of cardamom pods.","url":"http://d.asset.soup.io/asset/2893/1693_e493.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6792009117/"><img alt="1693_e493_400" height="400" src="http://d.asset.soup.io/asset/2893/1693_e493_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p>Best. Indian. Sweets. Ever. Like swimming in a ball pit full of cardamom pods.</p>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:26:33 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/227821113/Best-Indian-Sweets-Ever-Like-swimming-inurn:www-soup-io:1:227821113imagesquaresquareformatriseiphoneographyinstagramappuploaded:by=instagram {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Astrobrite\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EAstrobrite\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Tycho\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ETycho\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Field\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EThe Field\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Headphone+Commute\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EHeadphone Commute\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Big+Sleep\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EThe Big Sleep\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Astrobrite">Astrobrite</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Tycho">Tycho</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Field">The Field</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Headphone+Commute">Headphone Commute</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Big+Sleep">The Big Sleep</a> </li></ol>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/228474736/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:228474736regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Biosphere\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EBiosphere\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Loscil\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ELoscil\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Botch\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EBotch\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Loincloth\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ELoincloth\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Blanck+Mass\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EBlanck Mass\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Biosphere">Biosphere</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Loscil">Loscil</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Botch">Botch</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Loincloth">Loincloth</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Blanck+Mass">Blanck Mass</a> </li></ol>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/225971820/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:225971820regular {"tags":["square","squareformat","lomofi","iphoneography","instagramapp","uploaded:by=instagram"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6727809881/","body":"Pointy office building is pointy","url":"http://4.asset.soup.io/asset/2844/6708_6678.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6727809881/"><img alt="6708_6678_400" height="400" src="http://4.asset.soup.io/asset/2844/6708_6678_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p>Pointy office building is pointy</p>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:25:20 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/223319326/Pointy-office-building-is-pointyurn:www-soup-io:1:223319326imagesquaresquareformatlomofiiphoneographyinstagramappuploaded:by=instagram {"tags":["Computers","Me"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://jens.mooseyard.com/2012/01/getting-into-modeling-with-couchcocoa/\"\u003E\u201cGetting Into Modeling With CouchCocoa\u201d\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://jens.mooseyard.com/2012/01/getting-into-modeling-with-couchcocoa/","body":"\u003Cp\u003EI gave a webcast last month for O\u2019Reilly, and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4h90TgWan0\" title=\"\"\u003Eit\u2019s up on YouTube now\u003C/a\u003E so you can watch it at your leisure. Here\u2019s the abstract:\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\t\u003Cblockquote\u003EIt can be very liberating to store your Couchbase app\u2019s data as free-form dictionaries, free of the rigid schema of a relational database. But there\u2019s a lot to be said for the syntactic comforts and conveniences of modeling your data as native Cocoa objects with predeclared @properties, the way CoreData does. Don\u2019t fret \u2013 the CouchCocoa framework lets you do both, even in the same database. During this webcast I\u2019ll show you how to acquire the glamor of an object model, while still letting your NoSQL freak-flag fly.\u003C/blockquote\u003E"} <p>I gave a webcast last month for O’Reilly, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4h90TgWan0" title="">it’s up on YouTube now</a> so you can watch it at your leisure. Here’s the abstract:</p> <blockquote>It can be very liberating to store your Couchbase app’s data as free-form dictionaries, free of the rigid schema of a relational database. But there’s a lot to be said for the syntactic comforts and conveniences of modeling your data as native Cocoa objects with predeclared @properties, the way CoreData does. Don’t fret – the CouchCocoa framework lets you do both, even in the same database. During this webcast I’ll show you how to acquire the glamor of an object model, while still letting your NoSQL freak-flag fly.</blockquote>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:29:28 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/223342874/Getting-Into-Modeling-With-CouchCocoaurn:www-soup-io:1:223342874regularcomputersme {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Fuck+Buttons\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EFuck Buttons\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Jacaszek\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EJacaszek\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Marsen+Jules\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EMarsen Jules\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/A+Winged+Victory+for+the+Sullen\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EA Winged Victory for the Sullen\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/beautumn\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003Ebeautumn\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Fuck+Buttons">Fuck Buttons</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Jacaszek">Jacaszek</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Marsen+Jules">Marsen Jules</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/A+Winged+Victory+for+the+Sullen">A Winged Victory for the Sullen</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/beautumn">beautumn</a> </li></ol>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/221495912/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:221495912regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Braids\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EBraids\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Erik+Satie\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EErik Satie\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Loscil\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ELoscil\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Pink+Floyd\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EPink Floyd\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Alan+Morse+Davies\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EAlan Morse Davies\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Braids">Braids</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Erik+Satie">Erik Satie</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Loscil">Loscil</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Pink+Floyd">Pink Floyd</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Alan+Morse+Davies">Alan Morse Davies</a> </li></ol>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/216707320/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:216707320regular {"tags":["jed"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6639666003/","body":"\u003Cstrong\u003EJed has an egg\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E2008, apparently. One of those class projects where they had to take care of a \"baby\" egg for a week.","url":"http://6.asset.soup.io/asset/2765/1478_30e8.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6639666003/"><img alt="1478_30e8_400" height="533" src="http://6.asset.soup.io/asset/2765/1478_30e8_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><strong>Jed has an egg</strong><br />2008, apparently. One of those class projects where they had to take care of a "baby" egg for a week.</p>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:44:04 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/212333246/Jed-has-an-eggurn:www-soup-io:1:212333246imagejed {"tags":[""],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6639637123/","body":"\u003Cstrong\u003Eunidentified swirls\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EI think this was taken at the Tech Museum in San Jose.","url":"http://8.asset.soup.io/asset/2765/1480_ab63.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6639637123/"><img alt="1480_ab63_400" height="300" src="http://8.asset.soup.io/asset/2765/1480_ab63_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p><strong>unidentified swirls</strong><br />I think this was taken at the Tech Museum in San Jose.</p>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:36:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/212333306/unidentified-swirlsurn:www-soup-io:1:212333306image {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Antlers\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EThe Antlers\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Tino+Contreras\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ETino Contreras\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Antlers">The Antlers</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Tino+Contreras">Tino Contreras</a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li></ol>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/211772473/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:211772473regular {"tags":["Music"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://jens.mooseyard.com/2011/12/shiver-3/\"\u003EShiver 3\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://jens.mooseyard.com/2011/12/shiver-3/","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://recordings.mooseyard.com/mub70\" title=\"\"\u003EA new mix\u003C/a\u003E, sequel to \u003Cem\u003EShiver 2\u003C/em\u003E, sequel to \u003Cem\u003EShiver\u003C/em\u003E. I hope you like it\u2026\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://recordings.mooseyard.com/mub70\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://mooseyard.com/recordings/mub70/Cover.jpg\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://recordings.mooseyard.com/mub70\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http://mooseyard.com/recordings/mub70/Back.jpg\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E"} <p><a href="http://recordings.mooseyard.com/mub70" title="">A new mix</a>, sequel to <em>Shiver 2</em>, sequel to <em>Shiver</em>. I hope you like it…</p> <p><a href="http://recordings.mooseyard.com/mub70"><img src="http://mooseyard.com/recordings/mub70/Cover.jpg" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://recordings.mooseyard.com/mub70"><img src="http://mooseyard.com/recordings/mub70/Back.jpg" /></a></p>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:46:33 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/203890309/Shiver-3urn:www-soup-io:1:203890309regularmusic {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Tycho\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ETycho\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Animals+as+Leaders\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EAnimals as Leaders\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Tycho">Tycho</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Animals+as+Leaders">Animals as Leaders</a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li></ol>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/203323223/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:203323223regular {"tags":["Computers","Me"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://jens.mooseyard.com/2011/12/announcing-touchdb/\"\u003EAnnouncing TouchDB\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://jens.mooseyard.com/2011/12/announcing-touchdb/","body":"\u003Cp\u003E[I just posted this to the Couchbase Mobile community mailing list.]\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/\" title=\"\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETouchDB\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/a\u003E is a project I\u2019ve been feverishly working on for a few weeks. It\u2019s an investigation into the feasibility of a CouchDB-compatible database rewritten from the ground up for mobile apps. The comparison I like to make is that \u201cif CouchDB is MySQL, then TouchDB is SQLite\u201d. In fact, it uses SQLite as its underlying storage engine. You can read a \u003Ca href=\"https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/wiki/Why-TouchDB%3F\" title=\"\"\u003Elonger justification for it\u003C/a\u003E on its wiki, as well as an \u003Ca href=\"https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/wiki/FAQ\" title=\"\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"caps\"\u003EFAQ\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/wiki/Object-Design-And-Schema\" title=\"\"\u003Edesign document\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u2014 It speaks CouchDB\u2019s replication protocol. I\u2019m pretty serious about that; I\u2019m even \u003Ca href=\"https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/wiki/Replication-Algorithm\" title=\"\"\u003Edocumenting the protocol\u003C/a\u003E.\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u2014 It also understands a large subset of the \u003Cspan class=\"caps\"\u003EREST API\u003C/span\u003E, enough so that it works with CouchCocoa. I\u2019ve got a clone of Grocery Sync working as one of the demo apps in the project.\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u2014 The current implementation is for iOS. If the investigation pans out we\u2019ll port it to Android, and possibly other platforms.\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\t\u003Cp\u003ETouchDB is certainly not ready for prime-time yet, but here are some current statistics to whet your appetite:\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u2022 Code size of an \u2018empty\u2019 iOS app with nothing in it but TouchDB: ~150k.\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u2022 Time to initialize TouchDB and open a database, on iPad 2: ~100ms (cold) or ~60ms (warm).\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u2022 Size of source code: ~4000 lines of Objective-C (plus another ~2500 lines from some existing utility libraries.)\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\t\u003Cp\u003EWhat\u2019s left to do? Probably a lot \u2014 that infamous \u201csecond 90%\u201d. Prominently:\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u2022 Attachments\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u2022 Reduce functions and grouping\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u2022 Filters for views and replication\u003Cbr /\u003E\n\u2022 Performance tuning\u003Cbr /\u003E\nSee the \u003Ca href=\"https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/issues\" title=\"\"\u003Eissue tracker\u003C/a\u003E for more.\u003C/p\u003E\n\n\t\u003Cp\u003ESo, what does this mean for Couchbase Mobile? Honestly, we don\u2019t know yet. It may be that TouchDB turns out to be so awesome that it replaces embedded-CouchDB entirely in Couchbase Mobile on iOS and Android. It may be that there are still scenarios where embedded-CouchDB works better and is worth the extra overhead for some developers, in which case we\u2019ll still support it. This is not a product announcement; it\u2019s a technical announcement of something that isn\u2019t a product yet, because we like to do our development in the open. We\u2019d love your feedback or even contributions.\u003C/p\u003E"} <p>[I just posted this to the Couchbase Mobile community mailing list.]</p> <p><a href="https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/" title=""><strong>TouchDB</strong></a> is a project I’ve been feverishly working on for a few weeks. It’s an investigation into the feasibility of a CouchDB-compatible database rewritten from the ground up for mobile apps. The comparison I like to make is that “if CouchDB is MySQL, then TouchDB is SQLite”. In fact, it uses SQLite as its underlying storage engine. You can read a <a href="https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/wiki/Why-TouchDB%3F" title="">longer justification for it</a> on its wiki, as well as an <a href="https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/wiki/FAQ" title=""><span class="caps">FAQ</span></a> and <a href="https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/wiki/Object-Design-And-Schema" title="">design document</a>.</p> <p>— It speaks CouchDB’s replication protocol. I’m pretty serious about that; I’m even <a href="https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/wiki/Replication-Algorithm" title="">documenting the protocol</a>.<br /> — It also understands a large subset of the <span class="caps">REST API</span>, enough so that it works with CouchCocoa. I’ve got a clone of Grocery Sync working as one of the demo apps in the project.<br /> — The current implementation is for iOS. If the investigation pans out we’ll port it to Android, and possibly other platforms.</p> <p>TouchDB is certainly not ready for prime-time yet, but here are some current statistics to whet your appetite:<br /> • Code size of an ‘empty’ iOS app with nothing in it but TouchDB: ~150k.<br /> • Time to initialize TouchDB and open a database, on iPad 2: ~100ms (cold) or ~60ms (warm).<br /> • Size of source code: ~4000 lines of Objective-C (plus another ~2500 lines from some existing utility libraries.)</p> <p>What’s left to do? Probably a lot — that infamous “second 90%”. Prominently:<br /> • Attachments<br /> • Reduce functions and grouping<br /> • Filters for views and replication<br /> • Performance tuning<br /> See the <a href="https://github.com/couchbaselabs/TouchDB-iOS/issues" title="">issue tracker</a> for more.</p> <p>So, what does this mean for Couchbase Mobile? Honestly, we don’t know yet. It may be that TouchDB turns out to be so awesome that it replaces embedded-CouchDB entirely in Couchbase Mobile on iOS and Android. It may be that there are still scenarios where embedded-CouchDB works better and is worth the extra overhead for some developers, in which case we’ll still support it. This is not a product announcement; it’s a technical announcement of something that isn’t a product yet, because we like to do our development in the open. We’d love your feedback or even contributions.</p>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:23:01 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/201204842/Announcing-TouchDBurn:www-soup-io:1:201204842regularcomputersme {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/A+Winged+Victory+for+the+Sullen\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EA Winged Victory for the Sullen\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/A+Winged+Victory+for+the+Sullen">A Winged Victory for the Sullen</a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li></ol>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/200967506/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:200967506regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Tim+Hecker\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ETim Hecker\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Jacaszek\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003EJacaszek\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Tim+Hecker">Tim Hecker</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Jacaszek">Jacaszek</a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li></ol>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/198468801/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:198468801regular {"tags":[],"type":"regular","title":"Top 5 artists this week","source":"http://www.last.fm/user/snej/charts/","body":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u00a0\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ol\u003E"} <ol><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li><li><a></a> </li></ol>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/196962461/Top-5-artists-this-weekurn:www-soup-io:1:196962461regular {"tags":["square","squareformat","hefe","iphoneography","instagramapp","uploaded:by=instagram","foursquare:venue=4dfe0a4d227185f38b9a2393"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6443825913/","body":"Day 2: A stack of books [on my desk at work]","url":"http://3.asset.soup.io/asset/2594/7315_aa6c.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6443825913/"><img alt="7315_aa6c_400" height="400" src="http://3.asset.soup.io/asset/2594/7315_aa6c_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p>Day 2: A stack of books [on my desk at work]</p>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:59:16 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/196450836/Day-2-A-stack-of-books-onurn:www-soup-io:1:196450836imagesquaresquareformathefeiphoneographyinstagramappuploaded:by=instagramfoursquare:venue=4dfe0a4d227185f38b9a2393 {"tags":["square","squareformat","rise","iphoneography","instagramapp","uploaded:by=instagram","foursquare:venue=4dfe0a4d227185f38b9a2393"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6438868233/","body":"Leafy hedge","url":"http://9.asset.soup.io/asset/2593/4617_975f.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6438868233/"><img alt="4617_975f_400" height="400" src="http://9.asset.soup.io/asset/2593/4617_975f_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p>Leafy hedge</p>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:53:19 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/196336239/Leafy-hedgeurn:www-soup-io:1:196336239imagesquaresquareformatriseiphoneographyinstagramappuploaded:by=instagramfoursquare:venue=4dfe0a4d227185f38b9a2393 {"tags":["square","squareformat","lomofi","iphoneography","instagramapp","uploaded:by=instagram"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6438857511/","body":"Day 1: Reflection","url":"http://0.asset.soup.io/asset/2593/4624_142b.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snej/6438857511/"><img alt="4624_142b_400" height="400" src="http://0.asset.soup.io/asset/2593/4624_142b_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p>Day 1: Reflection</p>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:50:28 GMThttp://snej.soup.io/post/196336264/Day-1-Reflectionurn:www-soup-io:1:196336264imagesquaresquareformatlomofiiphoneographyinstagramappuploaded:by=instagram