Daily Reading from December 23, 2007

Links to what I’ve been reading recently.

• A First Look at Amazon SimpleDB - Open - Code - New York Times Blog — " The New York Times technology group looks at Amazon’s new database offering. "
• BlueBlog: Software Engineering Tips for Startups — " Rules for engineering at software startups. An amazing number of companies I talk to are comprised of all business people and expect to hire or outsource the technology. "
• TypoHound - Find eBay Typos and Misspellings — " I once bought a "plam" PDA for a fraction of the price of a "palm" "
• BBC - Radio Labs - Perl on Rails — " The comments link to some good Perl MVC frameworks. "
• Reliever Dan Naulty from 1999 World Series team spills ugly truth on steroids — " A former Yankees pitcher describes his steroid abuse. "
• PHP Regular Expressions: Recursion, Named Capture
• What To Make Of The Funded — "I got a call from Adeo Ressi yesterday. I hadn’t talked to Adeo since he started The Funded so it was nice to hear from him. We talked a bit about The Funded and he was surprised that our firm …"
• Database Developments — "The single biggest challenge in scaling an Internet service is the database. In my experience, the ways things generally work is like this: you put up an Internet service using a single instance of a basic database, like MySQL or …"
• 5 ways to break past the San Francisco echo-chamber
• Software pioneer is 'Johnny Appleseed' of start-ups
• Startup Lawyers: When Can You Do It Yourself?
• Xmas Media Gifts