Author Archives: Chris Heisel

A short introduction to Django and Gearman

Notes from my lightning talk at DjangoCon 2009 on Gearman, a distributed work queue. Continue reading

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A book lover’s guide to IKEA seating

A book lover’s guide to IKEA seating – "This chair comes with Jonathan Franzen. Some important notes while assembling this chair: make sure you do it correctly the first time, no mistakes." Ha ha ha ha ha!

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Microscopes zoom in on molecules at last

Microscopes zoom in on molecules at last – What's crazy is that they could put a _single_ molecule of carbon monoxide on the microscope, and that's what allowed them to image the molecule without disturbing it's structure.

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Study finds artificial sweetner’s may cause cravings for more calories

Study finds artificial sweetner’s may cause cravings for more calories – They'll have to pry the Diet Coke from my cold, well-caffeinated hands.

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Concentrics’ Bakeshop to open on Peachtree

Concentrics’ Bakeshop to open on Peachtree – Glad that something is moving into the Gold Star spot on Peachtree. Not sure I wanted it to be a tempting patisserie!

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