Links for 07-17-2013

• Boston | Typographic Maps
• Systems of Engagement vs Systems of Reference – Core Concept for Infrastructure Architecture | Forrester Blogs - "This problem of “impedance matching” is generic to almost all forms of engineering, both electrical, mechanical, and software. Even early atomic bombs required a layer of aluminum between the explosive lens and the fissionable core to correctly couple the explosive shock waves to the core."
• The Joy of Tech comic... A lean and concise Microsoft! - RT @simoncrosby: Brilliant! the Microsoft re-org infographic via @jdsboston
• Who Has the Most Web Servers? » Data Center Knowledge
• VMware co-founder Diane Greene has a stealthy new startup. Here are the details — Tech News and Analysis - "Everyone who is in the know knows that VMware former CEO Diane Greene is working on something. Now we know its name: Datrium Storage. Oh, and it’s attacking virtualized storage — an interesting choice for someone deposed from the company she co-founded by Joe Tucci, the chief exeuctive of EMC and the undisputed king of storage."
• The Summer of Gluster is Here! | Gluster Community Website - An update by @johnmark about Gluster community happenings
• Recipe Sunday: Savory Ice Creams « Megan McArdle
• HP plans to close the book on OpenVMS in 2020 - Network World - RT @cchristiansen: Announced 1977, what a long strange trip it has been. HP plans to close the book on OpenVMS in 2020 via @networkworld
• Designing a RESTful API with Python and Flask - miguelgrinberg.com
• The Command Line In 2004
• Notes Essays—Peter Thiel’s CS183: Startup—Stanford, Spring 2012
• How They Sent Photos Across the Ocean Back in 1926 - RT @petapixel: How they sent photos across the ocean back in 1926:
• B2B Social Media: Strategy Guide and Best Practices
• The Node Beginner Book » A comprehensive Node.js tutorial
• The End of Car Culture - NYTimes.com
• D3 for Mere Mortals
• My quest for a secret BBQ sauce recipe
• The Rise and Fall and Rise of Java - Marakana
• Cosmography
• Beginners Guide to Writing Flask Apps on OpenShift | OpenShift by Red Hat