Google released App Engine 1.1.9 this week, including new capacity ceilings for developers and better compatibility with existing Python code. The new App Engine supports standard HTTP libraries, larger files, triples the response deadline, and removes limitations on CPU-intensive processes.
The current economic uncertainties have changed the high-end restaurant industry, but not in the ways you might think. On Friday evening I had drinks with owners of two well-known restaurants in San Francisco. Total diners is up, staff is more committed, and menus have expanded. Web businesses can learn from these service industry adjustments.
Niall Kennedy is a web technologist in San Francisco, California in the United States. I am very interested in the world of... MORE »