This geek stuff gets me all aflutter.  After groking this two-parter it seems to me that the GooFS would be a fab candidate for large media libraries.

StorageMojo » Google File System Eval: Part I

This site offers a TON of apparently free web services.  From address verifications, weather forecasts, IP address geolocation and even barcode generation.

Sweet.

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