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As far as I know there isn't anything available for this, but I thought I'd check before working up something of my own. Is there a way to query Amazon SimpleDB and import the data results directly into R? Cheers, Tim.

Just in case anybody want''s to give Amazon''s new (currently in closed beta) SimpleDB web service a test drive with Rails... I just finished work on a Proxy Server bridging the APIs. It''s available as a Rails Plugin: http://inside.glnetworks.de/2008/01/20/bridging-rails-to-amazon-simpledb-using-activeresource/ (also available via http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/aws...

...nable versioning on important message folders, use the even cheaper reduced redundancy storage for archives, and set expiration dates on email in the trash and spam folders so S3 will automatically purge the messages after a month. Secondly, I'd like to replace the Mysql database usage with a simpleDB database. While simpleDB lacks much of MySQL's sophistication, it doesn't seem that Dovecot is really using any of that, so simpleDB can be functionally equivalent. The primary purpose of using simpleDB is that this way the entire Dovecot system can be ephermeral. When a properly config...

...or eclipse and EJB 2.0 for masochistic fun) ERROR: Could not find a valid gem ''activerecord-sqlite3-adapter'' (>= 0) in any repository ERROR: Possible alternatives: activerecord-jdbcsqlite3-adapter, activerecord-sqlserver-adapter, activerecord-nulldb-adapter, activerecord-simpledb-adapter, activerecord-dbslayer-adapter and as I''m hoping to get to a point where I can see a continuation of the tutorial with a toy app, I''m about ready to throw up my hands in despair thinking this is just a sign of more to come here.: => Booting WEBrick => Rails 3.2...

...he following skills: Top priority is experience with Ruby and Rails, but some other things that would help: - Comfortable writing tests and with test frameworks such as RSpec and Cucumber - Experience with RabbitMQ, AMQP, and messaging services or standards - Familiarity with Redis and Amazon SimpleDB - Some experience deploying and running sites on Amazon Web Services - Some Javascript chops would also help for code that needs to stay on the front-end - A start-up mindset, i.e., someone excited to engage in the creative process of building a business and creating a top quality site Our si...

I've been involved with getting better data for running Asterisk on the Amazon EC2 cloud computing system. Here are some calculations I've made on costs based on current published prices on Amazon's system. Feel free to tell me that I'm wrong with these calculations - but be specific if you find any problems, as I suspect others may glom onto these figures as gospel and

Hey folks, I like what I''m reading about improved performance via Service Oriented Architecture for my Rails app. Stepping in that direction will require some code reorganization, though. Has anyone regretted the time invested in Rails SOA or suffered any other drawbacks that might -- from a business perspective -- have disinclined them from going SOA? Lille -- You received this