So, the creators of Good Tickle Brain (click header for the link to their comic) decided to combine current events with the Ides of March theme. I'll stick with Shakespeare. 

As per usual, I'll read the play first...while also listening to the Arkangel Shakespeare production, then look to a couple of performances to see different takes on the play. 

I've got another Donmar Warehouse production lined up for this, as well as Greg Doran's production for the RSC. I may also look into Paterson Joseph's book about playing Brutus in Doran's production. 

Anyway, I hope you are all having a lovely Sunday.

From the book description:  

"Traditional data processing infrastructures—especially those that support applications—weren’t designed for our mobile, streaming, and online world. This O’Reilly report examines how today’s distributed, in-memory database management systems (IMDBMS) enable you to make quick decisions based on real-time data.

In this report, executives from MemSQL Inc. provide options for using in-memory architectures to build real-time data pipelines. If you want to instantly track user behavior on websites or mobile apps, generate reports on a changing dataset, or detect anomalous activity in your system as it occurs, you’ll learn valuable lessons from some of the largest and most successful tech companies focused on in-memory databases.

• Explore the architectural principles of modern in-memory databases
• Understand what’s involved in moving from data silos to real-time data pipelines
• Run transactions and analytics in a single database, without ETL
• Minimize complexity by architecting a multipurpose data infrastructure
• Learn guiding principles for developing an optimally architected operational system
• Provide persistence and high availability mechanisms for real-time data
• Choose an in-memory architecture flexible enough to scale across a variety of deployment options."

My latest blog post, featuring a few entries from the interesting noir anthology series, Akashic Noir, featuring local author's detailing the dark, gritty side to their cities' personalities. 

This book has been in my wish list for a while now so I was quite pleased when I found it for only $2.49 today! :D 

"Conjure House is a cosmic horror full of Cthulhu creepiness and meaty themes" —The Horrifically Horrifying Horror Blog

The village of Deepvale has a sinister past. Built in the 1400s, it has been home to a number of sordid characters, including Peter Suman, known locally as 'The Conjurer' due to the diabolical experiments he was rumored to have conducted during the 19th Century, in a dark old house beside a lake.

In the 1990s, after a bet with his elder brother and three friends, seven-year-old Simon Mallinson goes missing inside the now derelict Conjurer's House.

Fifteen years later, his brother Anthony is back in Deepvale, following the brutal deaths of his parents. And strange events have begun to occur in the village again, including the apparent return of young Simon and his creepy new friends. Worse still, Peter Suman appears to be back, too, bent on achieving what he failed to do over a hundred years earlier…