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The Hackathon turned out to be really awesome, and just wanted to thank <BR>
our hosts, Facebook, for giving us space, power, food, and some great <BR>
insight into how memcached is used there. Thanks guys!<BR>
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I was in on the binary protocol discussion, which turned out really <BR>
great. I see Brad's already posted the notes. I'd love to hear how the <BR>
other groups did if anyone's feeling like posting, though. (I had to <BR>
leave a little early - pregnant wife called).<BR>
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I was telling Steve that we should try to make these a regular <BR>
occurrence. I think Sun is next up at bat, but I'm happy to host at <BR>
SmugMug sometime after that to keep the ball rolling.<BR>
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Thanks again Steve & Facebook!<BR>
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Don<BR>
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