George Porter
@georgemporter.bsky.social
AWS S3 & UC San Diego professor
Building networks and systems that enable high-performance, scalable, and sustainable computing and storage.
https://www.cs.ucsd.edu/~gmporter
Building networks and systems that enable high-performance, scalable, and sustainable computing and storage.
https://www.cs.ucsd.edu/~gmporter
Not sure why everyone is making such a big deal about AI, when you have access to this comprehensive resource
December 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Not sure why everyone is making such a big deal about AI, when you have access to this comprehensive resource
Hoping your 2025 is winding down well!
This is my plan for the end of the year
This is my plan for the end of the year
December 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Hoping your 2025 is winding down well!
This is my plan for the end of the year
This is my plan for the end of the year
I’m not, but I wish I was! An article like this would have been a real accomplishment for a 10 year old.
I think my biggest accomplishment that year was probably beating Zelda 2 on the NES if I recall correctly.
I think my biggest accomplishment that year was probably beating Zelda 2 on the NES if I recall correctly.
September 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I’m not, but I wish I was! An article like this would have been a real accomplishment for a 10 year old.
I think my biggest accomplishment that year was probably beating Zelda 2 on the NES if I recall correctly.
I think my biggest accomplishment that year was probably beating Zelda 2 on the NES if I recall correctly.
There is a Pumpkin Beer festival in Seattle, featuring 60 pumpkin beers on tap. That is a shocking variety of pumpkin beers! 🎃🍺🎃🍺
August 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
There is a Pumpkin Beer festival in Seattle, featuring 60 pumpkin beers on tap. That is a shocking variety of pumpkin beers! 🎃🍺🎃🍺
I got to see the new UCSD CSE machine room. The approach to cooling is dramatically different than the older machine room, with a focus on in-rack heat exchanging into liquid which is pumped out of the room. It's pretty neat, and quite impressive!
August 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I got to see the new UCSD CSE machine room. The approach to cooling is dramatically different than the older machine room, with a focus on in-rack heat exchanging into liquid which is pumped out of the room. It's pretty neat, and quite impressive!
People say that Paxos is quite intimidating, but it looks really beautiful, tbh...
June 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
People say that Paxos is quite intimidating, but it looks really beautiful, tbh...
Finally submitted grades for the quarter
June 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Finally submitted grades for the quarter
For some games, the primary metric is "number of times one can frustratingly die over and over again" per hour...
June 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
For some games, the primary metric is "number of times one can frustratingly die over and over again" per hour...
Anyone who thinks video games are the most expensive hobby you can have should look into scuba diving
June 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Anyone who thinks video games are the most expensive hobby you can have should look into scuba diving
Another wonderful Center for Networked Systems (CNS) review here at UC San Diego. It was great seeing all of the projects, research, and research collaborations that have and will develop.
May 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Another wonderful Center for Networked Systems (CNS) review here at UC San Diego. It was great seeing all of the projects, research, and research collaborations that have and will develop.
NSF sending out it's "NeTS May 2025 Newsletter" email to everyone
May 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
NSF sending out it's "NeTS May 2025 Newsletter" email to everyone
These days, when your NSF grant proposal shows as "pending" 7 months after you submitted it, does that mean it's still alive? Or has the person who was supposed to evaluate it fired? Or was the person who runs research.gov fired? So many mysteries...
May 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
These days, when your NSF grant proposal shows as "pending" 7 months after you submitted it, does that mean it's still alive? Or has the person who was supposed to evaluate it fired? Or was the person who runs research.gov fired? So many mysteries...
Reading Rainbow was funded, in part, by a grant from the National Science Foundation 😢
May 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Reading Rainbow was funded, in part, by a grant from the National Science Foundation 😢
Me, refreshing research.gov, but now realizing it won't update...
May 2, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Me, refreshing research.gov, but now realizing it won't update...
Fixed it for you. Enjoy your restored power!
April 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Fixed it for you. Enjoy your restored power!
Why did Apple get rid of the "clear" button on their calculator? Now there is just "Delete/backspace"??
April 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Why did Apple get rid of the "clear" button on their calculator? Now there is just "Delete/backspace"??
Sorry but I prefer the version on the top!
April 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Sorry but I prefer the version on the top!