Heatermeter BBQ Pit Temperature Controller

I have recently started getting into smoking my own BBQ at home using a Char-Griller Akorn kamado grill.  The grill itself and food coming off of it has been awesome so far (cooked a low and slow pork butt that went for 12 hours and a turkey that went for 4+).  But one of the …

Char-Griller / King-Griller Akorn first Smoke

I have long wanted a kamado style grill/smoker.  I had read a large amount regarding these things on various websites and forums.  I heard about their amazing ability to hold stead temperatures for low and slow BBQ along with the ability, when wanted, to kick it into high gear and cook at 700+ degrees.  It …

Viewing Running Postgres Queries (and what if they are too long??)

There can be many times when knowing what queries are currently running on a Postgres server can be helpful to know.  It is pretty well known that the system pg_stat_activity table can get you this information.  Just run the following query: SELECT * FROM pg_stat_activity; The resulting record set contains a bunch of information but …

SpatialKey, Salesforce and Geopointe

SpatialKey now offers its spatial analytics capabilities to Salesforce users by way of our partnership with Arrowpointe software’s Geopointe mapping solution for Force.com.  Geopointe is the #1 Force.com geo/mapping solution and by way of our partnership now adding full-featured Geo-Analytics as well. If you currently use Salesforce and are looking for a mapping and analytics …

Our Application Server Stack

With a new year coming up I thought I would give a quick run down of our OS server stack.  From the beginning SpatialKey has been built on a number of great community/company open source platforms, here is what we currently use: Apache/Tomcat We are currently evaluating moving our application servers to pure Tomcat vs. …

SpatialKey nearing 2.3

Wow, the past year has been one of excitement and growth for SpatialKey as a platform!  We are now nearing a 2.3 version release of the server.  Over the year we have made great inroads into the insurance industry and are focusing in on a new “Apps” based approach for adding specific targeted capabilities to …

Using SpatialKey to analyze how far closing Saturn dealerships are from other GM dealers.

A lot of news coming from SpatialKey over the last week. First of all, SpatialKey is now officially out of beta and is live!  Free trial accounts are still available so check it out (completely re-designed web site too) – http://www.spatialkey.com! Second, with news coming out yesterday that GM is going to be closing Saturn …

SpatialKey Nearing 1.0 Release!

These are exciting times for the SpatialKey team as we approach our 1.0 release!  Open beta has been going for a while now (you have signed up for a beta account haven’t you???) and the feedback we are getting from our users has been phenomenal!!  We have listened to what our users are telling us …

SpatialKey News

Some exciting things are happening in the SpatialKey world.  We are nearing the end of the Beta cycle and will soon be in open Beta.  So, if you have not yet applied or been accepted into the current closed Beta you should get your chance soon.  To apply go here: http://www.spatialkey.com.  Once the open Beta …