As part of my 2002 Honours year in Computer Science, I've been conducting research into Network Load Balancing under the supervision of Dr David Glance. In particular, improving the performance of the Linux Virtual Server project by implementing dynamic feedback of server load information.
The results were presented at the 2003 Australian Linux Conference; the paper is available here: feedbackd-lca03.pdf (93.4 kB).
The 'feedbackd' project is an implementation of dynamic feedback, released as an open source project.
In his TEDx talk, he will share a teaching from the oldest printed book in the world—the Diamond Cutter Sutra—which helps us get everything we want in life, in a way which also helps the entire world. We will be learning an ancient method known as the Four Steps, which can be applied to five different goals: financial independence for the rest of our life