My place before purchasing

EC2 and RDS pricing

https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AmazonEC2/current/index.json
https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AmazonRDS/current/index.json

"My father rode a camel. I drive a Cadillac. My son drives a Rolls Royce. My grandson will ride a camel."

Interesting quote

Diablo Sanding Disk with StickFast - not sticks!

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Diablo-5-in-80-Grit-Random-Orbital-Sanding-Disc-with-StickFast-Backing-5-Pack-DCD050080P05G/202830917?MERCH=REC-_-rv_search_plp_rr-_-NA-_-202830917-_-N

Process memory usage

ps aux | awk '{print $2, $4, $11}' | sort -k2r | head -n 20 | grep $PID

Richmond Country Clerk (real property search)

Here is link of Richmond Country Clerk purchase records - http://hosted.uslandrecords.com/cgibin/homepage?County=8007

Benchmark ruby

Benchmark.realtime{ function() }

ConEdison prices

One example is ConEdison in New York. It charges 7¢ per kilowatt-hours for "peak hours" in the morning and afternoon. Night time is only 1¢. Source

Antifragile

Black Swan aka (Cygnus Atratus)

Cygnus Attratus - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_swan