adding link to the flickr post about their StatsD

README.md

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 * NodeJS
 * Graphite
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+Inspiration
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+StatsD was inspired (heavily) by the project (of the same name) at Flickr. Here's a post where Cal Henderson described it in depth:
+[Counting and timing](http://code.flickr.com/blog/2008/10/27/counting-timing/)
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