Technology

98 posts filed under Technology.

July 10, 2003

Mud
Using open source tools and libraries is like playing with mud.
July 8, 2003

Economics of Distributed Computing
Jim Gray of Microsoft Research has an interesting paper on the economic viability of distributed computing.
June 12, 2003

Retro Computing Magazines
I’m certainly feeling nostalgic with all the retro talk lately about early experiences with computing technology.
June 10, 2003

Gizmodo 1983
Feeling old? Check out some “cool” Gadgets from 1983.
May 29, 2003

Xbox and Linux in car multimedia
Just in case you have too much free-time while driving, it might be nice to get in a quick game and a movie or two, with this.
May 28, 2003

PlayStation 2 successor: PSX
“PSX will offer a DVD recorder, a 120GB hard drive, a TV tuner, an Ethernet port, a USB 2.0 port and a Memory Stick slot.” (via CNet)
May 22, 2003

Change Today
Some good quotes from Kevin Werbach article on CNet titled, “Anticipating a post-Web, post-PC world”
April 24, 2003

Recipe for Car Power: Heat Vegetable Oil, Flip Switch and Go.
What’s next? Cop cars that run on powdered sugar?
April 21, 2003

IT business analyst or IT business technologist
“…an IT business analyst acts as a liaison between non-IT employees who have a business problem to solve and the IT department, which is charged with finding the solution.”
April 21, 2003

Keyboarding: Going Virtical
“… the vertical placement of the keyboard allows the user to type while keeping the forearms in a neutral position (with the thumbs up). With a standard flat keyboard, in order to …