Archive for September, 2007

A great new site on scalability

Saturday, September 15th, 2007

Just came across High Scalability tonight and I love it already. Great info on building truly big internet applications. Great articles on what worked and what didn't. Excited to see more things coming out of there.

We’re one step closer to Judgement Day

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Army's unmanned aerial drone kills for the first time. A Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle engaged and killed two suspected improvised explosive device emplacers overwatching a major thoroughfare for Coalition Forces during a historic flight near Qayyarah, Iraq, in Nineveh province Sept. 1. And of course that's Judgement Day in the Terminator sense. And ...

Why the plug-in hybrid is better

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

There seems to be some reluctance on the part of the automakers to push plug-in hybrids. There has been some research out there showing that by using plug-ins there really isn't a energy benefit. All that you are doing is shifting the source of the energy from one ...

Apple TV is HOT

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

So far I love my Apple TV. It's brought the music back into the living room and made it a social event again. No need to hide away with the computer to listen to music. The one thing that is a little disconcerting though is that it runs REALLY HOT. ...

Killing the browser

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

So I know you're out there thinking, how can I make my web browsing experience as painful as possible. Well, I've found a surefire way to make loading any page dreadful. Load up Firefox Install the Firebug plugin Go to an Outlook Web Access page Let it sit overnight By the next morning your browser ...