Archive for June, 2007

Austin Modine: Sun Microsystems’ new supercomputer and switch

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Austin Modine writes about Sun Microsystems’ new supercomputer and switch. It’s a screamer.

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Ron K. Jeffries, Motorcycle Enthusiast

Monday, June 25th, 2007

Several of you may have wondered “How well can Ron K. Jeffries ride a motorcycle.”

You be the judge.

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John Heilemann on Steve Jobs

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007

John Heilemann writes Steve Jobs in a Box.

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Non-silo’d Rich Internet Applications Good; webOS Less Important?

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007

A friend writes: “The webOS category is a bit weird. I think the applications are more interesting.

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Cloudy Thinking Now in Blogshares

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

Listed on BlogShares
I have joined Blogshares. Hmm.

William Corey and his 8″ x 20″ View Camera

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

William Corey talks about his rare 8 inch by 20 inch view camera.

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Paul Otellini: Intel Silverthorne

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Wolfgang Gruener writes about Intel chief executive officer Paul Otellini, who thinks the mobile processor “Silverthorne” will be as important as the original 8088 CPU and the 1994 Pentium processor.

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Scott Rosenberg: Wordyard

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

Scott Rosenberg writes Wordyard, an unusually literate, interesting blog. Enjoy.

Colgate Ad Displayed over FDA Alert on Poisonous Toothpaste

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

Peter Macaulay writes: “These content specific web ads need some tuning. Example: Colgate is running ads over a FDA Poisonous Toothpaste Alert.

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Vista Does Not Support Older Help Files?

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

Today I installed a few freeware PC games on a Vista laptop. One of the games was a bit obscure, so we selected the “help” button. We did not get help.

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Ray Ozzie: Complexity kills.

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

“Complexity kills. It sucks the life out of developers, it makes products difficult to plan, build and test, it introduces security challenges and it causes end-user and administrator frustration.” — Ray Ozzie

Gordon Bell, A Life Online

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

A friend writes “You must read this.” She’s right.

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