Hitler’s Response to iPad
by mboulou on February 3, 2010
The iPad is potentially one of the most important, culture-changing products in history!
by mboulou on January 29, 2010
“SAN FRANCISCO, California, USA — Wednesday, January 27, 2010 — As Steve Jobs and Apple prepared to announce their new tablet device, activists opposed to Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) from the group Defective by Design were on hand to draw (…)
Bizarre Japanese Fighting Robots
by mboulou on January 29, 2010
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ENUM : everyone a single phone number that maps to all
by mboulou on January 15, 2010
E-mail, IM, Facebook, phones—what if all of these ways to reach you over a network could be condensed into a single, unique number? The ENUM proposal aims to do just that, by giving everyone a single phone number that maps to all of their identifiers. Here’s how it works, and why it isn’t already widely used.
Autism seen as asset, not liability, in some jobs
by mboulou on December 10, 2009
Ron Brix, a retired computer systems developer for Wrigley who has Asperger Syndrome, is on the board of Aspiritech, a company that trains high-functioning autistic people to work as testers for software companies. He works on homework for a class on Java programing at his Westmont, Ill., home. Ron (…)
This Is Your Brain On Jazz: Researchers Use MRI To Study Spontaneity, Creativity
by mboulou on November 27, 2009
ScienceDaily (Feb. 28, 2008) — A pair of Johns Hopkins and government scientists have discovered that when jazz musicians improvise, their brains turn off areas linked to self-censoring and inhibition, and turn on those that let self-expression flow. The joint (…)
Android vs iPhone for sysadmins
by mboulou on November 25, 2009
There are plenty of reviews comparing Android to iPhone generally so this post will focus specifically on the features sysadmins would find useful. This is comparing an iPhone 3G running OS 3.1.2 (not jailbroken) against a T-Mobile Pulse running Android (…)
The Go Programming Language
by mboulou on November 24, 2009
New Programming language from Google (Go Programming Language Home) : No major systems language has emerged in over a decade, but over that time the computing landscape has changed tremendously. There are several trends: Computers are enormously quicker but software (…)
It Takes 147,456 PowerPC Processors To Out-Think a Single Cat Brain
by mboulou on November 19, 2009
IBM has revealed the biggest artificial brain of all time, a simulation run by a 147,456-processor supercomputer that requires millions of watts of electricity and over 150,000 gigabytes of memory. The brain simulation is a feat for neuroscience and computer (…)
Dizzy In Greece
by mboulou on November 15, 2009
Dizzy In Greece features compositions, arrangements and performances by jazz immortals. Writings from the pens of Quincy Jones, Ernie Wilkins, Tadd Dameron, Benny Golson and Chano Pozo are included. Great musicians abound: Phil Woods, Charlie Persip, Billy Mitchell, Walter Davis (…)