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There is so much going on in terms of announcements and acquisitions these days. I suspect that the actual number of people affected is smaller than the last big bubble of the late 1990’s. Still, I think I have some … Continue reading →

Saw the new Dr. Who last night! Steve invited me to a cool Dr. Who get-together up in the SF. I don’t have a TV anymore, and I’m still happy about that. However, I do miss a good Dr. Who … Continue reading →

Debugging Tools for Windows Although the UI takes a little getting used to, I have never used a debugger that was so capable and solid in my entire life. I mean it handles multiple threads very, very well. Then it … Continue reading →

As I was driving in to work today, the subject of a radio show I was listening to was the anti-war effort. They wanted to discuss how well it is going… Regardless of how it is going or the complexity … Continue reading →

Ok, so Google has let out the note that they are giving free Wifi to everyone in SF pretty soon. Ok, neat, but no big deal. Then it hit me today… I’m paying like $50 to have DSL to my … Continue reading →

Neat! Here is an EE Times news release for a company called Ageia that just raised $27 million dollars for a physics simulation processor. They are a fabless semiconductor house based in Mountain View, CA. While I was looking at … Continue reading →

Back in 1998, at eGroups, the founders were keen on these removable hard drive trays that were inexpensive. They were also prone to failure since they were so cheap. This effectively made them useless. With SATA here, and USB 2.0, … Continue reading →

A lot of noise has been generated about Ruby on Rails over the last year, and it is only getting louder. I decided to check it out as well as the clones of it for PHP and Python. In fact … Continue reading →