Author Archives: dru

I just want to state that I think the word ‘Mull’ is annoying. As in this recent WSJ headline: “Microsoft Mulls Sony Partnership”. Just the motion your mouth and tongue have to make to pronounce it is disturbing.

So, google has just released their Maps product maps.google.com and what can I say other than, it’s awesome. They know how to consistently raise the bar with web based application development. The maps are snappy, easy to view, and use … Continue reading →

I heard about the new Cell microprocessor announcement from IBM, Sony, and Toshiba. Wow. I don’t think they should call that chip a microprocessor. It should be called a micro-multiprocessor (MMP). Amazing work. Now, the trick to these announcements is … Continue reading →

For quite a while now, I’ve been noticing that a lot of interesting apps on Windows are written in Borland Delphi. For example, Skype and Copernic are written in Delphi. I looked at the package a while ago, and I … Continue reading →

If all goes well, I’m going to switch to some different IP addresses this weekend. I’m probably going to host my main sites with some hosting providers on the net rather than colocate. The price for these services is so … Continue reading →

Intel has beat AMD and created some technology called Vanderpool that assists Virtual Machine Monitors (VMM) with some hardware. Otherwise, software like VMWare has to go through all sorts of tricks to safely run more than one OS on some … Continue reading →

I was one of the first members of the Computer History Museum (well, I tried to be #256, but I got some number slightly higher 🙂 ). Anyways, I get emails about their upcoming events and I decided to go … Continue reading →

Well, I need to move my machine to a colo somewhere. I have a 1U computer. Does anybody out there know of a really cheap colo spot? I don’t use that much bandwidth. If not, I will be hosting my … Continue reading →