Category Archives: General

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 →

Just today, someone was trying to find my house, who has never been here before. They were trying to do it at night and there aren’t that many street lamps. I live in one of those neighborhoods where the streets … Continue reading →

Like a lot of other tech people, I still get a kick out of taking apart devices. I’m sure this goes back to when we got a screwdriver for the first time when we were 5 years old. Recently there … Continue reading →

In line with the previous post, here is an interesting project called Xen. Essentially, it is the result of years of OS research on virtual machines and nano-kernels. It is a VM or monitor that allows other, properly written, OS’s … Continue reading →

The field of ‘computers’ tends to hype things way before they are ready for prime-time. Way way before. For example, I remember lcd’s, wireless, parallel processing, etc. being discussed usually about 8 – 10 years before they were ready for … Continue reading →

It’s been a while and I’ve been meaning to cut off the main Slashdot feed that I read. I read the Main, Developer, Apple, BSD and Science feeds. For the last year I’ve felt as though the quality of the … Continue reading →