Thursday, April 17, 2008

Linux examined: Ubuntu Hardy Heron

A decent article describing the virtues of Ubuntu as a Desktop for noobs :-)

Linux examined: Ubuntu Hardy Heron

-ZB

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Fat, fatter, fattest: Microsoft’s kings of bloat | InfoWorld

This is a must read by all IT professionals. There has always been a sense that Microsoft was getting more and more "bloaty" with each release and that upgrading your hardware to run the latest release of Windows or Office was a necessity in order to achieve the same or better level of performance. This study compared each generation of Windows / Office vs the state of the art PC at the time and compared the performance and footprint. Conclusion -- Microsoft is getting fatter and fatter and essentially annihilating any speed bumps achieved from better hardware (RAM, CPU, BUS etc). Worth a read!

Fat, fatter, fattest: Microsoft’s kings of bloat

-ZB

Sternlab.:BodyTechnologyInterfaces

OK, uhm so, uhm... this is some strange stuff... It's like gloves or a hat (toque) that fits your body part and your electronics... just take a look -- odd.

Sternlab.:BodyTechnologyInterfaces

-ZB

Monday, April 14, 2008

The Ten Most Beautiful Computers

Not surprisingly, Apple has 2 of the 10 spots :-) I don't see a Cray anywhere though... oh well :-) I feel old looking at this article. I've personally used quite a few of these computers...

The Ten Most Beautiful Computers

-ZB