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Reading SlashDot this morning and ran across this great article . Researchers are developing new interfaces or modifying existing ones to allow the blind and those with missing limbs to be able to take part in the Guitar Hero phenomenon. In the IEEE article...
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I still can't believe how easy and dare I say.... fun ....converting my physical machines to VM's with SCVMM2008 ! I did hit my first roadblock today while converting a test machine that has some SSL features enabled though. Specifically the FTP...
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...you still have to check this out . I could care less about the game they are showing, it is the marketing behind it. Cheers!...( read more ) Share this post: Read More...
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Setup - My daughters live in Texas with their mother. They have a Wii. I am visiting my daughters. Tonight, my youngest daughter, Samantha (9), asked me to play a video game with her. She fires up Guitar Hero 3 (awesome!) on her Wii. I watched her put...
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This article is an interesting read . I really appreciate that these guys don't hide under rocks and are accessible. I would really enjoy seeing them speak at a conference. Cheers!...( read more ) Share this post: Read More...
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Yesterday, Steve Ballmer made mention of a project/product called "Windows Cloud" , while speaking over in London. I have already seen a few emails from readers come in asking me what I know about it which is absolutely nothing. There have been...
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I have spent the better part of today building out a temporary Hyper-V server. It is sort of a proof of concept of the super server that I would like to build and the same on that I asked for suggestions on a couple days ago. I took my second quad-core...
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....well....this would be a good reason to anyway. Was perusing the news today and ran across this article over on SlashDot - Japan to get 1gbps Home Fiber Connections . Reading the article, it also notes that this is a synchronous connection so that...
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A buddy of mine in SoCal (Thanks Luke!) sent a link to me last night. I have since watched the video a half a dozen times and I want to keep watching it. Robots are cool .... Cheers!...( read more ) Share this post: Read More...
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We announced the Zune 3.0 software update today and you can get the software over at Zune.net . I have my 2nd generation Zune with me and just started the download. Check it out! Cheers!...( read more ) Share this post: Read More....
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The latest in the Adventures of Bill and Jerry ..... Cheers!...( read more ) Share this post: Read More...
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There have been a few news articles on the Large Hadron Collider lately. Plenty of news on TV as well. But my favorite tidbit of information on the LHC comes in the form of the LHC Rap video. if you have kids and you want to try to get them into particle...
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It runs Red Hat but I am ignoring that. The Space Cube is an interesting little device ( Link to Manufacturer ). Check out the pictures of the Space Cube next to a cell phone to get an idea of how small it really is. The article linked above makes it...
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I managed to get a beta invite (I don't think it is that hard...) to TwitterFone and I just sent my first voice tweet. The service lets me dial a number on my mobile phone and basically leave a voice mail that gets converted to text and tweeted through...
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I suppose I have walked a fine line with the pictures I have used in my blog. As I write I may think to myself, "Hey! A picture of 'X' would be good for this post!". I then open up my search engine type a few words in and then...
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Subtitled - R.I.P. Rob Pilatus With the recent news reports that the Chinese placed a different girl on stage than who actually sang , and reports that some of the fireworks for the opening ceremonies were digitally inserted , when I ran across an article...
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64! I have been telling IT Pros in my audience for about 2.5 years now that I gave 32 bit CPU's about a 5 yr life span. I predicted that by 2010, all consumer PC's would be 64 bit and consumers would have multi-terabyte storage capabilities and...
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...at least the device that might be able to create one is. I just ran across this article on SlashDot which in turn points to another article that shows some pretty fantastic pictures of the CERN Large Hadron Collider. lest you think that science is...
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I am really starting to enjoy Twitter . Actually, I am enjoying the experience that certain applications give me with Twitter. If you aren't familiar with Twitter, it is a service that allows you to send very short messages - 140 characters max -...
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I am sure there are people who read my blog who don't follow me on Twitter . I am sure I have Twitter followers that don't read my blog. I am also sure that many like to keep those things separate and have no interest in following me on both....
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