Sun Microsystems recently announced the availability of their “eco-friendly” rack-mounted web servers. The latest model, the Sun Fire T2000, purports to introduce significant enhancements in computing capability, as well as new cost efficiencies in terms of power consumption, cooling costs, and rack space needed.
I came across a nifty site today in my morning travels. Joel Parrish, a young high school student in southern California, has posted an interesting demo/proof of concept that uses AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript and XML) to provide a real time language translator. His demo with contextual advertisements really drives the point home. This is a …
I recently had the distinct misfortune to misplace my cell phone. Yup. I lost the darn thing. As I searched frantically to find it, one day gave way to two days, which gave way to a week. For those five days it seemed like I was unplugged, out of touch, dejected. It was awful. Getting …