Category Archives: Tech

Massachusetts is the most tech savvy state, again

Posted on June 29, 2008 by Kevin

From Yahoo! Tech: The Milken Institute’s 2008 State Technology and Science Index looked at five major areas before compiling the list below, which included the state’s ability to attract funding, skilled tech workers, and new businesses. Here is the list … Continue reading →

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Making of the Computer Graphics for Star Wars (Episode IV)

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Kevin
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Apple Primes the iPhone for Enterprise

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Kevin

Finally…oh, yeah – NOW I’m getting one. From TheStreet.com via Yahoo!: On March 6, Apple is holding an event for analysts and the media to formally announce plans for its highly anticipated iPhone and iPod Touch software developers’ kit (SDK) … Continue reading →

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Speed Cabling

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Kevin

Finally – a sport for sysadmins and network engineers everywhere! From http://www.speedcabling.org/: Speedcabling is a competitive sport in which contestants race to unravel a bundle of wires. The Regulation Cable Set There are two types of competition. In 2-2-2 competition, … Continue reading →

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Another Windows User Bites the Dust

Posted on September 8, 2007 by Kevin

…or, “My Mac Conversion” Background As I had posted previously, my good friend Bob gave me his old Apple Powerbook G4 12″ back in January. I had wanted a Mac for years, but was a dedicated Windows user (I also … Continue reading →

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The Man Who Collects Apples

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Kevin

From The Unofficial Apple Weblog: He’s got 100 Macs in his basement, including 30 Mac Classics and 18 original iMacs, as well as both a Lisa and a 20th Anniversary Macintosh. And these aren’t just sitting around on shelves with … Continue reading →

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Is The MBA Overrated?

Posted on August 16, 2007 by Kevin

Interesting article in Business Week: BusinessWeek research has found that fewer than one out of three executives who reach those lofty heights do so with the help of an MBA. And if you think a sheepskin from a top school … Continue reading →

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Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard receives UNIX 03 certification

Posted on August 2, 2007 by Kevin

This is cool in the very geekiest sense of “cool”. From Ars Technica: One of the big draws of OS X has always been the UNIX-like, BSD heritage of the operating system. Apple has always touted OS X as UNIX-based … Continue reading →

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Wow, now *that's* small…

Posted on April 19, 2007 by Kevin

Wow.

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SANS Program Aims to Boost Secure IT Coding Skills

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Kevin

Some shameless self-promotion in Computerworld magazine: A coalition of 360 users and vendors led by the SANS Institute last week launched a new information security skills assessment and certification program for corporate and government software programmers. The National Secure Programming … Continue reading →

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