Archive for December, 2007

OLPC G1G1 ends …

Monday, December 31st, 2007

It is nearly midnight on the East coast of the Unites States and with that, the end of the Give 1 Get 1 donation program from the OLPC Foundation.
I was curious how successful the donation program had been - with my definition of “success” being the number of donation.
A laptop Magazine interview […]

New Years Resolution - longevity !

Monday, December 31st, 2007

I must admit, 2008 is going to be a lot of fun if I can stick to Mark Stibich’s (PhD) top 10 ways to live longer. I will aspire to all ten but look forward to dedicating extra effort for some of the others

Drink Red Wine
Eat Dark Chocolate
Smile
Have More Sex
Relax
Make Exercise Play
Sleep
Spend Time […]

Will 2008 be the year of the “web computer” ?

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Back in the 1990’s there was this idea of “network computers” - computers that did nothing without their connection to the network. The idea fizzled. Now we are on the verge of the “web computer”. Same idea but with better timing.
The emergence of Amazon S2 & AWS , Force.com, Facebook, and Google Apps & […]

Education spurs invention

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Just as the space race proved fertile ground for invention and innovation, so too is the education of the world’s children.
Are you now saying “HUH ?”
You may or may not have been the recipient of a recall letter for your laptop battery. You may or may not enjoy air travel. Now the two […]

Putting it all together

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

I was surprised when I could not find a good blogging client for Ubuntu. I was even more surprised that more than a few others had the same dilemma. And I was really surprised that others had the same solution - using Windows Live Writer. (Note to self - get a message to Simon Scullion […]