The Cloud

I found this article about cloud computing that I thought was pretty good. Take a look.

A Quick IT Joke

I work at WQED, and the IT department had this joke on their section of our website:

Information Technology joke:
Q: How does Bill Gates screw in a lightbulb?
A: He doesn't. He declares darkness the industry standard.

Kindle

Every now and then I think about buying a Kindle. Chances are, I won't because they are too expensive plus I prefer reading an actual book to reading an electronic device. But I found this article from PC Magazine that gives some suggestions to make the Kindle even more attractive to customers, especially with the iPad coming out (which I definitely won't buy!) http://www.pcworld.com/article/185528/how_the_amazon_kindle_may_evolve_in_2010.html

3DS

Video games and I have a torrid relationship, however about 2 years ago, my older brother bought me a DS Lite for my 26th birthday. I am not very good at video games, but there are a few I like to play--mostly puzzle games. My brothers and sister are really into video games though, and the other day, my older brother told me about the new DS that Nintendo is putting out. This article tells you all the neat features the 3DS will have and what features the writers think (more like hope) the 3DS will have. http://kotaku.com/5499784/what-we-know-and-think-we-know-about-the-nintendo-3ds. It's pretty cool! I know someone in my family will eventually buy one, so I'll get to test it out sometime in the near future!

Dream Weaver

Just thought I'd mention that I've been having some crazy dreams about databases lately. Hmmm, I wonder why?

Omeka

I'm in the middle of working on the Omeka assignment. It took me a while to get comfortable navigating Omeka, but now that I am, things are moving along. I do have to say, though, it's a pretty tedious process! I hope I can finish before midnight : )

How do I love thee, Linux? Let me count the ways...

I was thinking about Linux recently, especially after we talked about it in class a couple of weeks ago. It really is pretty neat that it is open source (which I never really realized) and that it's free. There's a lot of other stuff that's great about it too. You can read the top 10 reasons to use Linux go to http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000117. TUX is an online magazine for Linux users.

I have used Red Hat before and really liked it. My old computer (when it was new) was giving me a hard time and eventually died. My dad and brothers brought it back to life but the only way it would run was on Linux, which was interesting. I ended up using Red Hat for a while until my dad figured out that Windows XP would run on my computer, but not Windows 2000. Recently, my family's computer died suddenly and again, the only way we could get it back was by using Ubuntu. Eventually, after taking everything off the old computer and backing it up, then wiping the hard drive, my dad reinstalled Windows XP, which has been working fine...for now!

When I eventually get a new desktop, probably sometime in the next few years, I have a sneaking suspicion that I will be using either Red Hat or Ubuntu as my operating system. Plus, I remember that there were some great nerd games on Red Hat that I liked....