May 2009 - Posts

Citizen Science Impact: Hanny’s Voorwerp and the Galaxy Zoo
If you ever wonder what how normal citizens can have an impact in science – take a listen to the latest Podcast from 365 Days of Astronomy and how a mild manner school teacher from the Netherlands found a strange object while participating in Galaxy Zoo Read More...
Posted 21 May 09 08:51 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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From the Dr’s office: Windows 7—A Healthy Choice
Sometimes you need doctors to give human consumable descriptions – and Bill Crounse’s post on Windows 7 – summed up my experiences with Windows 7 much more eloquent then I could :-) I especially love the DirectAccess feature – which let’s me have access Read More...
Posted 13 May 09 02:25 by Dan Fay | 2 Comments   
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WIndows netbook runs on AA batteries
Just saw this posting on WindowsForDevices.com for the the Gecko EduBook that will be available in July for approximately $200.  The modularity of the device is quite interesting, since the CPU and RAM are on a replaceable allowing the CPU to be Read More...
Posted 12 May 09 08:50 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
Graywulf Takes Byte Out of Data Overload
Graywulf is the natural evolution of Beowulf Clusters – it brings together HPC clusters and databases to do efficient processing and data management.  It’s name and design also pays homage to Jim Gray – who helped  champion the use of relational Read More...
Posted 08 May 09 10:46 by Dan Fay | 3 Comments   
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Math and equations in Office
One of the most hidden features in Word 2007 is the equation editor – it allows you to input equations using the linear format and the equations that are generated are truly visualizing appealing.  There are some videos showing the use of equation Read More...
Posted 08 May 09 10:11 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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Out of this World - NASA - International Space Station Photosynth collections
NASA released some out of the world Photosynth collections today – highlighting the International Space Station (inside and out) and the next Mars Rover .  The photos by NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus really show off all the details of such a complex Read More...
Posted 07 May 09 09:19 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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new CloudApp(): Azure™ Developer Challenge
The Azure folks have setup the new CloudApp () challenge – I’d like to see some Science apps created on Azure and see how it changes the way to work with different datasets.  new CloudApp() - The Azure™ Services Platform Developer Challenge What Read More...
Posted 05 May 09 09:53 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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Windows 7 Federated Search Providers
I just updated two of my machines to Windows 7 RC and one of the neatest features is the ability to have Federated Search Providers – simply run an XML configuration file (.osdx) to add a search provider to your machine and you can search directly from Read More...
Posted 04 May 09 03:39 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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