May 2009 - Posts

Citizen Science Impact: Hanny’s Voorwerp and the Galaxy Zoo
21 May 09 08:51 AM | eScience | 1 Comments   

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...

Filed under: Science, WWT

From the Dr’s office: Windows 7—A Healthy Choice
13 May 09 02:25 PM | eScience | 2 Comments   

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...

Filed under: Win7

WIndows netbook runs on AA batteries
12 May 09 08:50 AM | eScience | 0 Comments   

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...

Graywulf Takes Byte Out of Data Overload
08 May 09 10:46 AM | eScience | 0 Comments   

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...

Filed under: Research, SQL Server, WinHPC, Science, Data Analysis, Graywulf

Math and equations in Office
08 May 09 10:11 AM | eScience | 0 Comments   

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...

Filed under: Word, Science

Out of this World - NASA - International Space Station Photosynth collections
07 May 09 09:19 AM | eScience | 0 Comments   

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...

Filed under: Cool Software, Silverlight

new CloudApp(): Azure™ Developer Challenge
05 May 09 09:53 AM | eScience | 1 Comments   

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...

Filed under: Science, Data Analysis, Azure, Cloud Computing, Competition

Windows 7 Federated Search Providers
04 May 09 03:39 PM | eScience | 1 Comments   

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...

Filed under: Search, Win7