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Low-Priced Notebooks (NetBooks?) are Hot

This from the Wall Street Journal : Dell Inc. plans to join rivals in entering an emerging market for low-price notebook computers. An official at Compal Electronics Inc., a Taiwan-based company that assembles laptops for other companies, said Dell would Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 10, 2008 8:09 AM by Jim Glass | 2 Comments
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Laptop Optimization Tradeoffs

Understand that I'm loath to recommend computers to friends and families because it's such a personal decision and usually the overwhelming criteria is one of cost vs. performance. I think that you need to balance the two considerations, but then I've Read More...
Posted Monday, April 07, 2008 10:15 AM by Jim Glass | 2 Comments

Mommy, Why is there a Server in the House?

Silly stuff, but having a server in the house is way cool. Enjoy. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 7:44 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

Protect your computer, protect your data

Q: If I leave a computer running, but doing nothing but setting there, is there any danger of getting spam, virus or other infection? In other words, doesn't the user have to be actively surfing on the web to get unwanted stuff? A: Technically you are Read More...
Posted Monday, August 27, 2007 7:32 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments
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My Mom and Wife will love this. :o)

In a recent InfoWorld article " Kittens -- the solution to spam? " Microsoft discusses the next idea to beat spammers. "Kevin Larson, a researcher at Microsoft's advanced reading technologies group, has found that asking a user to identify the subject Read More...
Posted Monday, August 06, 2007 7:49 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments
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Thinking about buying a Laptop?

There is never a perfect time to buy a computer except for when you need one now. But when I look into buying laptops I usually peek in on what Walt Mossberg (WSJ) has to say. And if you don't like to read, you can now watch his video with each post. Read More...
Posted Friday, May 04, 2007 10:33 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments
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The Register's tribute to Jim Gray

The Register wrote this tribute Monday and it is a compelling read about a very close friend of the science community. "History excels at recording technical achievements, so there is no doubt that in 100 years Jim Gray's name will still be there in the Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 03, 2007 8:58 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments

SPAM or Ham Trackbacks

All comments into my blog are moderated and must be approved. The blog engine that I use does that rather handily for me. The spam scoring by our server has been doing a good job of keeping those attempts out of the comment approval queue. So I don't Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:04 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments
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Define a Platform Please

Recently the question 'What is a Platform?' was discussed by a bunch of us. Jack weighed in with this response: "To answer the question in a meaningful manner, one would need the answers to two questions: 1) who is your audience 2) what is the topic under Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 24, 2007 10:02 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments
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How to get a performance video of your band

I have been toying with the idea of joining the band wagon and getting nice videos of some of the various bands that I play with. Right now I have anyone available take the movie and then another guy translate that to DVD. Here's what I'm thinking of Read More...
Posted Monday, January 08, 2007 8:53 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments
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Vista Keyboard Shortcuts

I've been using Vista for a number of months now and I just found the keyboard shortcuts help page which I found very interesting. By using keyboard shortcuts I significantly reduce my use of the mouse which could also reduce my chances of getting carpel Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 19, 2006 9:34 AM by Jim Glass | 1 Comments
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My ActiveSync World Challenges

I use my mobile device a Pocket PC from Verizon to keep in contact by phone, text, and pager. Indeed my cell phone is in the company address book as a backup number. So I am always connected but have to charge my batteries every night to make sure I'm Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 07, 2006 1:40 PM by Jim Glass | 0 Comments
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Ubiquity -- New Issue Alert

The Association for Computing Machinery sponsors a Web rag called Ubiquity. ACM delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession. ACM provides the computing field’s premier Digital Library and serves its members and the computing Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 15, 2006 10:51 AM by Jim Glass | 0 Comments
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