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Linux on the Top 500 Supercomputer list

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

I find it pretty amazing how many of the Top 500 are running some form of Linux.  I guess I still have a hard time imagining a supercomputer being something other than "Cray-like"  The link below takes you to the stats page showing the breakout of the Top 500 by ...

Maybe I’m a bit, well, not right…

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

...but I find this Dilbert strip very entertaining.  I imagine the last line being delivered dead-pan, in a deep voice. dilbert2007111111117.gif (GIF Image, 600x207 pixels)

Wedding Photos We’ll All Remember (Part 1) : DivineCaroline

Monday, November 5th, 2007

OK, so this is not the sort of thing I'd normally post, but I really liked some of these pictures.  My wife hasn't had a look yet, but I bet, as a woman who has been through the stress of a wedding, she'll laugh about these.  They're not your "normal" ...

Compiz Fusion running on Linux

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Here's a cool video clip  showing off the graphics capability of Compiz Fusion in Linux (Which blows the doors off of Windows..) The best part, though, just might be the admission at the end..the video was done in iMovie! Watch the video!

WorldCat for Searching Libraries

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

I've only given this a once-over, but it looks interesting for research. Although, unless you are actually looking for atoms (e.g. actual paper copy), or need hard and credible sources, I'd probably still just use google and wikipedia...Search: Use WorldCat to Search Libraries. More crap that will die, outmoded ...

Pownce: An interesting light-weight blogging / IM concept

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

I've been playing around with Pownce. My personal Pownce page is at: Pownce : Robert A. As I describe this, keep in mind that I'm 38, and not looking to get involved in some sort of race to have the most "Friends" on the internet. I'm looking ...

My Amazon Top 10 Application on 32Hours.com

Monday, September 24th, 2007

I wrote a PHP application that pulls the top 10 tech-book sales from Amazon.com.  Well, actually I'm still working on it, but it's completely functional already.  I've met my own goals.  I wrote it in a way that it was easy to create a Google gadget (if you use a ...

Blogger: RaBlog - Email Settings

Saturday, March 10th, 2007

testing the site after conversion from old Blogger to Google login version of Blogger...

Revolutionary Gun Engine?

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

Here's a link to an article about the gun engine.  Sounds like a radical new design that has a revolutionary potential. Time will tell, though; but only regarding the success, not the usefulness or superior design questions. I imagine this is likely to get crushed if it ...

Putting together a generic framework for building systems

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

"Framework" may be too generic a term, but that will become more clear as I develop this idea a bit further. I'll start making posts as the bits and pieces float through my head (that could be once a year at the rate I post, and the rate at ...