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May 2010 Update…

Jeff — Thu, 27 May 2010 22:28:45 +0000

Readers, I’ve been busy lately. My new position as a Developer at a large retail company has left me with little time to write. I hope to remedy this soon as I begin to have more “me” time. First things first, though, is that the site will have a redesign after WordPress 3.0 is released [...]

After Windows 7: Update

Jeff — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:00:14 +0000

Last year I wrote an article titled “After Windows 7: What Microsoft Should Do” and gave my opinions of what Microsoft might have up their sleeve for the version coming after Windows 7′s release later this year. Here’s a slight update to those predictions. Firstly, system requirements seem to be about the same as Vista, [...]

Star Trek Online: Canon or not canon?

Jeff — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:51:25 +0000

Warning: This article contains spoilers for the recent Star Trek novels and the J.J. Abrams movie Star Trek. Read with caution. Recently the folks at Cryptic Studios have released a timeline that takes into account the new Star Trek movie. In the new movie, events in the 24th century have led to the creation of [...]

Karmic Koala Blueprints

Jeff — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:38:48 +0000

This week marks the real start to the development cycle for Ubuntu’s 9.10 release called Karmic Koala. The Ubuntu Developer’s Summit is being held in Barcelona this year, and is now in full swing. A lot of interesting blueprints have been uploaded to Canonical’s Launchpad service. Let’s see what kind of topics the Ubuntu folks [...]

Integrating Technology and Medicine

Jeff — Mon, 25 May 2009 05:10:01 +0000

One of President Obama’s strong points during his campaign was the use of technology to reach millions of people and deliver a message. Part of that message was increasing the use of modern technology in government, and advocating modern technology in certain private sector industry that require government oversight. One such sector is energy, with [...]

GTK+ 3.0 – Modernizing a Popular Toolkit

Jeff — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:47:04 +0000

GNOME 2.26 was released a few months ago, bringing some small changes and overage polish to the venerable GNU/Linux desktop environment. In six months time, GNOME 2.28 will be released which will bring yet some more polish a few more changes. One year from now comes GNOME 2.30. This release should be a bit different [...]

Installing VMWare Server 6.5 on Jaunty Jackalope

Jeff — Mon, 04 May 2009 03:32:57 +0000

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve updated my two main systems from Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex to Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope. One of the pieces of software I install on both machines is VMWare Server 6.5. However, in Jaunty the installation is a little more than simply sudo-ing the installer script. Quickly, here’s how [...]

Greening the Grid Smartly

Jeff — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:20:09 +0000

Its 2009. However, the technology used to power all of our 21st century devices is borne out of 19th century ideas and 20th century implementations. The United States power grid is in need of an upgrade. The Obama Administration has set aside money in the latest round of stimulus to spearhead an upgrade of the [...]

Reforming Education: Preschool

Jeff — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:08:03 +0000

This week I published an article about reforming education in America. Indeed, I could not write only one article about this; Education in America needs a bigger overhaul than most people think. I’m going to attempt to break down my opinions on what needs to be reformed in a series of posts roughly following the [...]

Reforming Education in America

Jeff — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:15:16 +0000

On March 27, 2009, the Texas Board of Education enacted a new set of rules for science education in the state. According to this Associated Press article, Texas is adopting a new science curriculum whereby teachers are no longer required “to teach the weaknesses of all scientific theories.” Basically, this offers teachers the option to [...]

Google Sync: Recommendations

Jeff — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:37:21 +0000

Recently Google released a tool that allows some mobile phones, including the iPhone, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile-based units to synchronize Google contacts and Google calendars. However, currently there are some limitations to this technology. Below are some recommendations for Google to implement in their sync technology. Google will eventually allow Outlook uses to use Google [...]

Intel invests in America

Jeff — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:27:38 +0000

Intel plans to spend $7 billion for factory upgrades and new manufacturings plants here in the United States. According to Electronista, Intel will create over 7000 jobs in the Southwestern US while they upgrade some of their fabs to the 32nm process that will be introduced next year when Intel does it “tock” on Nehalem. [...]

Tips for Fuel Economy, Part 2: Mechanical

Jeff — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:36:30 +0000

Back in September I posted a set of tips to increase fuel economy by checking the electronics and sensors. It was the beginning of a three-part series I wanted to write about how to get more miles per gallon fairly cheaply. Today I would like to discuss the mechanical aspects of the engine system that [...]

Blog Action Day ’08: Poverty

Jeff — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:33:05 +0000

- Edit: For each digg this story gets I will donate $0.01 to the Red Cross to help with relief efforts in Darfur – When we think of poverty, most Americans probably think of those commercials asking you to give a dollar a day to children in Africa. Alot of Americans would gladly give $30 [...]

Google: Project 10^100

Jeff — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:40:12 +0000

Its called Project 10 to the 100th. Google is putting a call out to the find a new innovation sourced from its users. Google is putting out a $10 million bounty for a winning idea in one of the following categories: Community: How can we help connect people, build communities and protect unique cultures? Opportunity: [...]