It’s a map of 33,000 English nouns. Each noun is assigned a tiny rectangle who’s color is based on an internet image search for that noun. It’s interesting so see what causes some of the color aberations – for example… Read More »A Color Portrait of the English Language
I’ve been doing some research on K-12 Data Warehouses. At our most recent administrative meeting, data analysis was of big interest and I’m fairly sure that this is going to be one of our big pushes this year. So far… Read More »K-12 Data Warehousing
Just found out that there is a command – ExtendOEMPartition – in sysprep that will allow you to expand NTFS disk partitions. From the Microsoft site: Using Sysprep to Extend Disk PartitionsWhen installing Windows XP Professional, you might find it… Read More »Using Sysprep to Extend Disk Partitions
The TAO of Backup was forwarded to me recently, and while it has a blatant plug at the end, it is thought provoking on the needs for secure and reliable backups.
I ran across this interesting article on configuring the isolinux.cfg on ZenWorks imaging CDs to allow booting to the local hard drive after a timeout.
There is a new font out called Read Regular, that has the interesting goal of making it easier for dyslexic people to read. From the looks of the samples, it should be easier to distinguish a b from a d.… Read More »Font fights dyslexia
The StompBox (Mobile 3G/WiFi Router Project) caught my eye as being one of those projects that is truly cool and makes a huge difference in the creator’s use of technology. I can’t wait until there is an $80 Linksys device… Read More »StompBox – Mobile 3G/WiFi Router Project
My earlier post on the Buffalo TeraStation has been one of the biggest draws to my blog to date. Obviously a lot on interest on it! At least, enough for someone to set up a Wiki on hacking (or working… Read More »Terastation update
Looks like Philadelphia’s going ahead with it’s city-wide WiFi plans after all. I know my city has been holding off vendors for over 7 years now – long before 802.11 was standarized. Our bigger neighbor to the northwest, however saw… Read More »Philadelphia’s city-wide WiFi plans
Looks like Philadelphia’s going ahead with it’s city-wide WiFi plans after all. I know my city has been holding off vendors for over 7 years now – long before 802.11 was standarized. Our bigger neighbor to the northwest, however saw… Read More »Philadelphia’s city-wide WiFi plans