A collection of technical favourites and nerdy type articles that have recently found their way into my newsreader:
To virtualize or not to virtualize?
Matt Heaton: The argument AGAINST virtualization
It seems a day doesn’t go by that I don’t see another article written on the virtues of virtualization. For those that don’t know what virtualization means it is technology that allows you to run multiple instances of an operating system on a single server or on top of a system of clustered servers. Virtualization has been around forever. This is the method that many mainframes used to deploy software, but virtualization became popular for desktops/workstations in1998/99 when VMware was first released….
It’s not all WordPress!
The Whitehouse: WhiteHouse.gov Goes Drupal
WhiteHouse.gov has gone Drupal. After months of planning, says an Obama Administration source, the White House has ditched the proprietary content management system that had been in place since the days of the Bush Administration in favor of the latest version of the open-source Drupal software…
Yeehah! Order already placed.
Canonical: Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop Edition puts the user at the heart of its new design
LONDON, October 26, 2009: Canonical announced today the upcoming release of Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop Edition, the latest version of the popular Linux desktop distribution. Ubuntu 9.10 will be available for free download on Thursday 29 October. Ubuntu 9.10 brings changes small and large that all have a common purpose – to make Ubuntu the most user-friendly operating system available. Ubuntu 9.10 features a redesigned, faster boot and login experience, a revamped audio framework, and improved 3G broadband connectivity, all of which contribute to a first-class user experience…
How much time do you waste behind that screen of yours?
Andy Merrett: At work Twitter usage costing UK businesses £1.4bn a year
If you’re in the UK (and presuming you don’t own your own business) you’re part of a statistic that’s allegedly costing British companies £1.4bn ($2.3bn) each year. The rising popularity of Twitter, probably fuelled by celebrities and TV magazine shows, means that on average 40 minutes each week by each British office worker…
If there’s no PageRank what else is left in life?
Titus Hoskins: Does Google PageRank Count Anymore?
Being a full-time SEM (Search Engine Marketer) I have been conditioned like Pavlov’s dog (not a pretty picture) to jump every time Google twitches. Lately Google has been doing a lot of twitching. Specifically, the rather startling news from Google Webmaster Trends Analyst Susan Moskwa that Google has ditched PageRank from Webmaster Tools…
An excellent resource for those into Statistics
Daniel Scocco: Top 10 Websites to Get Internet Usage Statistics
Sooner or later most of us need to collect some Internet statistics. Maybe it is for your homework, maybe it is for a market research you are doing for a project, maybe it is just out of curiosity. Over the years I came across several websites that provide these stats, and I decided to list the best ones in this post…
A beginners guide to RSS and Atom Feeds
Siddharth: Feeds 101
Feeds. RSS. Atom. Syndication. Subscribers. These are some of the keywords floating around the web and have gained notorious prominence over the years. In this guide, we’ll take a look at a number of things including what feeds are, why you need to have a feed for your site, how to set up one and then publish it…
Take heed Papua New Guineans… IT costs!!
Australian IT: Telstra closes book on transformation
TELSTRA has declared its four-year IT transformation project a success, despite a $1.5 billion increase in the overall budget and the loss of $100 million of cost savings…
How old is the Internet?
Australian IT: Internet turns 40 with party
TECHNOLOGY and media stars, pundits, and entrepreneurs joined the internet’s father to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his culture-changing child…
Bring on Ubuntu! I have been running 9.04 on my new grunty machine (dual core processor, 4 gigs ram, 500 gig hard drive, 512 meg nvidia card, 24″ ViewSonic HDMI LCD screen) and it has been a dream! And don’t give me this “but it’s not Window$” guff – my 9 year old uses Mac at school, Window$ at his Mum’s house, and Ubuntu here – he doesn’t even notice the difference. My wife (a Solomon Islander), hasn’t even noticed that it’s not Winblow$ – it’s just a computer. One word of advice though – when you set it up have a decent internet connection, and go to one of those “the perfect Ubuntu desktop setup” sites (Google it), and follow the instructions for adding things like Flash, Adobe Acrobat, etc. , which you would have to do for Windblow$ too.
Nick,
I ended up with issues around 9.04 on some our older older laptops. For some reason (also reported through the forums) fan and CPU overheating issues. In the end I went back to 8.10. If and when I am ever in a situation again to afford better performing hardware I will certainly be giving the “latest of the best” a workout.
R
Winblow$ !!
Luv it.
R
Nick, your comments are encouraging…i’ve been in IT for 25 years, but never a Unix / Linux tinkerer…. but you know what, I might just give it a go !!
And you won’t be disappointed!!
R