This is a paper to discuss an idea for a distributed cloud computing system. This system would use nodes to distribute and hold the data that are non co-located.
From the front end, the system would be identical to any other cloud computing solution. The user could make calls to retrieve or store data from the [...]
Archive for the ‘opensource’ category
Bittorrent File System
October 5th, 2009
Life After the Word Proccessor?
April 14th, 2009
I’ve been using NeoOffice for the Mac since its 0.0.1 stage. My wordproccessor needs were pretty simple: Wordperfect. Since that wasn’t possible being a Mac and all, I went for a different approach: Free.
NeoOffice, which is a verison of OpenOffice.org with a whole bunch of Mac-awesome packed in it, has come a long long way [...]
Using PHPiCalendar with a Database
February 3rd, 2009
On this site I have set up phpicalendar to work with a database. Here is how I did it.
The first requirement I put on myself was simple: no modifications to PHPiCalendar. Why? Because I am lazy. I want to write this once and be done with it, not have to tweek it every time there [...]
Protecting Your Computer
March 20th, 2008
If you use a Windows computer you need to protect it from the internet. The following is by no means intended to be an end-all be all list. Nor is it one that will last forever. See the date of this post? If it has been longer than a year, I’d do some research to [...]
Software for Writers, part one
February 27th, 2008
I’ll probably write a few posts on this sort of stuff. There are so many tools out there availible for a writer (or any artist for that matter) it is hard to know what to pick. Most of my posts will be about free software. Why? Well, as a starting writer, free is a good [...]