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 ‘software’ category
Bittorrent File System
October 5th, 2009
How Twitter could Kill SMS (and save us all)
September 29th, 2009
I have a blackberry. I pay $30 for a data plan that will let me send as many emails as I want. Full emails. Long emails. Emails with content, pictures, punctuation and correctly spelled words even. This data plan does not cover SMS though. For that I have to pay extra, or pay 15 cents [...]
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 [...]
The Mac Taketh Away, but Giveth Back (Almost)
February 17th, 2009
Nothing is perfect. Not even my Macbook Pro. Yes, I know, that is hard to believe. It has taken me several hours to just get used to the idea.
I got a music CD for Valentine’s. I put it in to rip it. The CD spins a few times and then ejects. WHen this happens, it [...]
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 [...]