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San-Francisco based Hyperic says its CloudStatus service will monitor Google App Engine in addition to Amazon web [...]

While the majority of readers here use Mac and Windows systems, I’m consistently surprised at how many readers also use one form of Linux or another. Judging from anecdotal evidence I’ve seen in the reader comments, the folks who do use Linux [...]

Browsing the internet today I saw an article that really caught my eye. It’s pretty big, but I’m happy to paraphrase it down for you Video games help develop planning skills in children Gaming surgeons tend to perform better (and faster) [...]

Recently, we reported on a U.C. Santa Barbara project called Eucalyptus. It's an open source (under a FreeBSD-style license) infrastructure for cloud computing on clusters that duplicates the functionality of Amazon's EC2, using the Amazon command-line tools directly. Eucalyptus got some notice, [...]

Remember when we used to actually “surf” the web? It was a magical experience. You would find a great new site and all of a sudden tap into a great new vein of links going to more and more interesting [...]

I’m moderating and speaking on a panel today at Search Engine Strategies.  Topic (of course) is Shopping Search.  Greg Hintz, Brian Mark, and Aaron Shear of Boost Search Marketing are joining me.  Here’s my 1-page presentation. Shopping Search Strategies - Upload [...]

I recently took a trip to Thailand with some friends, and I gotta say that it’s a freaking awesome place! From amazing jungles, to beautiful Wats (temples), to friendly people, Thailand is a great place to visit. After spending two days in [...]

Adam Tow got some great photos at WordCamp. See also: This hilarious set with the WordCamp sign Duane Storey’s Randy Stewart’s Ben Metcalfe’s Andrew Mager Nick from CNP’s Jenn Vargas Dennis Goedegebuure’s Mark Ghosh’s Lorelle’s Chiropractic’s Byrne Reese’s (MT developer, a [...]