Does the hype do more help or harm for Apple? With the new Ipad available today, I'm thinking about all the rumors that get churned out before Apple officially announces a product. The rumor mill seemed to reach a rumor pitch before the iPhone 4S announcement with more wrong than right and it doesn't seem like Apple's fans or the media learned their lesson leading up to the … [Read more...]
Archives for 2012
Crunching the numbers on an investment to go paperless
I am open to adopting new technology. I love playing with the latest and greatest gadgets. It's a big part of why I'm in the game. I get to experience and learn about systems and networks that are well beyond my personal budget. However, I also hate to see people buy into the hype of an idea without checking the math. One such example is the idea of going "paperless". A nearly … [Read more...]
Microsoft Research ChronoZoom project timelines everything
The latest project from Microsoft Research entered beta today. It's called ChronoZoom. It seems to use the same technology as the previous Microsoft Research project SeaDragon which allows you to embed high resolution images on the web and then zoom in or out to see the detail or the scale, respectively. This time, instead of zooming in on an image, you're zooming in on … [Read more...]
Pizza Box, Lunch Box and other PC case form factors identified by WMI
One of the many classes I wasn't able to discuss in last week's post about WMI scripting is the Win32_SystemEnclosure class. It enables access to a number of properties regarding the computer's physical case. Things like depth, height, width, and weight all make perfect sense for properties you might like to know or use to determine if a policy should apply. There are plenty of … [Read more...]
This scanner has some serious bugs
A scanner would make a pretty good ant farm. Five years ago, I installed an ant colony inside my old scanner that allowed me to scan in high definition this ever evolving microcosm (animal, vegetable and mineral). The resulting clip is a close-up examination of how these tiny beings live in this unique ant farm. I observed how decay and corrosion slowly but surely invaded the … [Read more...]