Linux – The Penguin Marches On
Japan’s largest national research organization has ordered an IBM eServer Linux supercomputer that will deliver more than 11 trillion calculations per second, making it the world’s most powerful Linux-based supercomputer. It will join other Linux supercomputers on the Top 500 List.The new supercomputer is planned to be integrated with other non-Linux systems to form a […]
Anyone Remember Heathkits?
In the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, when I was a teenager, building electronic kits from Heathkit was my favorite hobby. During the Heathkit era which lasted from the late 1940’s through the mid 1980’s, it was possible to build a wide range of things from hi-fi/stereo and ham radio to computers, radio control, and […]
USB – What Next?
There is no end to the creativity of the technology industry. The USB (universal serial bus) had the primary goal of creating a more compact, instant, hassle-free way to connect a keyboard, mouse, printer, digital joystick, scanner, set of digital speakers, digital camera, or PC telephone to a PC. Prior to the sleek and simple […]
Bloglet Update
I would like to apologize for a lapse in the email reminders that go out when I write a new story. A couple of weeks ago I changed the blogging tool that I use to post the stories to my website. I did not realize that this required that I also make some changes at […]
Bocho Update
On Thursday, July 3, 2003 The Times showed a picture of the 21,529,464th “Beetle” built worldwide. It rolled off the production line in Puebla, Mexico and will be shipped to a car museum in Volkswagen’s headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany. The link to the New York Times story may not work if you are not a […]