Q&A: Google's open-source balancing act | Underexposed - CNET News.comThis is an interesting read and I think it applies to more companies that just Google. It seems everyone now is using open-source products. For example, here at the College of Education, we use an open source content management system - Drupal.
Drupal has developers who develop different modules to do almost anything you could want on a website. We have even developed our own custom made PHP modules. Do we share our modules with other universities/organizations? Where to we draw the line in involving ourselves in open-source software development?
The Ethernet is 35 years old today! Hooray for ethernet!
May 22, 1973: Enter Ethernet1973: Bob Metcalfe of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center writes a memo outlining how to connect the think tank's new personal computers to a shared printer. The memo puts forth the basic properties of -- and names -- ethernet.
Tools to Make Web Development More Efficient
Maybe some of these tools will help me and my CSS frustrations..
20 Useful Tools to Make Web Development More Efficient | Six RevisionsLabels: CSS
The story:
Why does the media love Apple and trash Dell? | Crave : The gadget blogI have owned an Apple, Dell, HP, and Gateway computer, and I have to admit that my two favorites (performance and tech support) have been the Apple and Dell computers. In fact, for the last 7 years, I've owned both. Simultaneously even. At work, I use a Dell work station and we have 2 Macs in the lab area.
Dell has never disappointed me in their service. I've done just about anything you can do to a computer, short of blowing one up, and Dell was always fast and responsive with their service.
We recently got rid of my old HP printer. When it was working, life was good. But I had several problems with it over the years and trying to get support from HP was always a frustration. My last support experience with them was so terrible, I gave up. I don't know if it was a language barrier issue or what, but it left me wanting more.
Every professional job I've had has required some amount of Support desk skills to varying degrees - from fielding easy 1st level calls, to troubleshooting n-tier server installs. I always try to be pleasant and understanding when I call for help. But bad service is just bad service.
I've been happy with Dell. The company has served me well and I have been a returning customer for my last 3 computers (and just for the record, they were all working fine, I just had outgrown them).
We bought an HD DVD player just days before
Toshiba announced it would discontinue HD DVD players. We should have gotten an Blu-ray, but you know how fast technology can change. It's like when Beta and VHS were competing back in the 80's. My dad jumped onto the Beta bandwagon, camcorder/player and all, only to find out that VHS beat it out for the every day consumer. We still have our old family videos on Beta and my parents still watch them on their Beta player.
So,
Disney is trying to change the way we watch movies. It seems like everyone is getting their feet wet in on-line socialization.
Ubiquitous wi-fi is just around the corner..
I've always wished I could do this kind of thing with my website. Looks like now I can! Gotta love the OpenSocial aspect.
Official Google Blog: A friend connected webSo, what do I do first? Play with Drupal or toot around Google's friend connect?
When, oh when, will Cascading Style Sheets get rendered the same across the different web browsers? I have such a headache right now. It looks good in IE, but not Firefox. It looks good in Safari, but is totally broken in IE.
CSS - Contents and compatibility
