on SDN, network virtualization and the future of networks
To say that SDN has a lot of hype to live up to is a huge understatement. Given the hype,…
on Apple in the post-device world
Apple has had their Icarus moment and it’s not losing Steve Jobs—though that may also prove problematic. Their Icarus moment…
on us cyber-defense
I was doing my usual reading through the news thing when I stumbled across an opinion piece by the ex Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell about how we should…Continue Reading →
self-healing polyurethane
Following on the self-healing rubber from a few months ago, new work (by different people) has made self healing polyurethane…
on journalism and newspapers
My mom is a career journalist and I’ve always been interested in journalism, even though the closest I’ve been has…
on artificial eyes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7919645.stm The BBC posted this article describing a 73-year-old man who has been blind for nearly 30 years and is getting his sight back—or something that vaguely resembles sight and…Continue Reading →
classes of computers
A while back I was thinking about this whole cell phone, PDA, laptop, desktop thing with computers where we have…
has the academic computer systems community lost it's way?
I just got into a debate with a few friends about whether or not the current academic computer systems community…
on speech recognition
http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=thinking-of-human-as-machine-09-02-24 This is the first idea about speech recognition that sounded right in a long time. The idea is to try to understand how it is that the human brain…Continue Reading →
on web-based personal finance redux
Finally convinced myself that using Mint wasn’t going to kill me or my banking security and signed up only to…