by Robin Harris | Tuesday, June 20, 2006 | Off-Topic |
It’s been dry in Northern Arizona this year – only about a quarter of the normal rainfall. The fire chief said last week that the moisture content of local trees is less than that of kiln-dried lumber. Very dry. l took the header picture above Sunday...
by Robin Harris | Friday, June 2, 2006 | Off-Topic |
Maybe online photo storage will be the next killer app for massive storage systems. But the excellent Good Morning Silicon Valley blog suggests that the US Government’s desire for 7×24 surveillance of its citizens could be The One. Here’s a rare bit...
by Robin Harris | Thursday, June 1, 2006 | Off-Topic |
Terry Semel, CEO of Yahoo, has been taking a beating in the blogosphere because Yahoo has helped the Chinese government nab dissidents. People are acting surprised that large multi-national corporations are aiding authoritarian governments. Get real, folks. I’m...
by Robin Harris | Wednesday, May 31, 2006 | Off-Topic |
I had dinner the other night with a pretty blond bank IT Vice-President. As the crystalline high desert skies above progressed from bright blue to velvet black, she shared with me some of her deepest longings — about her vendors. For security reasons, the bank...
by Robin Harris | Tuesday, May 30, 2006 | Off-Topic |
In a recent column Tom Foremski ponders The limits of Google’s limitless business model. He compares Google to Microsoft for its penchant of entering markets with, evidently, no intention of monetizing them, thus sqeezing out competitors. Google, You’re No...
by Robin Harris | Monday, May 22, 2006 | Off-Topic |
Some posts you’ll find interesting: The Storage Revolution Everyone Should Join The Google File System StorageMojo’s Pricing Guides To Major Vendors RFPs for the Rest of Us Google-Style Storage In a Box StorageMojo.com is updated daily. Bookmark us and...
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