1000 Miles in 100 days; from the southern tip of Florida, all the way up. This is where I live. Follow them on Twitter (@FL_WildCorridor) or directly on the Florida Wildlife Corridor Website
My first live stream on Pachube. Simple Voltage measurement for now. Will most likely change and get more complex.
Collection of Anti SOPA and Anti PIPA day screenshots: thousands of websites go on strike…. I had my personal blog down for the day too
This is interesting, a new Roku box that’s not a box at all, it’s a stick — essentially a thumb drive. Yes, that’s insanely small for a set top box but perhaps more importantly, it doesn’t require a power cord.
This is possible thanks to MHL (Mobile High-Definition Link) which is integrated into newer HDMI ports. This also allows you to control the Roku with your standard TV controller.
Imagine a cable box that worked like this? Instead of a gigantic, overheating piece of shitty plastic, it could be a tiny stick that you pop into the side of your TV. DVR capabilities might be an issue, but that’s all moving to the cloud anyway.
Sadly, unless you go to Best Buy (and who wants to do that anymore?) to pick up an Insignia TV, you’ll have to wait until the fall to buy one of these bad boys. Too bad, Roku could use it now.
10 changes for Cisco in 2011
[Source: http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/networking/232300607/the-10-biggest-cisco-stories-of-2011.htm]
2011 was a big year of changes for Cisco. At the end, Cisco looks stronger than ever; I like and support #4.
Juniper sues Palo Alto for Firewall Patent Infringement
There is a hype for patent infringement lawsuits. An interesting one, to me, is Juniper vs Palo Alto. Specifically, because Juniper claims that the founders of Palo Alto, former Netscreen/Juniper employees, stole the patent and used the technology to found Palo Alto.
What makes it super interesting is that the technology in question is central to Palo Alto’s recent accelerated success in the Firewall industry. I wonder about the impact to that company.
China and India have immense economies, each with state-of-the-art technological centers that put others to shame. But they are also ranked 125th and 162nd, respectively, in GDP per capita (according to the CIA’s World Factbook), lacking clean water and safe food for too many citizens.
Both face massive environmental and infrastructural challenges within the next decade. Neither country is in range of providing an American level of services to its citizenry, much less the comfortable level typical of flourishing Northern European economies.
