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Linux Foundation Launches "I'm Linux" Video Contest

The Linux Foundation this week leapt into the advertising wars with the launch of the 'I'm Linux' video contest . "The Linux Foundation saw those successful I'm a Mac commercials, and Jerry Seinfeld playing with Bill Gates , and they wanted in," writes Gizmod...

What's this scalability thing about?

Back in 2003, in the 50th issue of the Journal of the ACM (JACM), Jim Gray of Microsoft Research published "What Next? A Dozen Information-Technology Research Goals" article. The article mentioned scalability as one of the long term research goals, and defined an example goal of s...

Multeepurpose Tees: What's Your Purpose?

Are you: * Environmentally-friendly? * Purpose driven? * Charitable? * A casually chic chick? If so, you may want to check out Multeepurpose tees, from L.A.-based company Multeepurpose Clothing Co. They don't just talk the talk - they walk the walk: "The company has a commitment to don...

Ideal Age for Marriage?

Maybe you've noticed that people's idea of an "ideal" age to marry has risen in recent decades. In a 1946 Gallup Poll, most found the ideal age to be 25 for men and 21 for women. Sixty years later, in a Gallup telephone poll of about 500 adults, the ideal age had increased to 25 ...

Antigua on a Budget

Antigua has some of The best beaches in the Caribbean - protected beaches where the surf is reduced to a small ebb and flow. The best beaches on the island are Runaway Bay, Long Bay and Hawksbill Beach. One way to save money is to take your own chair and umbrella to the beach. Almost anything ...

Frustration!

I'm reaching my limit with the problems with reloading on webkinz. It hits us every 7 to 10 minutes. Hayley doesn't want to play games anymore because loses every good one she has going when you end getting knocked out. No reason to buy vacation tickets for the new game because you end up ge...

The Datacenter of your Dreams

Tell me that your secret CIO fantasy isn't to "appropriate" some of those funds painstakingly carved into your budget for replacement mice and build yourself one of these instead: a super-secure underground datacenter in a former nuclear bomb shelter buried beneath the bedro...

Pomellato Jewelry

Italian Luxury Jewelry Brand Pomellato Jewelry is luxe all the way. Earthy gemstones find harmony in white gold settings, sprinkled with a smattering of diamonds. Quality craftsmanship has helped make a name for the 41-year-old company, as has its fondness for color, and the ability to mix ston...

Ooma is VOIP on Steroids

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Evgeny Terentyev VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) has been hit and miss for many people; myself included. I have tooled around with Vonage, Skype, and others, but I have not been completely sold on any current VOIP technology. I have the same concerns that ma...

Pudong Will Get Its Own VC Firm

China Economic Review is reporting that Shanghai 's Pudong district is going to get its own venture capital firm. A government sponsored investment fund worth almost $300 million is going to focus on Pudong, with an emphasis on "fast-growing areas such as IT, modernized manufacturing ...

CTO of the United States

© StuSeeger So now that Obama has been elected the inevitable speculation has begun around his potential cabinet appointments. This happens with every president-elect, of course, but this time around, CIOs have some skin in the game: a part of Obama's platform was the promise to appoint a...

Obama on China

"The basic framework of U.S. policy under an Obama administration will not fundamentally change," said Cui Liru, president of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, in Beijing today (according to Huffington Post writer Michael Standaert . There's been a lot sai...

Webkinz eStore virtual pet for Wednesday

The virtual pet for this Wednesday available in the estore is the adorable Tinkerpup for $12.50. Remember this is just a code, no plush. We love our tinkerpup - the little metallic pup with the winder is very cute!

Google-Yahoo Deal is off

I don't think this really has many implications for CIOs to worry about, but since I've been half-heartedly following it in this blog up till now, I thought I should probably put the capstone on the Yahoo-Google deal by letting you know that Google is pulling out . What it does represe...

Competes and Non-Competes

You may have been, as I have, vaguely following the IBM versus Apple shootout (now seemingly destined for litigation after the opening press release bombardments have failed to budge either party) over former IBM VP Mark Papermaster's move to take over the iPod/iPhone division at Apple. It&#...

Walking to Guantanamo

PRI's The World had a fascinating interview last week with author Richard Fleming about his new book, "Walking to Guantánamo." David Hershlovits has an excellent description of the book: Armed with notebooks and a camera, Fleming set off to Cuba determined to walk his way across ...

RUGS!

Webkinz world has introduced rugs for rooms now! The rugs are area rugs, which mean they cover just a small area of a room. Several are designed to add to the design of a room, outside of just as a rug - tile floors, manhole covers, welcome mats, etc. They can all have things place on them as well....

If you didn't get your Halloween gift...

Hello, You have inquired about a glitch you have discovered while visiting Webkinz World. We are aware of the problem and our technical team is working on correcting the issue as soon as possible. Since Webkinz World is continuously upgrading and updating the site, we cannot give you an exact ti...

Jan McClellan Handcrafted Jewelry

Jan McClellan makes unique art jewelry that is created from silver, gold, and unusual gemstones. She has been making jewelry for over 30 years. She learned her craft at Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls, Oregon and at Revere Academy in San Francisco, and by practice, practice, practi...

Trick or Treat!

Hayley wanted to log in and get the Halloween gifts on our Asian and European accounts. We had some success but sadly in the Asian account, we got NOTHING. It was pretty perplexing. In our European account, we did get in and there are lots of changes! I'll post the goodies in this post first: ...

It came from under the bed

It's dark, something is creeping around. You hear scratching noises and some shuffling down on the floor. What could it be? COULD IT BE A MONSTER? MAYBE A PURPLE MONSTER FROM UNDER THE BED??? Why yes, in fact it is a purple monster named Under the Bed, the virtual webkinz that was available y...

Everyday Low MP3's

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Dan Wilton First, Walmart was rumored to offer the iPhone in the near future. Then, it was announced that Walmart would be offering the Google Phone (G1). Now, Walmart will be offering MP3s for 74 cents. That's a cool quarter less then iTunes. Realistically,...

Microsoft strategy

With the recent introductions of Microsoft's expanded virtualization platforms, the Azure cloud services, and first look at Windows 7, I am beginning to believe that quite possibly Ray Ozzie has finally stepped completely into Bill Gates' shoes as Chief Software Architect (and let...

Seven sounds good so far

I don't always agree with Ed Bott, but I think he gives honest, no-holds barred technical assessments of new Windows releases, and what he has to say about Windows 7 so far lifts my heart. The features he describes are less important to me (and to most corporate IT managers and CIOs) than...

Knit Hats for the Winter

If you live in a particularly chilly climate, hats are a necessity during the winter. I love hats; I wish more people would wear hats outside of the baseball cap/knit ski hat choices. This is a cute little Patricia Underwood Gamin knit beret in a cheerfully bright color scheme perfect for ...

Wedding Cut Backs

This isn't the first time I've talked about saving money on wedding costs . And until our economy improves, it won't be the last. Wedding cut backs are nothing new, especially to couples who are already frugal or don't have a lot of money to spend, but nowadays, more cou...

Are You a Twitter Terrorist?

The U.S. Army has released a report regarding Terrorism 2.0. In the report, published by the 304th Military Intelligence Battalion, there is a chapter entitled "Potential for Terrorist Use of Twitter." Sounds scary doesn't it? I guess it could be true. Terrorists might want t...

Web 2.0 for Your Doctor?

Scobleizer has a fascinating post at the moment on bringing Web 2.0 into your doctor's office. There is a move underway to make medical records available online. The hold up? Cost. Most of the appropriate Web 2.0 applications run a doctor $10K to $50K. That's no big deal for hospitals an...

The $150,000 Makeover

Sign me up to run for Vice President in 2012! If you've watched how politics has changed over the years, you'll notice one thing hasn't changed: women politicians - smart, accomplished women - are still picked apart fashion-wise in a way that men politicians aren't. Unfair? Oh ...

Tinkerpup!

The Wednesday virtual pet at the estore was a little mechanical puppy called a Tinkerpup! We named it Tinkerbell, runner up names - Winder and Tinman. The food for the pup, the Bones 'n' Bolts sandwich, is so cute.

EC2 comes out of beta

Amazon's Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2) service, the virtual processing companion piece to its Simple Storage Service (S3), is officially coming out of beta status today, a transition heralded with the introduction of a reasonable Service Level Agreement , open-beta Windows support , and ...

A Macbook for your Enterprise notebook

© Apple Now that Apple has released their up-gunned Macbook models, to all appropriate fanfare, I am wondering if they will get a second look from corporate IT as a viable alternative for mobile users. To be fair, Mossberg's review (linked above) recommends them to consumers and students,...

New Faces of Fashion

Finally , some diversity on the catwalk. If you think fashion has always considered models of every color and ethnicity to be "in," unfortunately, this is not the case. The "all black" Italian Vogue made a big splash several months ago because for the longest, fashion magazi...

$100 (ish) Blu-Ray Player From Best Buy

© DeclanTM How does America's #1 retailer celebrate the craptastic implosion of its competitor ? The sell a Blu-Ray Player for $200 and give away $100 dollars in coupons with it. This $199 nail to Circuit City's coffin comes in the form of the Insignia NS-BRDVD Blu-Ray player on sale...

Starbucks and the recession

A fascinating theory put up by the irrepressible Daniel Gross at Newseek that there is a correlation between the concentration of Starbucks outlets in a country's financial capital and the likelihood of it entering a recession. "At first blush, there's a pretty close correlation ...

A Little Boot

We're pulling boots out of the back of the closet or shopping for new ones, but I wanted to showcase a little boot that you don't wear. This cute little charm from juicy Couture is the perfect wee winter accessory to clip onto a purse, keychain, cell phone holder, etc. Anywhere you w...

New Happenings at Copper!

Now here's some good news for snow sport enthusiasts. Copper Mountain has announced that the resort will open One week ahead of its scheduled opening date. The new date is Friday, Nov. 7. Those visiting on opening weekend will receive a 15% discount on lodging when they also purchase t...

Horsing around

One of the highlights of our vacation was driving up to Corolla on the high end of the North Carolina Outer Banks where we took a jeep ride on the beach and dunes. There you can see the wild horses that roam the dunes. Long assumed to be the descendants of Spanish mustangs left over from 16th c...

Soros saw it coming

Earlier this week, I did a blog entry on those who were able to predict the financial apocalypse now upon us. You can add financier George Soros. As John Cassidy suggests in the New York Review of Books , the forecasts are quite eerie. Years before the implosion, Soros wrote: "Eventuall...

Atletico ban put on hold

After the great decision with ridiculous timing to ban Atletico Madrid from playing home games at their stadium, Uefa has temporarily overturned the ban for the Champions League match against Liverpool on 22nd October. European football's governing body had ordered Atletico to play th...

Madonna And Guy Ritchie Divorcing

Fans of celebrities have speculated on when Madonna would get divorced for so long that I have to wonder if the split up was long in the making or just sort of happened now. In any event it appears that the rumors were true and now the rumor mills can begin churning out ideas as to what was the...

Visiting the Vatican

Well saints be praised, literally! The Vatican is still one of the few places left that does not have an admission fee! With the exception of the private museums, you can explore the grounds and the interior free of charge. The two main entrances to Vatican City for tourists are the Vatican Mu...

Far Cry 2 DRM clarified

DRM in all worlds is contraversial, but it seems to have been significantly growing in the PC sector, esspeically with games like Spore allowing only one user to ever actually play the game properly. After it was announced Far Cry 2 was to use the same type of protection as Spore, outrage spread ar...

Financial ethics and the meltdown

What does the implosion of markets teach us about ethics? Britain's Business In The Community business development director Mallen Baker has some interesting insights in his piece Financial ethics: Learning from chaos after a collapse of trust . "It has been created by companies tha...

Courtney Cox And Botox

Maybe it's just me, but I'm not fond of things medical, and that includes "optional" procedures such as "Botox." Nope, I don't want to spend any more time involved with medical things than is necessary, but some people relish trips to the doctor, and if it's ...

Vacation day II

We are down on the Outer Banks of North Carolina for a relaxing week in a lovely house. Our first day we slept late and eventually took Hwy 12 down the Outer Banks. By the end of the day, we'd visited three lighthouses (Bodie, Hatteras & Ocracoke) and ridden the ferry. My daughter, ble...

Vuze 4.0 to be released

Vuze , the media-desktop evolution of Azureus, is soon to be updated to version 4.0. With the bump in number comes a number of new features, such as the ability to create search templates for private trackers, as well as slightly cutting down on the massive memory usage. It all feels a bit t...

Run it like a startup

You may already have seen this, but then again you may not have, if you aren't much concerned with startups or venture capitalists (and let's hope for your sake that you are not right now!) so I thought I would throw up a link. Last week, a presentation that noted venture capital firm Sequ...

October at the Farmer's Market

October brings a bounty of orchard fruits, squash, pumpkins and root vegetables to the farmer's markets. Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Zoran Ivanovic Tomatoes are still available, but they're starting to fade. Now is the time for making Fried Green Tomatoes and Tomato Chutney! ...

Keeping the CIO relevant

Just when CIOs didn't need any more threats to their autonomy and importance, tightening budgets as a result of the global financial crisis are piling on and causing a sudden reversal in what had been some relatively rosy prospects for the profession... or at least in pundits opinions thereo...

A Sad Day in Rome

Photo by Kelly Bell Flikr The photo above shows a cat in the Roman Colosseum. We went there today for a very specific reason- we were more interested in seeing the stray cats than the Colosseum itself. Yesterday, enroute from Florence to Rome, we received a devastating phone call. Apparently, ...

The Grand Hotel Florence

No, this is not a museum. This just happens to be our hotel room in Florence, where we have a free night, courtesy of my husband's Starwood Rewards Points! According to the hotel website: The Grand Hotel was originally home to the noble Guintini family. In the second half of the 18...

Markets and the destruction of wealth

Fear and panic have gripped the world's markets. On Friday, Wall Street continued its plunge , with losses for the year reaching an amazing $8.3 trillion. But if you look at the data closely, you will see we are now seeing a decade of wealth destruction. The S&P500 shows 11 years of no...

Bought 350 AIG at $2.01

I know it's crazy. But the federal government just gave these dopes even more money to keep the company afloat, which to me says that AIG is going to survive, and my modest investment of $700 could easily net me a few thousand bucks down the road. Sure I could lose it all, but with the mark...

Wedding Planning, Part 3

It's crunch time. Your wedding day is almost here and your life may seem more hectic and chaotic than ever. If you've planned accordingly, you shouldn't be as stressed, especially if you've been able to check off tasks as they were done (and hopefully, everyone whose assistance you n...

Paris:Versailles

Here's the thing about Versailles. Admission is expensive, it's navigation ins complicated and, if the metro is not running efficiently, getting there can be a nightmare. For example, today, when we went to transfer for the RER train to Versailles, the entrance to the train was roped o...

The Pantheon of Paris

"Yes, they told me you were fools, and that I was not to listen to your kind words, nor trust to your charity. You promised me my life, but you lied!" Who recognizes these words? Ten points for anyone who said that they came from Saint Joan. Like far too many New York City gir...

AIG's dodgy accounting

Alarming stuff coming out with the House of Representative's Committee on Oversight and Government Reform probe into the debacle that is American International Group. A good summary from BusinessWeek . An alarming picture starts to emerge when you go through the document's on the com...

It's business, not friendship

I don't know of many companies which don't work very hard to establish a sort of amicable brand identity with potential customers, and Google is no different. But there is a danger in taking these marketing messages at face value, and it's not simply that you might begin to think of ...

Value Will Be King

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , David Parsons Writing in IT World Canada, Arpit Kaushik talked about the end of the "golden age of offshore outsourcing and the beginning of the age of truth and rationality." The article is part doom-and-gloom and part hope, in many ways similar to the...

Adzant: Advertisement In Social Applications

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Wedding Planning, Part 1

If you're in the midst of wedding planning, you know how stressful it can be. For brides-to-be who don't have the budget for a wedding planner, it's important for you to stay organized. Whether you use a computer program, handheld organization tool, good ole pen and paper...it doesn...

Microsoft's Cloud OS

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Nadezda Firsova Ever since Ballmer spilled the beans on the upcoming unveiling of Microsoft's "Cloud Operating System" scheduled to take place at this month's PDC (Professional Developer's Conference) in LA, I've been poking around fo...

Mixed messages on the economy

Microsoft released this statement from General Counsel Brad Smith on the economic bailout package passed and enacted today: Congressional passage of the financial recovery package is a critically important step to bringing back economic stability in the U.S. and around the globe. This crisi...

Online Poker Promos

image from APCW.com A couple of newish going ons at the online poker rooms: Full Tilt has added on to its popular "Iron Man Challenge" series which medals and freerolls are given to those who tough it out on the virtual felt nearly every day. The "one-a-day" freeroll is a...

Wau wau

Clearly the best part of staying in Germany for me was to meet 'Kira'. Kira is living with 'Oma' - you might have expected it since both names end on an 'a'. Anyway I spend hours crawling behind Kira - but I hardly ever fetched her - she was simply too quick. But on the plus...

Gut getroffen

150 Prozent Lily Ann Jacobi - mit Tante Heidi So, nun ist genug gebloggt für heute. Muss jetzt ein Halloween Kostüm kaufen gehen. Eure Lily

Leveraging for search

When I first mentioned Microsoft's foray into healthcare information systems, brought on by the purchase of a system called Azyxxi which was purchased from Medstar Health in 2006 and has since been rebranded "Amalga" (I'm sure this was subject to much focus testing, but to ...

ANYI LU Shoes...to die for

As I've already stated, I'm a shoe FREAK lover. I'm always on the lookout for something new, different, classic, vintage...it doesn't matter. I just love shoes. These pretty numbers were recently brought to my attention. First up is Jordan. Love that heel. And this is P...

Amazon EC2 does Windows

Quite a few interesting things happening even outside the gymnastics going on in the markets these days, but most of them I won't get to until sometime tomorrow. I did want to highlight Amazon's announcement today, and CTO Werner Vogels' accompanying blog entry , that the comp...