Here are the first two areas of concern for cloud computing. Privacy. So your data is out there in the cloud. The cloud is an abstraction; your data is sitting on somebody else’s disks in one or more of their computer centers. Who is managing those disks? From one perspective, it’s a bunch of people… [Read More]
Archives for 2011
The return of the mainframe
Cloud computing has been much in the news of late, with Steve Jobs’ announcement the other day adding a little exclamation point. The excitement is approaching giddiness. At the risk of raining on the parade, I thought I’d do a few posts on some of the downsides of cloud computing. First, let me explain my… [Read More]
Living with tech
I have posted quite a few recountings of out of box experiences (OOBEs) over the last year or so. They have been some of the most popular postings on this blog. I thought I’d go back and let you all know what I think about some of these products after living with them for extended… [Read More]
The difficulties of medium-format wide-angle photography
I came across a great discussion of the difficulties in getting consistently sharp pictures using medium format digital cameras. Although it was written more than 3 years ago and updated about two years ago, I believe the basic situation still obtains, and therefore what Joseph Holmes has to say about it is important to anyone… [Read More]
Who is this guy?
I took the picture at a Laguna Seca USRRC race, probably in 1968. It sure looks like Chuck Parsons, and what you can see of the car looks like the Simoniz number 10, but I’m not 100% sure. I’d like some help with the identification before I put it up in the new auto racing… [Read More]
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