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Food and Learning Strategies: ‘The 4-Hour Chef’
Timothy Ferriss is a force to be reckoned with. A Silicon Valley lifestyle and self-improvement guru who has made a name for himself as a prophet of ultra-efficiency in all aspects of life, he’s a non-stop self-promoting idea machine with more than 300,000 Twitter followers, most of whom probably found him through his first book, the optimistically named 4-Hour Workweek. To follow up on that tome and its fitness-related sequel — The 4-Hour Body — Ferriss has come up with The 4-Hour… continue…
How Android Helps Avoid Awkward Social Questions
Iceland’s population is part of a rather close family tree, which can make for some awkward social situations. While most people are likely to know whether they’re first cousins, there are always surprises, i.e., attending a family event and running into someone they’d hooked up with at some point in once-blissful ignorance. But now there’s a solution: An app. Specifically, the Islendiga-App. Cat explains.
Widenius: Oracle’s Suffocating MySQL
Widenius on MySQL: Oracle’s Suffocating It (via slashdot) Michael Widenius, co-founder of the MySQL relational database management system (RDBMS), has something of a bone to pick with Oracle, which owns the platform’s copyright and trademark. Speaking to Muktware, Widenius—who founded another open-source database called MariaDB—suggested that Oracle… continue…
Is Nuclear Power the Fix to Global Warming?
While President Obama has put climate change back on the national agenda, the likelihood of significant action is low. Earth continues its resolute march toward global warming, the results of which continue to be born out in every storm, drought and species die-off. A chorus of experts has offered up everything from energy credits, carbon caps, taxes and social engineering to address the crisis, but so far we’ve only continued to shove our heads further into the increasingly hot sand.… continue…
Oculus Rift: Virtual Reality Gaming Makes a Comeback
By Rob Pakus Nowadays it seems the gaming and gadget hype is all about 3-D TVs and next-generation consoles. I’m more interested in the evolutionary reincarnation of virtual reality gaming, specifically in the form of Oculus VR’s virtual reality headset, aptly named the Oculus Rift. In case you missed the excitement, here’s a quick summary of its rise to fame. Kickstarter Launches a Virtual Reality Brand Oculus Rift founder Palmer Lucky is an avid VR headset collector, as well as… continue…
Why the Future Belongs to Big Data
When it comes to buzzwords, Big Data is currently at the top of the technology heap. You may have your own definition, but Michael Minelli, Michele Chambers and Ambiga Dhiraj, the authors of Big Data, Big Analytics, describe it this way: Big Data goes beyond the traditional limits of data along three dimensions: volume, variety and velocity. The combination of these three dimensions makes the data more complex to ingest, process and visualize. It’s the wide variety of available data… continue…
Google Continues to Show Kansas That Google Fiber Love
Google Continues to Show Kansas That Google Fiber Love (via slashdot) Google hearts Kansas. The search-engine giant announced May 2 that Shawnee, Kansas will become the next city to receive Google Fiber. Google already has plans to install the high-speed broadband network in nearby Kansas City and Olathe, Kansas. “We’ve also been impressed by Shawnee’s vision to…
Cool Skin: A Digital Librarian Tells a Story
By training Vika Zafrin is a digital humanist, a Ph.D. whose area of study is the humanities as they intersect with the confluence of computing, research, teaching and creation. Currently, the 36-year-old is the Digital Collections Librarian at a major Boston-area university. As part of that community, Zafrin makes digital content as widely available as possible, online and for free, curates online collections and data mines large cultural data sets. It’s pretty heady stuff and unsurprisingly, her tattoos have a… continue…
HP Combines Server Businesses
HP Combines Server Businesses (via slashdot) Having helped pioneer the concept of converged systems, Hewlett-Packard is now eating its own dog food. HP announced the formation of a new Converged Systems business unit April 29. At the same time, it also merged its Business Critical Systems (BCS) and Industry-Standard Systems business into a single… continue…
Google Glass Kernel Code Hits the Web
Google Glass Kernel Code Hits the Web (via slashdot) The kernel code for Google Glass, Google’s augmented-reality eyewear, is now available for download in a convenient 65.7MB file. “Currently there is a tarball of the kernel source in downloads,” read a short note on code.google.com. “This is unlikely to be the permanent home for the kernel… continue…
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