<computer_envy> According to Wired News, this new supercomputer will be able to complete 504 trillion calculations per second — or 504 teraflops, in supercomputing terminology. That easily out-flops the Lawrence Livermore’s National Laboratory’s BlueGene/L, which runs at 327 teraflops. </computer_envy> So, now, I’m not only left yearning for an iPhone. I’m left yearning for more […]
I Just Got Free Tuition at M.I.T.
… ahem. Ok, let me clarify: I’m a virtual student over at ocw.mit.edu. The OpenCourseWare site at M.I.T. gives me access to over 4,000 free online courses. For some reason, I’m hooked on the Psych. lectures in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences area. I listened to all of Intro to Psych 2004. Prof. Jeremy Wolfe […]
JQuery From a Designer’s Point of View
Having recently discovered JQuery while implementing Thickbox3 on this site I can honestly tell you that, as a web designer, I no longer feel like the kid who’s been picked last to play kickball. The power that this library brings to someone like me is, technically speaking: SO COOL! You can see a test of […]
Widener 2006 End-of-year recap Movie
At the end of every fiscal year, the University administrators go on ‘retreat’ to share their end-of year insights and feedback (both good and bad). As part of this get-together, each Administrator is charged with giving a short 3-5 minute presentation on insights about the apst year and plans/hopes/ambitions for the coming year. With few […]
Guardian Angels Poetry Slamfest 2007
Put up a short movie simply assembled in iMovie using photo stills and music to showcase on the Philly Guardian Angels site.I’ve seen the possibilities in video editing. I’ve been using a very, VERY simple setup: Flip Video camera (it stores all the data on a flash card), USB connection to my Mac or PC, […]
Drupal Rules!
Very excited about learning my way around Drupal! Started playing around with PHP, installed Drupal on the server using the cPanel, and went to town installing a whole bunch of modules. I’ve slowly started migrating the flat-footed flat-filed static-cling tristatevelo.com site into a home-grown content management system personalized for the team. I have not been […]
WordPress Virgin No More!
Gosh. It’s been feeling like I’m the last kid on the block to start playing around with all the open source goodies out there. WordPress: I have arrived at your door! I really want to start creating my own themes. I also want to play around with Drupal since I’ve been told by friends in […]