Author: Vince Kimball

Taurus, a Wi-Fi Appliance. Procom introduces Taurus: storage, servers, and 600 feet of Wi-Fi: This emerging category of Wi-Fi network appliances grew today with the introduction of Taurus, which can be configured to hold up to 250 Gb of storage, and a laundry list of software servers. The software listed in specifications reads like an… Continue reading Taurus, a Wi-Fi Appliance

Had a great time in Ohio!

Off to Ohio to visit family for the weekend!

US Supreme Court appoints new librarian, Judith Gaskell, only the third woman to ever hold the position. [librarian.net]

Librarian Avengers is at a slightly new URL. Less flash, more bloggy content, go say hi to Erica. [librarian.net]

Sins of omission. In yesterday's discussion of Iconfactory's new stock icons service, we neglected to mention that the site on which the service lives is nicely done in CSS layout and XHTML Transitional. In an earlier entry on Coudal Partners's Summer Reading 2003 omnibus, we likewise neglected to mention that it, along with the rest… Continue reading Sins of omission

Into the ether…. Now it seems the other shoe has dropped at Userland, and the rules have changed. Dave Winer is the founder of Userland (Userland is the company that makes Radio, a weblogging application) and is now a fellow at Harvard Law’s Berkman Center. In June, Dave lamented that the New York Times had… Continue reading Into the ether…

Draw your own conclusions. But nearly 100% watch television. Frank Davies in the Philadelphia Inquirer: War poll uncovers fact gap. Excerpts: A third of the American public believes U.S. forces have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, according to a recent poll. Twenty-two percent said Iraq actually used chemical or biological weapons. But such… Continue reading Draw your own conclusions

SJ Mercury: Former FCC chairman's plan: broadband in every home. Dan Gillmor. A serious national broadband policy — designed to bring 10 to 100 megabits of information per second to every home — would be as crucial an economic-development and infrastructure tool as the roads of the previous century, Reed Hundt said at the Supernova… Continue reading Former FCC chairman's plan: broadband in every home

Shared Hosting Has Inherent Risks. Someone posted a message on cf-talk today that quickly mushroomed into a discussion on shared hosting and the related security risks. There is nothing wrong with shared hosting, and for many applications shared hosting may be the right choice (due to the low cost). But such an environment does have… Continue reading Shared Hosting Has Inherent Risks