I just read the official announcement about Google Chrome OS, and while I can’t say I’m entirely surprised, considering how long the rumor mill has been talking about something like this, I have to say I’m a bit disappointed.
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Tag Archives: technology
Is Google about to jump the shark?
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Jul 8, 2009
Passenger, AKA mod_rails
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I just noticed that Passenger has finally released. If you haven’t heard of this, it basically does for Rails deployment what mod_php does for PHP. I gave it a try on a test server I run, and it works as easily as advertised. I had it up and running in about 10 minutes. Check out the user docs — it’s a pretty slick package, from the looks of things.
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Apr 16, 2008
Why U.S. Networks “Lag Behind”
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Often, as I’m reading articles discussing the rollout of new mobile phone networks, or next-generation access to the Internet, I’m frustrated by the punditry that accompanies them. Frequently statements are made about how the U.S. “lags behind” Europe and Japan in terms next-gen network deployments, and very rarely are these statements given proper qualifiers, which leaves the average U.S. citizen wondering why we are so far behind the curve. Let me explain why the problem is one of profitability, not one of technology.
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Mar 31, 2008
About
I'm Ernie Miller. But then, you probably knew that by looking at the page title, or the URL. I'm a Ruby programmer in Louisville, Kentucky. This blog used to be called "metautonomo.us", which I thought was kind of clever, but nobody, including me, could type it. Lesson learned.