December 2010
4 posts
RIP Uptime Record
I lost power on Monday for almost 6 hours, which my UPSs just couldn’t handle (they conked out after about 2 hours). This meant the system I’ve had up and running without a reboot since May of 2007 finally died. From earlier that day:
[elbles@socrates ~]$ uptime 11:02:04 up 1311 days, 1:43, 1 user, load average: 0.07, 0.02, 0.00
It died about 3 hours after that. Oh well. It was...
Marco.org: Chrome OS and IT platform longevity →
marco:
Google’s targeting of Chrome OS is interesting. Rather than trying to attract consumers, who have demonstrated that they’re not interested in “Net PC”-like browser-only hardware, Google is positioning Chrome OS hardware as inexpensive, low-IT-overhead alternatives for businesses to deploy…
I hadn’t heard of Google targeting business as a market for Chrome OS up until this...
Ghosts Of Decembers Past
As I’ve mentioned numerous times here, there are very, very few things I miss about college. But, at this time of year, I’m reminded of the thing I miss the very most about college. Christmas Break. Or Winter Break, if you prefer to be politically correct (I generally prefer not to). The holidays have always been my favorite time of the year, but having an entire month off around that time...
