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Category: Technology

  • I now use a device called Drobo for storing data at my home network (Product Review)

    I now use a device called Drobo (2nd generation), manufactured by Data Robotics, Inc. as the primary data storage and backup medium at my home location. I have attached it via a USB 2.0 cable to my Apple Airport Extreme wireless network router. The Airport Extreme enables me to share USB 2.0 based storage devices…

  • Future of Content Management for News Media for Web sites

    Content on Web sites should be managed using systems that were designed from the ground up for the Web. Traditional content management systems with a legacy of features and workflows used for paper-based print products like newspapers and magazines are unsuitable for Web sites. The future of news media content management for Web sites is…

  • Social Graphs API: WordPress Plugin: Blogroll Links

    If you already know what the Social Graph API and XFN are, you can skip the background information and go directly to the Blogroll Links plugin for WordPress that is designed to work with these. Update: 2010-Feb-20: Version 2 of the Blogroll Links plugin for WordPress uses the Shortcode API and so introduces a new…

  • This Web Site is Now Hosted on Amazon EC2 & S3

    This web site, www.rajiv.com is now hosted on Amazon.com’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Simple Storage Service (S3) services. They are part of Amazon Web Services offerings. If you are a technologist, I recommend EC2 and S3. To learn more about them, you can follow the links in this article. Benefits of hosting a Web…

  • The Amazon Kindle is a Practical & Excellent Reading Device (Product Review)

    The Amazon Kindle is a Practical & Excellent Reading Device (Product Review)

    The Amazon Kindle is an excellent reading device. It is a good example of a product that serves its purpose well. Like a paper book, it you can use it in bed, bathroom, bus and boondocks. The E Ink display presents an experience quite close to that of reading a book on paper: It is…

  • Why I’m not a fan of fingerprint scanners for computer security

    These days many notebook computers and portable devices like USB drives are featuring fingerprint scanners which they advertise as biometric security. I’ve never been a fan of biometric security of this type. I will explain why using different scenarios: Likely scenario: Stolen or lost laptop If your laptop is lost or stolen, it is bound…

  • iGo Universal Charging Adapters for Multiple Devices (Product Review)

    I use an iGo adapter to power and charge my electronic devices when I’m traveling. The concept behind these is that you can use one adapter/charger for multiple devices like notebook computers, mobile phones, bluetooth headsets, music players, cameras and hand-held video game players. Having one charger for multiple devices cuts down on the clutter…

  • Donate to a good cause and get a useful laptop computer

    The mission of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is to empower the children of developing countries to learn by providing one connected laptop to every school-age child. You can help accomplish the goal and help make education for the world’s children a priority, not a privilege. OLPC is offering1 a Give One Get One program…

  • The Evolution of Web Sites

    Over the past 15 years, as the Web has evolved, the web sites have gone through these generations. What’s likely to be next in the future of what the Web will be? This article describes the Web so far and what form it will likely assume. 1993-1997: Generation 1.0 These web sites can essentially be…

  • I now use WordPress publishing software for this site (Product Review)

    Managing blogs and news content with WordPress is a Zen-like experience. The inner-beauty of a product is felt when it becomes almost unnoticed, allowing the site authors and editors to focus on publishing content and providing useful interactive functionality to their readers and customers. I say this as someone who has been immersed in web…

  • List of Open Source or Free Software for Home and Business Use

    Here is a list of some open source or free desktop software that you can use for personal use at home or at your business. Using open source software can save you thousands of dollars that you’d spend buying proprietary software. I’ve chosen software here that is comparable in ease of use, maintainability and upgrades…

  • Sometimes extra steps in workflows are good

    When implementing a content management system or other product, customers often ask for workflows that require the least number of steps required to any given complete task. At first, this seems to make perfect sense; however consider this example of a car: Before you can get inside your car and start driving you have to…