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Monthly Archives: February 2013
The Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi is a $35 single board computer with an incredible following. Add on hardware ranges from motion sensors and GPS receivers to phone line boards. The main board is powered by an ARM1176JZF-S 700 MHz processor and has … Continue reading
What is Rest and is it Restfull?
According to “http://rest.elkstein.org/”, “REST stands for Representational State Transfer. (It is sometimes spelled “ReST”.) It relies on a stateless, client-server, cacheable communications protocol — and in virtually all cases, the HTTP protocol is used.” Stefan TilkovĀ describes REST as having … Continue reading
Freeswitch
Freeswitch is a very flexible open source phone system that supports a number of VoIP protocols. I have used it as our corporate phone system for the last 6 years and it has worked flawlessly. You do have to be … Continue reading
Maintaining a Technical edge (Part Deux)
Last week published a post asking the question; How do we in North America maintain a technical edge. I have continued to ponder this question and pose the following for your consideration. Canada and the USA have a decent standard … Continue reading
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Tagged immigration, North America, standard of living, Technical edge
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Is variety the spice of life?
Spoiler alert!!! I’m not going to answer this question, just pose food for thought. Some people like making choices, while others would rather have choices made for them. You might be surprised to find that most people buy a phone … Continue reading
ThinkRF
ThinkRF is a provider of field-deployable Wireless Signal Analyzers and RF receiver modules. These products are based on a software-defined radio technology. That includes a developer interface allowing thrid party developers to integrate the thinkRF hardware. The company has … Continue reading
Observing everyday things a different way
I recently read the biography that was written about Steve Jobs. He was an interesting character with many positive and negative traits. I applaud his ability to raise his family in a normal neighborhood and his ability to see beauty … Continue reading
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Tagged a different approach, art vs technology, improvement, life, steve jobs
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Maintaining a technical edge
Over the past few decades North America has enjoyed a technical edge, leading the world with inventions that outer countries have been scrambling to copy and improve. We have started to see this change, but we seem to be able … Continue reading
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Tagged population vs innovation, snow crash, stem cell research, Technical edge
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University vs Community College in Canada
Yes I know it’s family day here in Canada, but I figured that people might enjoy a post anyway. A topic close to my heart is post secondary education. University vs College has always been a bit of a mystery … Continue reading
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Tagged community colleges, engineering, technical workers, technologiest, universities
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Video Use Case #1 – Geographic distribution
I’m going to take a break from promoting the Wesley Clover companies today to look at a use case for Visual Communications. I recently visited a company in Northern Ontario that specialized in delivering a number of services. One part … Continue reading