Author Archives: Greg

What some people think

some people think that we should not help people that live below sea level. some people think that we should not help people that place houses in the path of fires from Santa Ana winds. some people think that we … Continue reading

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Schroeder found a Birthday Present for Lucy

A little “inside humor.” For my birthday, I prefer 32-node Sony Playstation 3 Five Teraflop Clusters.

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Weight Loss

Most true experts now agree that weight loss is about portion control. It takes about fifteen minutes for the body to recognize that you have eaten something. In many European countries weight gain is not as much of a problem … Continue reading

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HP 30″ Monitor

HP has introduced a 30″ competitor to the Apple Cinema Display. 2560×1600 requires two DVI inputs so your video adapter better have two DVI outputs. Pricing looks to start at less than $1,300 shipping included. Search text: HP (Hewlett-Packard) LP3065 … Continue reading

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Next Step in Radiology

My son, Greg, Jr., MD has accepted a fellowship from the Department of Radiology and Imaging at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) of the Cornell University Medical School in Manhattan for one year starting in July of 2009. He … Continue reading

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And the best Blu-ray player is…

According to a 2007-05-08 article at C-net, the best player for Blu-ray movies is not a Blu-ray player. Quoted: “So far, the PlayStation 3 is the runaway winner, offering excellent Blu-ray playback in addition to its HD gaming and multimedia … Continue reading

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Running Windows on the Mac

It’s really a shame that we can’t run Leopard – the latest Mac OS release – on a virtual machine. Apple does not allow that presumably so that you will buy Apple hardware. If you buy Mac hardware, you can … Continue reading

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Free Movies

Watch-Movies.net links to websites with movies to view. Needless to say, they vary in quality.

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Reviewing the Reviewers

If you find it frustrating trying to find reviews on products around the web, try this website. ConsumerSearch.com is a service of the New York Times Company. Great Job! Quoting from their website: For each product category, ConsumerSearch offers: All … Continue reading

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Lyle Fong on Software as a Service

Lyle Fong spoke yesterday at Stanford. Highly recommended. His presentation is here. He spoke before a computer science class, CS309A, instructor for which is Timothy Chou. Lyle discussed his experiences starting Lithium. Lithium powers (with web services) online communities for companies. Quoted: … Continue reading

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