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Thursday, September 1, 2005 |
More on DirectNIC Hosting in New Orleans
Hosting company still online in New Orleans. Wired News has the story of a hosting company that's still up and running in downtown New Orleans despite the loss of most public utilities.With buildings reduced to soggy ruin just a few blocks away, Zipa's data center -- built by Enron in its expansionist heyday -- still operates, powered by a 750-kilowatt diesel generator and connected to the rest of the world by a fiber optic connection buried deep underneath New Orleans' flooded streets.
That makes the employees of Zipa and sister company DirectNIC, which is just upstairs, some of the only flood victims in New Orleans with the ability to communicate with the outside world. DirectNIC's "crisis manager," Michael Barnett, is also maintaining a Live Journal with regular updates from the scene. [Daily Relay]
7:51:58 PM 
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From Arizona
Hurricane roundup. National - Arizona is lending equipment and has sent rescue teams and relief workers to Mississippi and Louisiana. A search and rescue team from the Phoenix Fire Department is headed to Mississippi [Front Page]
7:33:16 PM
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Reginaldus Liebert, Composer (Early Fifteenth Century)
Thursday Afternoon. The Reginaldus Liebert CD I bought arrived yesterday. Beautiful 15th century choral compositions. Apparently the old Liebert was considered very talented, but died very young and didn't leave a lot of music. HERE is a link to the sheet music for a chanson called Mourir me Voy, and HERE is a link to a Midi file of the piece.
I am still experimenting with different microphone set ups for the Tears in the Rain solo guitar recordings. Recorded a little Bombay in my living room today. I am so used to the mic and pre-amp combo I use in the studio that it might take me a while to get used to this. Also, in the studio I keep the microphone fairly close,about 18" from the guitar, but to capture a little of the room-sound - otherwise what's the point of making a location recording - I need to keep a little more distance, which changes the sound a lot.
You might have noticed that a bell sounds after you have my diary page open for 9 minutes? I recorded it in my studio a while ago. If you like you can keep the diary page open and hear the bell every 9 minutes. HERE is an explanation. Also, I loaded that bell sound into my Treo 650 and like it much better than the other ringtones. Now I enjoy when somebody calls, although sometimes I won't answer because I prefer to hear the bell again... You can download the small mp3 file HERE. By (Ottmar). [Ottmar Liebert]
7:25:35 PM
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Nikon Coolpix
Nikon Releases Consumer Cameras with Limited Wi-Fi.
 Nikon's Coolpix P1 ($550) and P2 ($400) transfer photos over Wi-Fi to computer, printer: These aren't generic Wi-Fi-equipped consumer cameras, but they do use Wi-Fi (802.11b/g flavors) as a method of transferring images as they're taken or in batch mode by date. These cameras can't upload via FTP or Web sites, or access the Internet; rather, they use Wi-Fi (ad hoc or gateway) as a way to connect remotely to a computer running its Windows or Mac OS X software. (The P1 has 8 megapixels; the P2, 5.1 MP.)
The New York Times's computer columnist David Pogue generally praises the camera and the software, but rightly beats up on Nikon for its complexity in setting up a network connection--a huge package involving a multi-step installation process with a USB cable--and the limitations they've built in. Bluetooth, frankly, would almost have been a better choice for the way that Nikon restricts Wi-Fi, except for throughput.
Pogue calls this the first wireless camera; he's right, technically, but Nikon offers a Wi-Fi adapter for their multi-thousand-dollar D2H and D2X. I wrote in passing about the D2H as part of a piece on wireless photography in May 2004 for The New York TImes. The D2H allowed Wi-Fi transmission; the D2X added remote control over Wi-Fi.
Pogue also notes that Kodak's EasyShare One is due out in another month, after several delays, but will feature a more robust Wi-Fi. The EasyShare One requires a Wi-Fi adapter like the high-end Nikon cameras--an SDIO card--but this is apparently part of the $600 cost for the 4 MP camera.
What Pogue doesn't mention, and I haven't seen noted elsewhere, is Kodak's specs for the EasyShare One state it's using 802.11b--not Wi-Fi, not 802.11g. On the other hand, my understanding of its software is that you can connect to any arbitrary Wi-Fi network, including using 802.1X at T-Mobile locations, and transfer photos in a variety of ways. We'll see if that turns out to be true in the shipping version in a few weeks.
[Wi-Fi Networking News]
6:57:21 PM
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Easter Island and Society
Mathematician models collapse of Easter Island society. A researcher at Rochester Institute of Technology is unraveling a mystery surrounding Easter Island. William Basener, assistant professor of mathematics, has created the first mathematical formula to accurately model the island's monumental societal collapse. Between 1200 and 1500 A.D., the small, remote island, 2,000 miles off the coast of Chile, was inhabited by over 10,000 people and had a relatively sophisticated and technologically advanced society. During this time, inhabitants used large boats for fishing and navigation, constructed numerous buildings and built many of the large statues, known as Tiki Gods, for which the island is now best known. However, by the late 18th century, when European explorers first discovered the island, the population had dropped to 2,000 and islanders were living in near primitive conditions, with almost all elements of the previous society completely wiped out. [Science Blog - Science News Articles from Medicine, Space, Physics and More]
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