Monthly Archives: January 2009

Could Flight 1549 Have Landed at La Guardia instead of in the Hudson River?

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Administrator

Update: Video Re-enactment by Scene Systems. It will take a year for the NTSB to do a full investigation of Flight 1549, and I’m sure many recommendations will be made about airport birds, ditching airliners and things we haven’t even … Continue reading →

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Moore’s Law and Glass Panel Avionics

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Administrator

As LCD and GPS display technologies get further commoditized in the consumer display and mapping markets, those technologies are trickling down to the aviation world in the form of lower-cost, higher-capability avionics displays – now including synthetic vision.. 10 years … Continue reading →

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IMUG Meeting: Smartphones and Social Networking in the US and China

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Administrator

Dave Weir and Brian Zhou of ExtendLogic talked about social networking and mobile software development in China at IMUG tonite. ExtendLogic offers outsourced software development services with Chinese programmers. Currently, there are several massive Chinese social networks. Although they may … Continue reading →

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SSD Product and Review Links

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Administrator

This is a note containing links on the general topic of low-cost SSD products and reviews for server use and will evolve over time. Note that there are numerous problems with enterprise server use of notebook flash SSDs, that hopefully … Continue reading →

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Travelling with the Acer Aspire One Netbook

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Administrator

Before my trip to Bali, I decided to buy a Acer Aspire One ZG5 Netbook at Fry’s for $349+tax, and use that instead of my usual 15″ (and 5.5 pounds) notebook. The netbook model was white, ran Windows XP Home, … Continue reading →

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