gOS

Sunday, December 7, 2008
gOS & Cloud: What’s the difference?
When we first started the company, we had a single product: gOS. Last week, we introduced our second product called “Cloud.”

I noticed that a few articles reviewing Cloud used screenshots of gOS, and might have assumed that gOS and Cloud were the same operating system, when in fact they are different operating systems. So what’s the difference?

gOS boots a full desktop with full suite of rich client applications, such as Firefox, OpenOffice, Media Player, etc. The user sees a desktop and uses it as a desktop. When buying a computer, you could buy a computer with just gOS installed as the only operating system.

Cloud boots into a browser environment that’s designed for faster access to web applications, such as Google Calendar, Documents, etc. The user sees a browser and uses it as a browser, with extra features that most browsers don’t have such as “Powering Off” or “Switching to Windows.” When buying a computer, you could buy a computer with Cloud and Windows installed together.

gOS

Sunday, December 7, 2008
gOS & Cloud: What’s the difference?
When we first started the company, we had a single product: gOS. Last week, we introduced our second product called “Cloud.”

I noticed that a few articles reviewing Cloud used screenshots of gOS, and might have assumed that gOS and Cloud were the same operating system, when in fact they are different operating systems. So what’s the difference?

gOS boots a full desktop with full suite of rich client applications, such as Firefox, OpenOffice, Media Player, etc. The user sees a desktop and uses it as a desktop. When buying a computer, you could buy a computer with just gOS installed as the only operating system.

Cloud boots into a browser environment that’s designed for faster access to web applications, such as Google Calendar, Documents, etc. The user sees a browser and uses it as a browser, with extra features that most browsers don’t have such as “Powering Off” or “Switching to Windows.” When buying a computer, you could buy a computer with Cloud and Windows installed together.

In onderstaand artikel een interessant voorbeeld over hoe web 2.0 toepassingen niet alleen de processen van kennis verbeteren, maar vooral ook nieuwe kennis generenen die voordien niet beschikbaar was.

Bringing the power of information to the people – MIT News Office

When representatives from natural gas companies knock on doors in rural areas to try to lock up deals for drilling rights, they typically hold most of the cards. They have the knowledge and experience about the process, while the landowner often has little or no information about what kinds of deals other residents in the area have agreed to — or about such issues as toxic chemicals that have been used in other drilling sites and the health effects residents say they have experienced. Currently, there is no easy way to find such information.

A team of MIT researchers hopes to remedy that. They are developing a suite of software applications to extract information from government and corporate databases, along with input from citizens in the affected areas, and make it all available in a clear, easy-to-navigate form. “This is an experiment to see if we can develop new tools to help communities self-organize,” says Chris Csikszentmihályi, head of the Media Lab’s Computing Culture group and co-director of MIT’s Center for Future Civic Media.

Recept Wok van kip met broccoli en pindasaus op Smulweb.nl

Wok van kip met broccoli en pindasaus

Een bijdrage van: marcdepester
Bereidingstijd: 10-20 minuten
Aantal personen: 4
Gang: Hoofdgerecht
Keuken: Aziatisch
Smaak: Pittig
Techniek: Wokken
Soort gerecht: Hoofdgerecht

Omschrijving

Een ongelooflijk lekker wokrecept dat een van mijn favorieten is !!!
Ingrediënten

-600 g kipfilet (in blokjes gesneden)
-1 th lepel vers geraspte gemberwortel
-2 tenen knoflook (gehakt)
-1 th lepel kerriepasta
-4 el kokosmelk
-1 prei (in fijne plakjes)
-300 g broccoli (verdelen in roosjes)
-1 rode paprika (in stukjes gesneden)
-6 el olie
-2 el pindakaas
-100 ml kokosmelk
-1/8 liter kippebouillon
-geroosterde pindas
Voorbereiding

-meng de gember met de knoflook, kerriepasta en de 4 el kokosmelk en marineer het vlees hierin

Bereidingswijze

- na elkaar het vlees en de groenten fruiten in totaal 6 el olie
-de pindakaas toevoegen en overgieten met de kokosmelk en de kippebouillon
-even laten doorkoken en bestrooien met de geroosterde pindas

Jatropha kan Aziatische energiehonger helpen…

Te mooi om waar te zijn? Inderdaad! Wie de proef op de som neemt zingt snel een toontje lager. Op marginale grond overleeft de plant wel, maar produceert hij niets. Op goede grond produceert hij wel, maar veel minder dan de conventionele oliehoudende (voedings)gewassen. Daarenboven zal Jatropha nooit rendabel worden want de oogst is veel te arbeidsintensief. Tot slot, buiten de productie van een beetje toxische olie is de plant absoluut onbruikbaar.

http://www.tweewaters.be/

nog verder uit te zoeken….

Make lamb stew:
Pat lamb dry. Heat oil in a 7- to 8-quart heavy pot over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then brown lamb in 3 batches, transferring to a bowl.

Add onions to pot and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden, about 10 minutes. Stir in lamb with any juices that have accumulated in bowl, tomatoes, tomato juice, salt, black pepper, chile, herbs, and saffron and simmer, covered, 1 1/2 hours.

Stir in carrots, turnips, bell peppers, and pumpkin and simmer, covered, 30 minutes. Stir in zucchini and chickpeas and simmer, covered, until zucchini is tender, 20 to 25 minutes.

Make spicy tomato sauce:
Pour 1 cup broth from pot into a small heavy saucepan and add tomato paste, whisking until smooth. Simmer, stirring, until thick, about 10 minutes, then stir in paprika, rose petals, and cayenne.

Cook and serve couscous:
Bring water to a boil with butter and salt in a 4-quart heavy saucepan. Stir in couscous, cover, and remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork. Mound couscous on a platter and top with stew, using a slotted spoon. Serve broth and tomato sauce on the side.

*Available by mail order from Kalustyan’s (212) 685-3451.

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San Francisco-based blogging startup Six Apart has announced they will be giving away free accounts on their TypePad blogging system for professional bloggers and journalists who recently lost their jobs as well as those who fear the axe is coming. Cleverly dubbed the “Journalist Bailout Program,” the service includes one free blog, a place in the Six Apart Media advertising program, promotion on Blogs.com, a as well as other tools and advice on driving traffic to your site, all courtesy of Six Apart.

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The TypePad Journalist Bailout Program

The program launched over the weekend through via this lighthearted post over on TypePad.com which reminds you that “Tumblr…will not pay your bills.” According to the company, they’ve already seen hundreds of journalists signing up to participate.

As detailed in the TypePad blog post, the bailout program includes the following, a dollar value of at least $150 per year (the price of the TypePad service alone), if not more :

# A free TypePad Pro blog account, the same service that powers many big-name media blogs. It includes professional support so Six Apart will answer any questions you have.
# The blog is enrolled in the Six Apart Media advertising program. These are display ads that pay a more than Google text ads, and bloggers get to keep the revenue.
# Six Apart will promote the new site on Blogs.com, a directory of the best in blogs. Blogs.com will be a way for all of the bloggers peers in the Journalist Bailout Program to cross-promote and share traffic for their independent sites.
# Lots more. Six Apart can also introduce you to their VIP program to help drive traffic to the site, help connect blogs to LinkedIn profiles, make it easy to manage your comments from an iPhone, and even show you how to automatically promote posts to your Facebook friends

There are no rules on how the blog must be used. Journalists can use the blog showcase their best work, launch something new, or hang onto the site, you know, “just in case.”
The Times, They Are A-Changin’

We’re in the midst of a great upheaval. The internet is impacting the business models of so many established ventures. Newspapers and magazines aren’t the only industries affected by any means. The internet has left nothing untouched, whether music, video, news, sports, communication, marketing, advertsing and more, those wishing to stave off its force of change are simply trying to outswim a tidal wave.

What’s better for those being impacted is to be prepared and thinking ahead for the future – what is Plan B? As we mentioned earlier this week, not everyone sees the death of the journalism ahead – media mogul Rupert Murdoch, for example, sees opportunity.

And if you think successful journalism can only come on the platform of old media, you’re wrong. Look around. So many journalists are now getting into blogging, but one of our newest favs that proves the potential success of the model is TechFlash, home to John Cook and Todd Bishop, both of whom left their respected papers and struck out on their own to deliver quality tech news in readable format without all the bias, backstabbing, and petty quarrels the tech “blogosphere” seems to get itself involved in from time to time.

Journalists may also want to keep in mind Arianna Huffington’s recent, but vague, promise to begin funding investigative journalism through her incredibly successful The Huffington Post site, one of the most recognizable and read blogs out there.

So journalists, get your platforms ready…there’s no better time than now and no better price than free.

Note: Six Apart’s Movable Type weblogging platform is what powers our blog here at ReadWriteWeb.
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Opmaak Vlaamse verkeersbordendatabank van start gegaan – Data News

Opmaak Vlaamse verkeersbordendatabank van start gegaan

19 november 2008 — Redactie Data News

In Edegem is gestart met de opmaak van een digitale databank van alle verkeersborden in Vlaanderen.

In Edegem is gestart met de opmaak van een digitale databank van alle verkeersborden in Vlaanderen.

Eén van de camerawagens die daarvoor zal zorgen, legde in aanwezigheid van Vlaams minister van Mobiliteit Kathleen Van Brempt zijn eerste kilometers af. De bedoeling is om in 2010 een beeld te krijgen van alle verharde wegen die Vlaanderen rijk is, om zo beter in te kunnen spelen op mobiliteitsproblemen zoals bijvoorbeeld sluipverkeer.

De zuidoostrand van Antwerpen geldt als een proefregio. Omdat er veel verkeersproblemen zijn door mensen die in en uit de stad rijden, komen gemeenten als Aartselaar, Boechout, Kontich en Edegem eerst aan bod. Daarna zullen een vijftal camerawagens ingezet worden in alle andere provincies.

Om de 5 meter wordt er een foto van 360 graden genomen. De informatie die daar op staat wordt naar een centrale computer doorgestuurd en daar verwerkt. Zo wil minister Van Brempt een inventaris krijgen van alle wegwijzers en snelheidsbeperkingen om er dan op in te spelen en eventueel onlogische verkeerssituaties aan te pakken.

De gegevens zullen ook ingevoerd worden in de gps-toestellen van automobilisten, zodat ze op voorhand weten hoe snel je ergens mag rijden, zodat ze zich beter kunnen concentreren op de weg. Gehandicapten zullen met de databank ook makkelijker te weten kunnen komen waar er parkeerplaatsen voor hen te vinden zijn. In totaal zal het project ongeveer 15 miljoen euro kosten.

Na deze eerste meting is de Vlaamse overheid van plan om haar inventaris regelmatig aan te passen. Via een overeenkomst met de lokale besturen, zouden zo’n aanpassingen volgens de minister eenvoudig moet kunnen gedaan worden.

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 We started working with Alfresco early 2007 with a document-oriented project, but it took off quickly as a back-end for several Rich Internet websites. Coupled with for instance Flex, JQuery or Backbase, Alfresco allows (through webscripts) massive feature-rich websites to be built on proper ECM foundations.

ARTLEASE Rudy Lanjouw

Rudy Lanjouw Geboren: 1954

Opleiding: autodidact

Techniek: gemengde techniek op doek en paneel

Rudy Lanjouw laat zich in zijn werk leiden door het avontuur. Op basis van zijn verbeelding ontstaan kunstwerken die verwijzen naar archeologische opgravingen. De vondsten die verborgen zitten in de aarde maken hem nieuwsgierig. Hij wordt geboeid door de voorwerpen die hij vindt in de natuur, aangespoelde stukken wrakhout, een verweerde steen of de blootgelegde aardlagen in een bouwput.

Het schilderen van Rudy Lanjouw is een scheppingsproces. Hij brengt de verf op in meerdere lagen en maakt gebruik van rijstpapier, zand en marmergruis. Zijn keus voor kleur en vorm komen uiteindelijk samen in een afgerond beeld. Zijn kunstwerken willen verrassen. Ze geven de ruimte steeds weer iets nieuws te ontdekken. Elk werk van Rudy Lanjouw heeft een spontane uitstraling, waarbij elk onderdeel, hoe nietig of terloops het ook lijkt, op de goede plaats staat.