Francis and the Lights produced 'Karaoke' off the new Drake album 'Thank me Later', you'll definitely be hearing about them in the next few months ....
Friday, June 11, 2010
Mobile OS Guide
A simple guide to the many mobile operating systems available
Android, Symbian, Bada, WebOS. The list goes on. The list of smartphone operating systems is growing by the day. Many are open source, a good number are proprietary and some are barely out of beta.
Android
Like many things from Google its Android operating system has gone from nowhere to being one of the biggest smartphone operating systems almost overnight. Most commonly seen on HTC and Motorola phones, Android is now popping up on the likes of Samsung and Sony Ericsson phones as well as tablet devices from Acer and others. Android is open source software.
Bada
Not a great deal is known about Samsung's Bada operating system except that it is open source and based on Linux. To date Bada has only been shipped on one phone, the Samsung Wave. In a world now crowded with Linux-based mobile phone operating systems, Bada's future is uncertain.
Blackberry OS
The Blackberry OS is a proprietary operating system created by Research in Motion for its range of Blackberry phones. Blackberry OS is specifically engineered to cater for things such as push mail.
iPhone OS
iPhone OS is the default operating system on Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. It is derived from Apple's Mac OS X operating system and is proprietary, although originally based on Unix-like BSD.
Maemo
Maemo is Nokia's other mobile phone operating system. Based on Linux, Maemo is specifically designed for the N900 smartphone. Maemo was recently merged with Intel's Moblin operating system to create MeeGo, an operating system mostly targeted at the tablet and smartbook/netbook market.
MeeGo
MeeGo is the result of Nokia and Intel combining their respective Maemo and Moblin operating systems. Maemo is Linux-based, open source and primarily targeted at the tablet, netbook and set-top box markets.
Symbian
Symbian is Nokia's mobile phone OS and the dominant operating system on smartphones with around 44% of the overall market. Earlier this year Symbian held more than 50% of the market but newcomers such as Android have made strong inroads into Symbian's share. Nokia has released Symbian as open source software but it doesn't have as much momentum among developers as many other smartphone operating systems.
WebOS
WebOS is a Linux-based smartphone OS developed by Palm, one of the early innovators in handheld devices. Recently, however, Palm fell on hard times and was bought by HP. HP isn't specifically active in the smartphone market but it is working on tablet devices which could be expected to run WebOS.
Windows Mobile
Microsoft's proprietary mobile phone operating system used to be among the most popular mobile phone OSes but was recently knocked down to fifth place with just 7% market share. Microsoft's Windows Mobile version 6 was originally released in February 2007 and, while it has had updates since then, is falling behind the competition as far as features go. Windows Mobile 7 has been repeatedly delayed and although it has been announced it hasn't actually featured on any phones yet.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
The Future is Open Source
So I finally made the switch to Fedora. I've been flirting with it now for a few years but I've always had a fall back machine running a Windows OS.
This time I'm going all in, a complete format of my HD and a full installation of Fedora 13. I chose Fedora out of all the Linux distros because it offers a wide range of support options and it's sponsored by Red Hat, a company that leads the way in open source software development.
Some of the features in Fedora 13 are:
- Automatic printer driver installation
- Automatic language pack installation
- Redesigned user account tool
- Color management to calibrate monitors and scanners
- Experimental 3D support for NVIDIA video cards
- A new way to install Fedora over the Internet
- SSSD authentication for users
- Updates to NFS
- Inclusion of Zarafa open source edition
- System rollback for the Btrfs file system
- Better SystemTap probes
- Support for the entire Java EE 6 spec in Netbeans 6.8
- KDE PulseAudio Integration
- New Command Line interface for NetworkManager
I will be keeping y'all informed as the journey continues......
Monday, June 7, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Caught in a Quagmire
So I've resisted the urge to get too personal so far in the history of this blog, but I've always found writing to be a tad bit therapeutic, so here goes some self therapy.
It's always easy to find fault in others but self introspection is a road less travelled by most people, been doing that for the past few days and my findings were both scary and hopeful, mostly scary though.
I've had the opportunity of meeting some awesome women in my life so far (some fillers too), and I've been wondering why I always seem to keep the fillers longer. I like and love hard, I can say I've only felt the latter for 2 people, don't really talk to one as often as I should and I speak to the other a little too often.
I recently had the unfortunate opportunity of feeling an emotion that I usually inflict on others, being in limbo. Met a wonderful individual that to me was both beautiful inside and out, didn't really want to convey too much mushiness to her as she was what I considered a strong willed and pragmatic individual, I didn't really see her as the emotional type. The time spent was short-lived though as everything ended as abruptly as it began. Why it ended will forever be a mystery to me as I find myself asking, what if?
I'm beginning to think I have too much faith in certain people, yet I ask for them to have none in me. Making time for those I care for has never been my strong suit, and I was told by an older friend a few years back that as I got older it would change, but here I am in the 24th year of my life and I'm still as selfish as ever.
I will stop here as I've started rambling, things might be a little too fresh to fully evaluate, but this was helpful nonetheless........
I've had the opportunity of meeting some awesome women in my life so far (some fillers too), and I've been wondering why I always seem to keep the fillers longer. I like and love hard, I can say I've only felt the latter for 2 people, don't really talk to one as often as I should and I speak to the other a little too often.
I recently had the unfortunate opportunity of feeling an emotion that I usually inflict on others, being in limbo. Met a wonderful individual that to me was both beautiful inside and out, didn't really want to convey too much mushiness to her as she was what I considered a strong willed and pragmatic individual, I didn't really see her as the emotional type. The time spent was short-lived though as everything ended as abruptly as it began. Why it ended will forever be a mystery to me as I find myself asking, what if?
I'm beginning to think I have too much faith in certain people, yet I ask for them to have none in me. Making time for those I care for has never been my strong suit, and I was told by an older friend a few years back that as I got older it would change, but here I am in the 24th year of my life and I'm still as selfish as ever.
I will stop here as I've started rambling, things might be a little too fresh to fully evaluate, but this was helpful nonetheless........
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE WEEK
Book - The God Delusion (Christopher Hitchens)
Movie - Unthinkable
Music - Thank me Later (Drake)
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Dem Prospects Getting Better
There has'nt been a lot of good weeks on the Senate election front for Democrats so far in 2010, but they have received good news on their chances of picking up five different Republican held Senate seats this week:
-In Arizona there have been two polls now showing John McCain under 50% against Rodney Glassman. J.D. Hayworth continues to be competitive among Republican primary voters against McCain, and it appears a Hayworth-Glassman contest would be a total tossup.
-In Iowa Research 2000 showed Charles Grassley only up single digits against Roxanne Conlin, and although Rasmussen has Grassley up by 13 that's a far cry from January when they showed him leading her by 28 points.
-In Kentucky PPP found both Jack Conway and Dan Mongiardo within the margin of error against Rand Paul, who all independent public polling continues to show with a double digit lead.
-In North Carolina, Rasmussen showed Elaine Marshall improving her standing against Richard Burr by ten points in just two and a half weeks and Cal Cunningham with a nine point movement in his. If we find anywhere near that much momentum for Marshall and Cunningham on our North Carolina poll this weekend then we'll find each of them almost tied with Burr for the first time.
-In Ohio Quinnipiac and Rasmussen now both show Lee Fisher ahead of Rob Portman, and in the case of Rasmussen that's a six point improvement for Fisher over the last month. Even if his primary victory wasn't exactly overwhelming, his standing's improved.
One thing I really don't know for sure yet is whether 2010 will be solely an anti-Democratic year, or more broadly an anti-incumbent year where there are some surprising Republican losses in addition to the expected Democratic ones. Although the GOP still has to be seen as favored in all of these races, the movement in a Democratic direction in each of them is an encouraging sign for the party.
-In Arizona there have been two polls now showing John McCain under 50% against Rodney Glassman. J.D. Hayworth continues to be competitive among Republican primary voters against McCain, and it appears a Hayworth-Glassman contest would be a total tossup.
-In Iowa Research 2000 showed Charles Grassley only up single digits against Roxanne Conlin, and although Rasmussen has Grassley up by 13 that's a far cry from January when they showed him leading her by 28 points.
-In Kentucky PPP found both Jack Conway and Dan Mongiardo within the margin of error against Rand Paul, who all independent public polling continues to show with a double digit lead.
-In North Carolina, Rasmussen showed Elaine Marshall improving her standing against Richard Burr by ten points in just two and a half weeks and Cal Cunningham with a nine point movement in his. If we find anywhere near that much momentum for Marshall and Cunningham on our North Carolina poll this weekend then we'll find each of them almost tied with Burr for the first time.
-In Ohio Quinnipiac and Rasmussen now both show Lee Fisher ahead of Rob Portman, and in the case of Rasmussen that's a six point improvement for Fisher over the last month. Even if his primary victory wasn't exactly overwhelming, his standing's improved.
One thing I really don't know for sure yet is whether 2010 will be solely an anti-Democratic year, or more broadly an anti-incumbent year where there are some surprising Republican losses in addition to the expected Democratic ones. Although the GOP still has to be seen as favored in all of these races, the movement in a Democratic direction in each of them is an encouraging sign for the party.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Fireworks in the PA DEM primary for the Senate seat
Joe Sestak really pulled out the big guns with this ad, I'm torn between supporting the real democrat or going with the elect-ability argument.
MY 2010 SENATE PICKS
It's 6 months left till the mid-term elections and the campaign season is in full swing. I'll be reviewing some of the most important Senate and Governors races individually in the next few weeks, for now though, here's a list of my picks for all the Senate races this year. Please feel free to visit their websites to familiarize yourselves with them and donate if you're supportive of their cause;
- Roxanne Conlin for the IA senate seat www.roxanneforiowa.com
- Brad Ellsworth for the IN senate seat www.ellsworthforindiana2010.com
- Alexi Giannoulias for the IL senate seat www.alexiforillinois.com
- Daniel Inouye for the HI senate seat www.inouye.senate.gov
- Chris Coons for the DE senate seat www.chriscoons.com
- Richard Shelby for the AL senate seat www.shelby.senate.gov
- Rodney Glassman for the AZ senate seat www.rodneyglassman.con
- Harry Reid for the NV senate seat www.reid.senate.gov
- Lisa Murkowski for the AK senate seat www.murkowski.senate.gov
- Ron Wyden for the OR senate race www.wyden.senate.gov
- Patty Murray for the WA senate seat www.murray.senate.gov
- Elaine Marshall for the NC senate seat www.elainemarshall.com
- Barbara Boxer for the CA senate seat www.boxer.senate.gov
- Richard Blumenthal for the CT senate seat www.richardblumenthal.com
- Bill Halter for the AR senate seat www.billhalter.com
- Charlie Crist for the FL Senate seat www.charliecrist.com
- Michael Bennet for the CO senate seat www.bennet.senate.gov
- Sam Granato for the UT senate seat www.voteforgranato.com
- Tracy Potter for ND senate seat www.tracypotterforsenate.com
- John Thune for the SD senate seat www.thune.senate.gov
- Tom Coburn for the OK senate seat www.coburn.senate.gov
- Robin Carnahan for the MO senate seat www.robincarnahan.com
- Charlie Melancon for the LA senate seat www.charliemelancon.com
- Russ Feingold for the WI senate seat www.feingold.senate.gov
- Jack Conway for the KY senate seat www.jackconway.org
- Lee Fisher for the OH senate seat www.fisherforohio.com
- Arlen Specter for the PA senate seat www.specter.senate.gov
- Barbara Mikulski for the MD senate seat www.mikulski.senate.gov
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE WEEK
Book - The Bridge (David Remnick)
Movie - Iron Man 2
Music - The Swelly Express (Chiddy Bang)
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