Category: Technology

  • Updates and New Name

    Good evening from the land of 10,000 lakes and many forests.  Some business updates and other news. We are going to be renaming the business BIoconX Resources, LLC to BCX Resources, LLC.  We will retain the same focus and mission, but with a broader scope of products and resources. The first step in that direction…

  • Science – Large Hadron Collider Returns

    In science news, the Large Hadron Collider is back online and will start ramping up to continue science experiments, including more work detecting the Higgs Boson, dark matter, and anti-matter. I wonder, as we search for answers, do we really know the questions, and when we find questions hidden in the depths of infinity, are…

  • Technology – Windows 10 Build 9926

    Finally jumping into the fray and trying out Windows 10. I have build 9926 running as a VM in VMware Workstation 11.1. Installed with the following specifications for testing. This build does not have Spartan installed but that will be my next task. Windows 10 Pro Technical Preview (Build 9926) Firmware Type: BIOS Processors Number:…

  • Technology – Windows 10 Build 9926

    Finally jumping into the fray and trying out Windows 10. I have build 9926 running as a VM in VMware Workstation 11.1. Installed with the following specifications for testing.  This build does not have Spartan installed but that will be my next task. Windows 10 Pro Technical Preview (Build 9926) Firmware Type: BIOS Processors Number:…

  • Jackson Pollock in the news

    My favorite painter is in the news again, but for good reasons. Lior Shamir, a computer scientist at Lawrence Technological University, has developed software that analyzes images and is able to authenticate a painting from 90% to 100% accuracy with the proper training and testing. As an example, he analyzed 26 Jackson Pollock paintings initially…

  • Technology – Lightning and Magsafe Adapter Saver

    A sweet campaign on Indiegogo for a simple shield to put on Apple lightning and Magsafe adapters to prevent bending and breakage.  Great as it helps them to last longer, especially the Magsafe power adapters for notebooks as I have had bending issues, and less waste and garbage in the environment, More information – Lightning…

  • New Post on Beginning Web Developement

    Over at Bioconx – http://bioconxblog.com/2015/02/19/technology-beginner-web-development/

  • Technology – Beginner Web Development

    I am an old-school programmer whose job does not require development anymore. Still, I have a few websites, and am interested in new technologies and methodologies. With a database background and most days filled with ad-hoc query requests, reports, and integration between multiple systems, building a front-end users would save me and them a lot…

  • Update – Shift in Focus

    A new year and a change in direction.  When January rolled around, I made the decision to focus on a collection of poems and put the Stone Path Review journal on hold for a bit.  Well that focus lasted a couple of weeks.   In an effort to become more valuable in my day job, to…

  • Windows Azure and SQL

    While studying ITIL foundations, I have been thinking of an application to manage resources, specifically servers, and a service portfolio.  Any good application and design will need a database and I thought a Windows Azure and SQL 2014 account at Microsoft would be a great way to start.  I have not worked with either and…