http://www.sunspotworld.com/ Project Sun SPOT - http://www.sunspotworld.com/ http://blogs.sun.com/davidgs/entry/spot_in_nature_article <p><p><img border="0" height="80" name="graphics1" src="http://blogs.sun.com/davidgs/resource/sbres_1227659963_0__.jpg" width="334" align="left" id="graphics1" /> <font>So <a href="http://gihyo.jp/admin/serial/01/pacific/200811" target="_blank">this</a> is a <a href="http://gihyo.jp/admin/serial/01/pacific/200811" target="_blank"><b>really</b> <span>cool article</span></a> <span>on <a href="http://www.sunspotworld.com/" target="_blank">Sun SPOTs</a>, our <a href="http://www.warren-wilson.edu/includes/staff_bios.php?user=dabernathy" target="_blank">good friends</a> over at <a href="http://www.warren-wilson.edu/external_index.php" target="_blank">Warren Wilson College</a> in <a href="http://www.asheville.com/" target="_blank">Asheville, NC</a>, and <a href="http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~globalstudies/blog/torridzone.html">their project</a> in the <a href="http://www.cocobolonaturereserve.org/cocobolo.html" target="_blank">Cocobolo Nature Preserve</a> down in Panama. (How's that for a sentence chock-a-block full of links to just about everywhere on the inter-tubes?)</span></font></p> <br /> <p><font><span>I highly recommend reading it, even if they did get the job titles of <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/roger" target="_blank">Roger Meike</a> and <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/tasteslikefire/" target="_blank">Arshan Poursohi</a> mixed up (unless there was some organizational shake-up of which I am unaware).</span></font></p> <br /> <p><span>But the big news -- or at least the answer to the biq</span> <b><span>question</span></b> <span>is -- that you can go</span> <a href="http://www.globalgiving.com/pr/2500/proj2438a.html" target="_blank" title="Donate to Engineers without Borders"><span>here</span></a> <span>to actually get involved and be a part of the project. You may not get a trip to Panama out of the deal, but you can contribute to the project, and do your not-so-small part to fight Global Climate Change. There's a lot of additional information over</span> <a href="http://wikis.sun.com/display/EWBpilot/CREAProject" target="_blank" title="Engineers Without Borders"><span>here</span></a> <span>as well. Come on, get involved!</span></p> <br /> <p><br /></p> <br /> <p><font><font size="2"><span>[ Yes, but every time I try to see things your way, I get a headache. ]</span></font></font></p><br clear="left" /></p> 2008-11-26T00:39:20+00:00 davidgs http://blogs.sun.com/davidgs/entry/staroffice_9_0_is_here <p><div><img border="0" height="200" name="graphics1" src="http://blogs.sun.com/davidgs/resource/sbres_1226943300_0__.png" width="170" /><h1 class="western"><font><font size="3"><span>So Today, amidst all the other turmoil, <a href="http://www.sun.com/" target="_blank">Sun</a> has released <a href="http://globalspecials.sun.com/DRHM/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayProductDetailsPage&SiteID=sunstor&Locale=en_US&productID=109370100" target="_blank">StarOffice 9.0</a>. Why is this a big deal? Because it (</span></font></font><font><font size="3"><b>finally!!</b></font></font><font><font size="3"><span>) gives native support to Mac OS X! YES! Finally, after all these years of running <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/" target="_blank">OpenOffice.org</a> under X11 (not</span></font></font><font><font size="3"><b>that</b></font></font><font><font size="3"><span>bad, but not ideal) or running <a href="http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php" target="_blank">NeoOffice</a>, we get to be first-class citizens! This is also a big deal because the <a href="http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/swp" target="_blank">Blogging Plugin</a> is also available for Mac OS X, which means that now I can use StarOffice to post new blog entries.</span></font></font><br clear="left" /></h1><p> <font><font size="3"><span>Yes, this is a big deal. Yes, I'm really happy about it. If you're a MicrosoftOffice User, I suggest that you give StarOffice a try. The price is a lot more manageable ($34.95 for a single license, $25/user for enterprise volume pricing), the features are outstanding, and it's a nice, pretty interface.</span></font></font> </p><p> <font><font size="2"><span>[ "We don't care. We don't have to. We're the Phone Company." ]</span></font></font> </p><br clear="left" /></div></p> 2008-11-17T17:34:59+00:00 davidgs http://www.sunspotworld.com/phpsurveyor/index.php?sid=2 2008-11-14T13:00:00+00:00 Ron Goldman