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Solar Power … In Space?

Solar Power … In Space?

by Sunshine on April 14, 2009 in green IT

Plenty of commentary on one particular storage story filling up the blogosphere today, and so we felt no need to stick our oar in–at least not yet. Instead, here’s a news story that made me sit up and take notice. According to GigaOm greentech blog Earth2Tech, California’s megautility PG&E is in the midst of a [...]

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Storing the Moon

Storing the Moon

by Sunshine on April 9, 2009 in Storage

Thanks to Twitter, I was alerted this week to a recent LA Times profile of a woman who restored old NASA files detailing its 1966 scientific missions to the moon using the Lunar Orbiter. The story of what happened to that data is a truly epic tale and one that might interest many in the [...]

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April Foolishness

by Sunshine on April 1, 2009 in Uncategorized

April 1 is a day to fool the foolish and the wise. Here are a few of the better items we’ve seen today: 1. This morning on NPR, I listened to Rene Montaigne describe a new amusement park sponsored by The Economist magazine, “Econoland.” 2. Thanks to Rachel Maddow for this NASA page on how [...]

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The Name Game

by Sunshine on March 20, 2009 in Ocarina, Storage

Questions about names have pursued me throughout my life. As someone with the first name Sunshine, I am constantly asked about it. As if defying the laws of probability, they are always same two or three questions: 1. Is that your real name? 2. Were your parents hippies? 3. That must be a lot of [...]

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Game Break

Game Break

by Sunshine on March 17, 2009 in Uncategorized

Life in tech can be tough, and for the bright minds within it, a mini-vacation from reality can be good therapy. Today’s post will take a look at some of the more intriguing and futuristic distractions available right now. That way, you can at least read about the idea of having fun, even if you [...]

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A Twitter Toolbox

A Twitter Toolbox

by Sunshine on March 12, 2009 in Uncategorized

Twitter is a powerful tool, not to mention a great distraction … er, method of connecting with others. If a show biz personality who is just learning email can get 70K followers in 24 hours, then clearly anyone can dive in and have fun. Yet, Twitter can also be a headache-inducing, information-spewing overload machine, especially [...]

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Our Digital Prez

Our Digital Prez

by Sunshine on March 9, 2009 in Uncategorized

The confirmation of Vivek Kundra as the first Federal CIO has  prompted a great deal of discussion across the tech blogosphere. Some are saying this could be a shot in the arm for cloud computing. Last Thursday, Kundra held a press conference has yielded discussion about his promises to increase government transparency through such sites [...]

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Beauty Really in Eye of Beholder

Beauty Really in Eye of Beholder

by Sunshine on February 24, 2009 in Uncategorized

Here’s a completely non-storage related topic that I found fascinating. Science writer Brandon Keim’s story in Wired today reports that beauty is experienced differently by men and women. Summarizing findings from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the article states: “In men, images they consider to be beautiful appear to activate brain regions [...]

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Welcome to Online Storage Optimization!

by Sunshine on February 10, 2009 in Storage

If you’ve visited this blog in the past, you’ll notice a new look and feel. We’ve changed the name slightly as well–from Storage Optimization to Online Storage Optimization. One reason for this is  that we began to notice that because deduplication is such a frequently cited new technology, oftentimes people aren’t aware of the vast [...]

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