Archive for the 'Web' Category

Will Japan Take Off Because of Broadband Price and Speed?

28Mar09

I noticed a fascinating couple of graphs in an article on the blog World Politics Review, Top 30 Countries for Broadband Internet Access. One of them showed Japan’s astounding average Internet speed:

Japan shows an impressive 60 megabits per second speed (I’m assuming this is for download as well as upload?) with Korea not far behind [...]

Long Time, No See?

09May08

I admit it, I’ve neglected this blog. I could provide the usual excuses, but I think I’ll spare you, dear reader (if you’re still out there somewhere), the explanations.
I’ve been a little better about my personal blog, Loud Murmurs, but now that my contract at IBM is over, I have a little spare time. That [...]

What’s Taking so Long?

03Sep07

I learned the rather inconvenient truth about exporting slides for the web, including the most typical formats (export to one big QuickTime movie, export to PDF, export to Flash, export to a series of linked images): None of these handle presentations with embedded movies (they typically show up as still images, if anything at all), [...]