Friday, May 23, 2008

A Tale of Four Kernels

My Google alert on FreeBSD yielded this comparison of four kernels from Linux, FreeBSD, OpenSolaris and Windows:
Enterprise Unix Roundup: Operating Systems on the Analyst's Couch

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Telebid Telegambling

I stumbled over Telebid last week.

From a technical point of view, it is a very dynamic web page. You see countdowns and other information flashing over the screen, which creates the tension and excitement of a computer game. A nice piece of Web 2.0 / AJAX technology.


From an economic point of view, all of this visual stress is created to lure you into bidding for a seemingly cheap product. I wanted to give you a calculation, but then a quick Google search gave me Oliver's article, who came to the same conclusions as I did and who wrote it up nicely with good model calculations.

It is indeed an AJAX game for money.

Update:
They changed their name to Swoopo.

Sunday, May 18, 2008

The Blogs of Your Bear

The following Google Docs presentation aims to explain the rationale behind my blogs.