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title: links for 2007-10-17
date: 2007-10-17T05:20:56Z
modified: 2007-10-17T05:20:56Z
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  - Links
timestamp: 2007-10-17T05:20:56Z
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  - Links
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- [Amazon Web Services Blog: Amazon EC2 Gets More Muscle](http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2007/10/amazon-ec2-gets.html)
    
    all good, except for the “EC2 Compute Unit” – that sounds like MIPS all over again
    
    (tags: [amazon](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/amazon) [ec2](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/ec2) [64bit](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/64bit) [applications](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/applications) [cpu](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/cpu) [ram](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/ram) [scalability](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/scalability))
- [code.nytimes.com – rc3.org](http://rc3.org/2007/10/codenytimescom.php)
    
    interesting. should be interesting to watch people parse this, as one commenter has already started to do.
    
    (tags: [code.nytimes.com](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/code.nytimes.com) [opensource](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/opensource) [database](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/database) [newyorktimes](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/newyorktimes))
- [OpenID Making Things Easier | alexking.org](http://alexking.org/blog/2007/10/16/openid-making-things-easier)
    
    more kudos for OpenID – lord knows identity needs all the help it can get
    
    (tags: [openid](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/openid) [alexking](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/alexking) [identity](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/identity) [sso](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/sso))
- [The Scoop » Blog Archive » The Times](http://www.thescoop.org/archives/2007/10/16/the-times/#comment-110026)
    
    hot on the heels of their open source release, the NY Times snaps up an excellent resource
    
    (tags: [newyorktimes](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/newyorktimes) [derekwillis](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/derekwillis) [hiring](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/hiring) [journalism](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/journalism) [programming](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/programming))
- [The NOSE: Information Technology in Higher Education: Sun’s Project Darkstar and the Next Generation Learning Platform](http://tatler.typepad.com/nose/2007/10/suns-project-da.html)
    
    “Why am I so interested in gaming? I believe that the next generation learning platform will see a convergence of three elements: virtual worlds, gaming, and learning management systems.” – getting kids back learning from games…by embracing them? +1
    
    (tags: [education](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/education) [sun](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/sun) [alessa](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/alessa) [virtualworlds](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/virtualworlds) [gaming](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/gaming) [learning](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/learning))