links for 2007-10-17

Amazon Web Services Blog: Amazon EC2 Gets More Muscle

all good, except for the “EC2 Compute Unit” – that sounds like MIPS all over again

(tags: amazon ec2 64bit applications cpu ram scalability)
code.nytimes.com – rc3.org

interesting. should be interesting to watch people parse this, as one commenter has already started to do.

(tags: code.nytimes.com opensource database newyorktimes)
OpenID Making Things Easier | alexking.org

more kudos for OpenID – lord knows identity needs all the help it can get

(tags: openid alexking identity sso)
The Scoop » Blog Archive » The Times

hot on the heels of their open source release, the NY Times snaps up an excellent resource

(tags: newyorktimes derekwillis hiring journalism programming)
The NOSE: Information Technology in Higher Education: Sun’s Project Darkstar and the Next Generation Learning Platform

“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 sun alessa virtualworlds gaming learning)