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IBM Patent to be Filed


This summer my Extreme Blue team submitted ten patent disclosures. Four of them went on to be published, but one of them was selected to be reviewed. The IBM patent process works in the following way:

Inventor(s) submits an idea

Idea is investigated by a panel of experts

Idea is either closed, published, or reviewed

Closed – idea is [...]

DateBook - using social networks to optimize dating


Perhaps you want to find someone in your social network that is single and looking. Or perhaps you want to find a friend of a friend who is single and looking? Someone could easily write an interesting web application using the Facebook API to solve this problem. You might select a night that you are [...]

Baked Cinnamon Apple Slices


On the homefront, a swarm of apples has invaded the kitchen. What started as one or two pounds has multiplied to a number that exceeds most people’s ability to count. In order to combat this strange foe, Megen and Ben have requested Mr. Chodroff’s help. Mr. Chodroff stated he uprooted their stronghold in the refridgerator [...]

Stolen Bike - Radio Alarm Bike Lock


My bike got stolen. It happened sometime between 10:30pm last night and 11:00 am this morning. I filed an incident report with Campus Security, but that bike is gone. I should have used a better lock. A pair of bolt cutters could have gone through that lock in a matter of minutes, if not seconds.
The [...]

IBM To Support Xen Virtualization Software For Suse 10 Linux


Looks like our little IBM Extreme Blue project is helping to make some big waves
IBM To Support Xen Virtualization Software For Suse 10 Linux
We’re currently the top story on digg.com! This is too cool.
While I still can’t say exactly what our project does, IBM has now gone public in their support for [...]