Steve Zalot @ Macs@Pacs

Saturday May 16th 2009
Come to listen and learn with
Steve Zalot
Senior Apple Systems Engineer

From Macs@Pacs on the Web

Time: 9am to 11:45 am
Come early because seating may be limited.
New Location:
All meetings, unless otherwise noted are held at:

Community Center 2nd floor
Super Giant Food Store
315 York Road
Willow Grove PA. 19090

http://pacsnet.org/directions.php

Travelocity flies into the Web 2.0 era

http://video.zdnet.com/CIOSessions/?p=180
(video of what it does and how it works.)

Barry Vandevier, CTO of online travel site Travelocity and CIO of the company’s parent Sabre Holdings talks to ZDNet editor-in-chief, Dan Farber about his company’s efforts to deploy Web 2.0 technologies, such as Ajax and mashups, for the next generation of online travel. He also discusses Travelocity’s green strategy–a program that allows users to purchase “carbon offsets” when booking travel.

Steve Zalot returns

Saturday September 20th, 2009
Come to listen and learn with
Steve Zalot
Senior Apple Systems Engineer

Time: 9am to 11:45 am
Come early because seating may be limited.
New Location:
All meetings, unless otherwise noted are held at:

Community Center 2nd floor

Super Giant Food Store

315 York Road

Willow Grove PA. 19090

http://pacsnet.org/directions.php

Surviving a lightning strike: Shock and awe

Many of us can appreciate this article. If you have ever experience a lightning strike read this article and his followuo article at: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/

Here is an excerpt:
"[ Don’t miss part 2: Life without the Internet: Zapped off the grid ]

What I’ll remember most is the sound. To call it “loud” is simply not an adequate description. The sound was a physical force, a sledgehammer to the chest and a blow to the very foundations of reality. There was light as well of course–the whole world turning white for an instant–but light I can deal with. There is no number on the decibel scale that can do justice to that sound. It was so sudden and unexpected. You’re supposed to see the lightning first, and then hear the thunder. 1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi, 3, count the seconds to tell how far away it is. Not this time. Impossibly, the sound seemed to happen before the flash. Time stopped. And then there was silence, and darkness. Read the rest of this entry »