Monthly Archives: February 2010

Why Cloud Computing Doesn’t Make Sense For Me

Ever since the term ‘cloud computing’ became popular, I have failed to see what all the hype is about. With the recent talk about Chrome OS having no onboard programs, only webapps, and Google’s Nexus One focusing so much on web services, I began thinking about it and I realized that–the fact is–I hardly use the internet. Allow me to enumerate what I do on- and off-line.

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f.lux

I came across an interesting program today called f.lux. You configure it with your latitude/longitude and lighting settings and then it will manipulate the colors of your monitor to change with the time of day in your geographical area.

I’ve heard multiple reports that this will help you sleep better at night if you’re a regular late night computer user and the makers of f.lux have some research information here. I haven’t been sleeping too well lately so I’m giving it a shot. Let us know in the comments how it works for you.