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January 23, 2020

Yes, You Can Run Docker AND Virtualbox on Windows 10 Home

By Al Crowley, TCG Principal Engineer Running Docker containers on a Windows 10 PC has been difficult for the last few years. It’s even more difficult if you want to run VirtualBox virtual machines (VM) at the same time. A casual Google…
June 28, 2007

Next GPC Meeting: 2pm 10/30/07

At the Grants Policy Committee meeting last Wednesday, Tom Cooley announced that the GPC is working on a new strategic plan, and would appreciate input from the grants community. To provide it, send comments to gpcwebcast@nsf.gov. The next GPC meeting is…
September 14, 2011

TCG Is a 2011 WBJ 50 Fastest Growing Company

TCG has been named by the Washington Business Journal as one of the 50 Fastest Growing Companies in the Washington region for 2011. This is TCG’s first time on the list, which is based on consecutive growth over the last…
January 26, 2011

Rumors of a new cloud-based grants filing initiative

Mark Forman, the former OMB leader responsible for initiation of the Grants Management Line of Business (GMLoB), has announced that he will be “joining a colleague of mine in government reform, jumping into the cloud, with a cloud-computing initiative around grants filing.”…
May 4, 2011

TCG Exhibits at NGMA Conference

TCG exhibited at the National Grants Management Association’s (NGMA) 32nd Annual Grants Management Training Conference at the Hershey Lodge and Conference Center in Hershey, PA, May 1–4, 2011. The conference was attended by over 300 grants professionals—representing both grantors and…
August 20, 2007

The Inner Life of the Cell

This incredible video was made by some folks at Harvard (supporting by the quite-wonderful Howard Hughes Medical Institute) and came to my attention through the NIH Biomedical Computing Interest Group. Really quite an incredible view of the mechanics of life. …
April 8, 2008

Using VMWare to Watch TV?

I remember being so excited the first time I played PacMan in an emulator.  Now virtualization has become so fast, I can watch TV in a virtual machine.  Specifically, VMWare Server 1.0.5 is able to run Mythbuntu 7.10 as a front-end at 640x480 at…
August 10, 2005

HHS multi-agency systems

Charles Havekost, HHS CIO, was a speaker at an IAC-sponsored lunch yesterday, which I attended, and he spoke a little about a HHS system that services multiple agencies for their ata-collection approval process. This isn’t the only example of such a multi-agency system at HHS:…
April 22, 2019

TCGers Plant Seeds to Reap Future STEMers

Spring is in the air! Beneath our feet, microbes called streptomyces release chemicals as they awaken and warm up. Pollen germination is activating and hydrating and pollen tube emergence has started. And, obviously, it’s also FAIR season! Last year, TCGers…