Tim Bray: “[S]omebody should have said ‘Open Source and Open Standards aren’t the same thing at all, or even necessarily related, but they do have one thing in common: they are daggers aimed at the heart of Microsoft’s monopoly; there would be huge global business benefits if there were a free desktop marketplace, and Open [...]
February 19, 2006
Recorded audio in ancient pottery?
MAKE has an interesting (and almost disturbing) account of the computer analysis of ancient pottery and the extraction of sound based on vibrations in the tools used to create the pottery. Not sure what to make of this, but it seems like it is worth looking at.
February 19, 2006
Churn in the syndication community
It wouldn’t be a new year without a controversy in the syndication community. Lots of churn, little butter from what I can tell…
February 19, 2006
PSP spam
Kotaku: “I was tinkering with the Playstation Portable version of Fight Night Round 3 tonight when I decided to check out the online play. Imagine my shock when a message popped up telling me that I had to either pay $2 or give my privacy away to ESPN and whoever they feel like selling my [...]
February 19, 2006
The business of hacking
Washington Post: “The young hacker, who has agreed to be interviewed only if he isn’t identified by name or home town, takes a deep drag of his smoke and leans back against the couch to exhale. He smiles. This is his day job, and his work is finished in less than two minutes. In two [...]
February 19, 2006
Google in the enterprise?
InfoWorld: “For several years, Google has been putting the wheels in motion for a serious enterprise play, but the Web-specific nature of its search has limited its reach. That obstacle may have fallen last week as consulting services company BearingPoint announced a partnership to extend the GSA (Google Search Appliance) throughout the enterprise with services, [...]
February 19, 2006
Updated theme
I changed the theme- so many cool WordPress themes to mess around with…
February 19, 2006
Update on OSx86 controversy
OSx86 Project: Reports of our death have been greatly exaggerated…
February 19, 2006
Checking out Megite
Matthew Chen hooked me up with a personal view on Megite- thanks again Matthew. I’m checking it out, and the first thing I notice is that the bargain sites (I subscribe to 4 or 5 “bargain shopping” feeds) are dominating my view. That’s ok I guess- I did include them in the OPML file that [...]
