July 2008
25 posts
WatchWatch
Font humor. :)
Jul 23rd
Whales
twitterstatus: A number of users are seeing whales (over capacity messages) this morning.  We believe this is because our master database is still warming after a RAM upgrade over the weekend.  This may also explain some of the inconsistencies people are seeing on their timelines.
Jul 22nd
4 notes
“Are you fed up with seeing new gadgets that only use incompatible and...”
– I like Ogg, but AAC and MP3 are open enough. If they start heavily restricting use of there formats, maybe then I’ll advocate use of the Ogg Vorbis format.
Jul 19th
“I have no real way to judge that. I personally think that parts of Microsoft...”
– Finally, a sane quotes about Microsoft from somebody in OSS.
Jul 19th
Surprisingly Void Of Masturbating Monkeys
Another insightful interview with the geek-superstar, and father of Linux, Linus Torvalds.
Jul 19th
Dell Now Shipping Laptops With Ubuntu
Dell is, as you read this, shipping fully functional (I.E. working HDMI, Bluetooth, fingerprint scanner, etc. etc.) laptops running the Ubuntu Linux LTS 8.04.01.
Jul 19th
Phuck Phorm →
Jul 19th
“Editor’s note: Mozilla released a security and stability update for Firefox 2.x...”
– Just a fix for the same security issues that 3.0.1 fixed. I applaud Mozilla for fixing these issues. Many organizations are, for the time being, still using Firefox 2.x.
Jul 18th
ListenThe Grammar Club’s remix of the popular hit...
Jul 18th
Linus Torvalds calls Diggers (and I quote)...
This is by far the best story to come out of digg this entire year. It makes me proud to be a digger :)
Jul 18th
Wubi installer guide. →
Great Wubi installer guide for newbies who want to try Ubuntu out.
Jul 18th
Sorry, Too Tempting. →
Jul 17th
Jul 17th
17 notes
Jul 17th
A fun drink that makes you smarter. →
Jul 11th
Google Groups
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Jul 10th
“>Recently I wrote a blog entry about bloated software, and how much...”
– http://blog.micropledge.com/2008/07/adobe-reader-9/
Jul 10th
Jul 10th
Jul 9th
WatchWatch
Great project for tech junkies forced to come in contact with the burning death ball in the sky this summer.
Jul 8th
ListenI’ve been listening to Snow Crash by Neal...
Jul 8th
Jul 7th
Jul 3rd
44 notes
Jul 2nd
I just set up my Jott account.
Jul 2nd
June 2008
8 posts
Jun 27th
WatchWatch
Jun 27th
WatchWatch
They forgot to mention late fees.
Jun 27th
IE6 hit by keystroke-capture hole →
security: Researchers have warned that an unpatched cross-site scripting bug in Internet Explorer 6 could be used by hackers to capture keystrokes and steal other information. Wait just a minute, are you trying to tell me that IE6 is a security nightmare!?
Jun 27th
Military-grade USB key supports Linux desktops →
security: IronKey Inc. has announced that its line of encrypted USB storage keys is now available for all major Linux operating systems .
Jun 27th
Don't laugh at us
staff: Yes, it’s totally silly that one year after launching Tumblr, we’re moving the official Tumblr blog off of Wordpress because it was too much work to update. We want to spotlight all of the neat stuff happening on Tumblr.  So today we’re announcing the official Tumblr tumblelog:  staff.tumblr.com There’s a lot we want to do here.  In addition to showing off the new features we’re...
Jun 27th
485 notes
Finally OS X gets some love too. →
Jun 27th
I think that I have finally set up my public email...
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Jun 10th
May 2008
6 posts
Trying to use blogger as a conduit, so that I can use Windows Live Writer with my tumblog.
May 27th
May 25th
26 notes
“…South Africans were unlikely to ever do any “deep” development work on...”
– http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2432
May 25th
“Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has again called for the developers of major...”
– http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080521-why-linux-isnt-yet-ready-for-synchronized-release-cycles.html This really is the only way that Linux can evolve to become a viable choice for most people as a desktop operating system, it would promote growth and innovation in a way that seemingly...
May 24th
Do we really need a TechTV 2.0?
The Revision 3 family has just gotten a little bit bigger as blogger extraordinaire Robert Scoble is planning to start a show on the Revision 3 network. I have heard some buzz to the extent that this means Revision 3 is truly the next TechTV many have been seeking. Some seem to see this as a call for Leo to join his network with Rev3 or else be left behind, But do we really need more...
May 22nd
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