Death of web freedom
I’m sure by now many of you have heard about the US House’s Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the US Senate’s Protect IP Act. They are backed by the […]
I’m sure by now many of you have heard about the US House’s Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the US Senate’s Protect IP Act. They are backed by the […]
Anybody who has ever worked in IT or had to call someone in computer support will get a kick out of this. Some of the pretty standard responses I remember […]
Sorry, but I haven’t had time yet to get back to the double standards post and writing stuff like this is much easier. Those of you who are Linux users […]
I know quite a few atheists who are Linux users. I can tell from the stats that several readers are. The X Blog does a good job of blending atheism, politics, and […]
Automatic configuration scripts and graphical interfaces are a wonderful thing at times. Since I usually use the proprietary drivers for better hardware accelaration and 3D support, I don’t often have […]
A virus has been found on the computers that drone pilots use at Creech AFB, NV. (CNET News) Over the last year US corn use has finally tipped towards biofuels. […]
It’s no secret that I’ve never been a fan of Apple products or their philosophy (premium price for outdated hardware, severely locked down software), but even with that two and a half […]
As you all know by now I am a huge fan of assistive technology. This woman is 29 and heard her own voice for the first time, talk about exciting. […]
For a while now programmers have been trying to develop chatbots that can fool people into thinking their human. They’ve gotten pretty good, but in the competitions the judges can […]
Image via xkcd Sure, most of what I do is in the cloud. I could write all my blog posts directly into Blogger’s editor, but I usually prefer to type […]