Merry Christmas to you and your families. This morning brought me some surprise goodies, including a long-coveted DVD of Robert Altman’s Short Cuts, a gorgeous slipcased copy of Absolute Watchmen, and a beautiful album of Renaissance lute songs by Sting. Evie and Ethan also made off with plenty of loot …
Ten years ago one of my favorite popular scientists passed away. Carl Sagan made science fact more romantic and poetic than the best science fiction, took us on journeys of discovery and wonder at the dichotomy of the unlikelihood of our existence and the certainty of our insignificance, and filled …
Me: Cool, there’s a page up for our Bar Camp at FUDCon. She: Er, I don’t think that sounds like something you need to be leaving home for. Me: Not that kind of bar. She: Oh. Well, my first reaction was, “Wait a minute, I want to go to that.”
Take no prisoners! It’s always great fun when someone at Red Hat comes out swinging. I think I may have to send Alex Pinchev some home-cooked goodies for the holidays. Also, did anyone need some more reasons why Microsoft is evil? (Read the whole article, there’s some doozies in there.)
I had intended to write a post this week about the pathetic fumblings of Congress this year — only in session for 103 days, even fewer than the 110 of Truman’s “Do-Nothing” 80th Congress — or the exceptional performance of Red Hat on the CIO Insight 2006 Vendor Value study, …
Frankly, I’m outraged that my favorite didn’t make it to the list of Firefox Flicks that will be advertised on TV. Before you cringe, note the similarities between this ad and other highly successful (if annoying) ad campaigns: Simple, memorable, and annoying repetitive meme (cf. “Where’s the beef?”, “Whassuuuuuup,” and …
My friend Christopher (possibly the de facto king of thoughtful geeky Christian libertarian blogging) asked me to blog this response to some email he sent me: Wow, that article is one of the most prima facie ignorant pieces I’ve read on free software and open source in quite some time. …
Here he is in all his manic, third-birthday glory — our little man Ethan: Tonight we’re taking him out for pizza (and maybe a balloon or two). Grandma and Grandpa will be joining us too… Then back to the homestead for presents, cake, and tranquilizer darts! (Gotta kill that sugar …
First, let me note that there are only a few things I like better than a debate where I have time to compose a reply. I’m terrible on the fly, but given time I can be pretty good in a clinch. ? So thank you to Christopher for continuing this …
On the other hand, Christopher, here’s a few things John C. Dvorak misses in his ill-informed screed against the OLPC laptop. I note he didn’t have any qualms about running ahead with his article, which doesn’t seem to be a time-sensitive issue piece, having not talked to MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte …