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 …
Poor Evie is feeling a little under the weather today. Thankfully she had a flu shot last month, and she has no fever or other signs of anything serious, so it’s probably just a little change-of-weather cold. I did find this on her door when I went up to her …
Last night was a reconsitution of the Fredericksburg (VA) Linux Users Group, and it was small but successful. We had a nice variety of interesting (and interested) folks there, with specialties such as investigation and forensics and Asterisk and PBX. There were several other folks who sent apologies and will …
Doing my part to boost the number of women in technical fields… The other night, my daughter picked up a book of assembly programming I had laying on an endtable for later perusal, and started reading it. I don’t think she understood much of it, but I honestly can’t be …
Sorry, BoingBoing, I call bullsh*t (follow this link for a better report, albeit one that misses the point). The solution in this case is simple — contact the account holder directly to confirm the amount of the check. If you receive a check that far exceeds your asking price for …
Out in Salt Lake City this week, I have a chance to catch up with some friends from work, many of whom I haven’t seen — gosh, in years. I get to bang on some Linux related stuff all day, such as writing some Python code. I use “code” very …