There’s an article on the New York Times on the Japanese homeless and some of the problems they have to deal with. Many of them are out of work salary men who through some unfortunate twist lost their jobs and became homeless due to not being able to find a replacement job. It seems teen […]
Here’s some thoughts I have on Saddam’s capture: “Saddam is very high on the totem pole for the network of knowledge to fight terrorism. My cynical side tells me a couple of things might happen.” Read More
This article I got from ArsTechnica. India seems to be having a growing problem of computer waste from their IT boom. Obligatory comments: Thirty million computers are thrown out every year in the US alone, and many are dumped in India and China. … In Europe, manufacturers will have to eliminate such harmful substances inside […]
Now this is a really good idea. How about giving libraries CDs full of free software for them to loan out? This article goes into more and also some of the difficulties involved. Obligatory excerpt: The first reaction from the open source community is usually “Great, I’ll burn a whole set of CDs and donate […]
Larry Lessig takes a trip to Switzerland for some conference and finds the fun in trying to get a WiFi connection. Here’s an excerpt: Nothing new. Nor is there anything good and new to report about the Internet in Europe. The Europeans have traditionally been committed to deploying the internet in the least convenient and […]
I dug up this personal anecdote by Chad Dickerson on his tale to buy a television and how scheduling delivery of his television ended up being a phone nightmare. I’d give the obligatory excerpt but Infoworld has a policy that requires permissions before even quoting However, needless to say that in delivering the TV he […]
Why is that everyime I try looking on a phone or cable companies website for information for their brick & mortar stores I can’t find anything? It requires seaching and searching. Instead they’ve jumped on this notion of “Use the Online Services!!!” That’s great when things are workign as they planned. But how abuot when […]
This article is mainly covering the Open Source movement and its local heroes. But this quote really caught my eye: “An English-only or even an English-mainly policy necessarily condemns most people, and thus the country as a whole, to a permanent state of mediocrity, since people are unable to be spontaneous, creative and self-confident if […]
I might as well see what type of D & D character I end up as…. I Am A: Chaotic Good Elf Ranger Bard Alignment:Chaotic Good characters are independent types with a strong belief in the value of goodness. They have little use for governments and other forces of order, and will generally do their […]
I decided to read Tom’s Hardware Guides article on implementing WPA. Here’s a quote: The good news is that, when it works, WPA is vastly more secure than WEP, and a hell of a lot easier to use, especially in the consumer-friendly Pre-Shared Key (WPA-PSK) mode. The bad is that if the present trend continues, […]
The Washington Post has an article that roasts government’s Internet security. This is funny considering all the other stuff they are trying to ‘secure’. This line is hilarious: The Department of Homeland Security — the government’s lead agency on matters of Internet security — was one of seven agencies that received an F grade for […]
Lemonodor points out an article on the CMU team’s entry to the Grand DARPA Challenge. All I can say is good luck RPI dudes I hope you waste ’em.
An interview with the Netscape founder Marc Andreeson. Interesting interview and quite a bit on insight into Silicon Valley. I also liked this quote on being a CEO: Being a CEO is very lonely. Who do you talk to? Who do you bounce ideas off of? You can’t really bounce ideas off of your board, […]
The New York Times on outsourcing. Yeah I keep coming back to this topic but it’s definitely one of those things I feel strongly about. Here are some obligatory quotes: MR. JOHNSON It’s all about innovation and productivity. As long as we maintain those two engines, we’ll continue to have a very high standard of […]
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