Well, I’m a “hacker” in the loosest terms, as I will do what it will take to get stuff to work, if it promises to be worthwhile. Wether this be spending untold hours at a command line trying to get crap to compile or writing some creative code to get around an issue that should [...]
Well, to take Dan Akroyd’s line from his comment Jane Curtin on SNL in the 70’s… Bill O’Reilly’s got it wrong, so, so miserably wrong. While this was highlighted (see below) by Boing Boing, I still can’t believe, and listen closely, that he’s so damned ignorant. Not only does he not understand technology, his grasp [...]
So, Bruce Schneier, coiner of that term, and publicity whore at times (ask me about my experience at a Gartner event he speaking at), has caught fire among the vernacular of travelers who are now subjected to the absolute goofiness of the TSA and other security procedures supposedly put into place after 9/11.
I’ve always been a believer [...]
While I wrote a MetBlog post this morning detailing a noise ordinance being passed to limit protests in D.C., I see this from one of of the organizations I support, the EFF, noting Archive.org’s run in with the U.S. Government over National Security Letters (NSL). I find this a little scary, and close to home [...]
exceptionally insightful article from WaPo
by Ryan Irelan
Photo by jessicafm
These days we spend a lot of time managing our email inboxes, but what about the snail mailbox? You can de-cluttering your mailbox with some easy techniques that reduce unwanted paper and streamline what you get delivered to you.
After moving into our new house a couple of years ago, I [...]
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Looks like my old friend and former CMU roomie, Mike Herf, got some Slashdot press today. Still gotta read the article… but I’m sure it’s good in it’s own way.
Bleh, after reading another article from a Google alum/millionaire, it depresses me even more.
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