SCO’s legal argument explained in comic-strip form: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20100429121720753
Oh, no! Norton detected a Tracking Cookie! Run away! (Yeah, it’s nice to clear them out, but the big scary warning is a bit much.)
Oh, no! Norton detected a Tracking Cookie! Run away! (Yeah, it’s nice to clear them out, but the big scary warning is a bit much.)
Saw The Language Archive at @scr last weekend, and here’s the NYT on preserving endangered languages.
Saw The Language Archive at @scr last weekend, and here’s the NYT on preserving endangered languages.
So…if Facebook *had* an “I don’t care” button, what would it mean if you cared enough to make the effort to click on it?
So…if Facebook *had* an “I don’t care” button, what would it mean if you cared enough to make the effort to click on it?
Icarus?
It’s always seemed like a bad idea to name anything after a figure whose claim to fame was that he ignored warnings against exceeding the tolerances of his vehicle, causing it to break up and kill him.
*cringe* One of the popular tags on Delicious for The Alot is “grammer.” I want to believe it’s deliberate.
*cringe* One of the popular tags on Delicious for The Alot is “grammer.” I want to believe it’s deliberate.
WTF? SCO loses trial over UNIX copyright, asks judge to hand it over to them anyway.
WTF? SCO loses trial over UNIX copyright, asks judge to hand it over to them anyway. http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_14963578/
What will it take to drive a stake through SCO’s metaphorical heart, anyway?
I understand people who ignore walk signals, but the ones who carefully wait for the left arrow so they can block traffic just baffle me
I understand people who ignore walk signals, but the ones who carefully wait for the left arrow so they can block traffic just baffle me
The last days of the floppy disk are upon us
Sony delivers floppy disk’s last rites
Electronics giant, which pioneered and dominated the market for the storage medium, announces it will cease Japanese sales of the disks in 2011.
Farewell, floppy disk!
Maxfield Parrish Sky
Maxfield Parrish Sky, originally uploaded by Kelson.
One night last October, I stepped out of the office building and felt like I’d stepped into a Maxfield Parrish painting. The whole sky looked like this. (Or at least the half that was visible.) It literally stopped me in my tracks.
I spent the next 15 minutes walking around the parking lot, watching the lighting on the clouds change as the sun set and taking pictures.
What will the web browser look like in 5 years?
What will the web browser look like in 5 years?
The web browser was just another application five years ago. A useful app, no doubt, but it played second fiddle to operating systems and productivity software. That’s no longer the case.
Wow. Real Life Comics was right. 640×480 on a 21″ monitor is scary. The pixels… O_o
Wow. Real Life Comics was right. 640×480 on a 21″ monitor is scary. The pixels… O_o
Long Court Cases
Sometimes, lawsuits take a *long* time to get through the courts to the point where they’re dismissed or resolved. Six years from incident to dismissal doesn’t surprise me as much as I wish it did.
There’s a book called “The True Stella Awards” [stellaawards.com] by Randy Cassingham, which is full of documented court cases that waste time & money, set bad precedents, try to punish the wrong people, etc, and it’s disheartening to see how long the process can take.
Saw a car sticker with IRL for Ireland. I read it as “In Real Life.”
Saw a car sticker with IRL for Ireland. I read it as “In Real Life.”
Interesting read: Why Mozilla Needs to go into Survival Mode
Interesting read: Why Mozilla Needs to go into Survival Mode
So true!
I remember seeing a plume from some rocket test back in the 1990s, but…
I remember seeing a plume from some rocket test back in the 1990s, but that one was mostly white and yellow. It didn’t get the color variation this one has from sunrise.
You know you’re in California when an earthquake hits & the office starts a pool on distance & size, then starts reloading the USGS site
You know you’re in California when an earthquake hits & the office starts a pool on distance & size, then starts reloading the USGS site
What do I REALLY want my first day back from vacation? If you guessed, “A computer that turns itself off after booting,” you’d be wrong.
What do I REALLY want my first day back from vacation? If you guessed, “A computer that turns itself off after booting,” you’d be wrong.
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Computer passes memory test. So…rollback or reinstall? If I reinstall, I’m going to consider jumping from XP to Windows 7.
Last Unicorn…What???
Among other events, WonderCon is holding several screenings of an “Uncensored” version of “The Last Unicorn.” I’m almost afraid to ask.