Amazing Sand Painting
Some things are so amazing, they just have to be shared. Sand painting over a light box by Kseniya Simonova, who won Ukraine’s version of “America’s Got Talent.” It’s an interpretation of Germany’s invasion and occupatio
Flash Takes It in the Teeth
It’s been a bad couple of weeks for Flash. First you had some quotes from Steve Jobs of this ilk: Apple does not support Flash because it is so buggy. Whenever a Mac crashes more often than not it's because of Flash. No
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Happy Holidays!
Have a happy and safe holiday season! –Fuzzy Tolerance
I Still Don't Get Chrome OS
In general I’m a big fan of the fine folks at Google. You’ll rip Gmail and Google Docs and Google Reader and Google Chrome and Google Voice and a bunch of other Google stuff from my cold dead hands. But I just don’t get
Learned Helplessness
ESRI Withdraws From FOSS4G WMS Shootout
Aw shucks. Like many people I was shocked and delighted with ESRI’s announcement that they would enter ArcGIS Server in the annual FOSS4G WMS shootout. “ESRI supports interoperability with the OSGeo and open source com
The Disaster that is the US Patent/Copyright System
I think the first comment thread on Reddit sums it up nicely.
Ode to the Free Computer Tech
People come in two varieties - those computer savvy individuals who provide free tech support for their friends and family, and the people who rely on a computer savvy individual for free tech support. All other disting
Reboot...Reboot...Reboot...
And now, ladies and gentlemen, a rant on rebooting. Paul Ramsey’s blog Clever Elephant had a great post recently titled No One Ever Got Fired for Buying Linux. This particular bit stuck in my head: Did you buy an expensi