Subtitle: Unless you own your domain, you’re a pawn in Web 2.0 First off, before I get into my angry philosophical rant, a quick shout out to the 2507 Troops. Thanks for checking in, and yes, Sis is Ok. ‘Twas just a dream. Now for the meat of the post. Rupert Murdoch web property MySpace [...]
Just testing a podcast plugin. In general, I like to risk screwing up my own site before I try and plug it into a site I manage for someone else. Go figure. Enjoy a bit of “GP Radio” – a podcast for a site within the Green Political Movement.
Subtitle: Even Virus Researchers have a sense of Ha-Ha Tip of the hat to Wired for this one. Security researcher Didier Stevens decided to buy a Google Ad to test two things: How good is Google’s screening. How dumb are some internet users (still). The ad? Well, here’s a screen cap: Now, I gotta ask. [...]
There’s a user revolt going on over at Digg right now. It’s, well, pretty dang funny. What happened is, someone figured out the master encryption key for the HD-DVD format, posted it on their site, and Digg being Digg, the story drew THOUSANDS of Diggs and rose to the top of the front page.
This one goes out to the guys still working at the DI:
Subtitle: It must be tough to be “venerable” on the internet. Wired.com just launched a new look about, oh, within the past hour or so. Well, that’s not quite true. They’ve been fiddling with the look for a couple of months, but that’s mostly applied to the internal page layouts. They just flipped the switch [...]
This is pretty spiffy. I’ve been following the trials and tribulations of the One Laptop Per Child project for some time now. It’s a really neat idea cooked up by some of the hardcore propeller heads over at MIT. It’s a highly noble venture. Basically, it boils down to creating a durable little laptop that [...]
Subtitle: First Dell asked what their customers wanted, but will they listen to the answer? Dell has been running a “suggestion box” on their company website for the past three weeks. Clocking in at over 100,000 requests, take a wild guess at what the top suggestion from Dell’s customers was?
Subtitle: I suspect Vista will become the new bane of my existence. This one is for the designated “tech guru” in any circle of friends/family. Bear with me while I give a bit of backstory. About a year and a half ago a friend brought me their defunct PC and asked if I could get [...]
Subtitle: Newsflash – DRM hasn’t stopped sucking. Quick linky post. Here’s a good article over at Listening Post for people who have trouble explaining to others exactly why DRM is a bad thing. How to Explain DRM to Your DadÂ