I was thinking the other day about a couple of simple goals of mine: 1. I’d like to have my own office. 2. I’d like to own my own washer and dryer. I’m almost 30 years old and I can’t decide whether this humble, privileged, pathetic, or just plain strange. I feel sort of like [...]
I was reading about Kiln recently and wondering how something built on top of Mercurial (which is GPLv2) could have a proprietary license. Turns out the GPLv2 FAQ has the answer: Can I release a non-free program that’s designed to load a GPL-covered plug-in?It depends on how the program invokes its plug-ins. If the program [...]
I spend too much time online passively ingesting the endless stream of created content out there. Like an addict going after a fix my reflex reactions to the various and sundry et cetera are fixed in a kind of mellow buzz, seemingly just short of real enjoyment, separated from it by the narrow time it takes [...]
So the Cactus Cafe controversy of the moment is who KUT will pick to manage the “repurposed” venue. The “villain” in this story is supposed to be Cameron Smith, who has apparently been petitioning behind the scenes for some kind of involvement with the venue as far back as the beginning of the controversy. The [...]
Network neutrality is back in the news. Google and Verizon have put together some kind of “policy framework.” I don’t really have any problem with the framework. In fact, I think it captures the current status quo and later versions of these kinds of frameworks will look much worse for the average consumer. [Aside: I [...]
The key to the iPhone’s success seems to be that each phone a really awesome iTouch with some crappy phone-ware added on. What was missing from today’s presentation was a dropped call comparison between Apple and other (non-Apple) handsets. Even if iPhones drop more calls than other handsets, AT&T is probably happy to take the [...]
Today’s “quote of the day” is from an article someone on Twitter described as a poorly written attack on Gawker Media. I thought the piece made an important point about incentives in for-profit blogging. As of this writing, Carmon’s post has generated almost 1,000 comments and nearly 90,000 page views. It’s a prime example of [...]