August 2011
1 post
July 2011
20 posts
Google is the social backbone - O'Reilly Radar →
Some great analysis. It is without a doubt that google+ is Not Only a Facebook killer (it won’t kill facebook), but is much more. It is the start of the next generation.
In the near term I see it replacing my use of Facebook, Tumblr, and my photo blog (Blogger).
Read the whole article, excellent insight.
Why files need to die - O'Reilly Radar →
Fascinating
The Humble Indie Bundle #3 (pay what you want for... →
Bundle 3! I’ve happily taken part in each of the preceding 2. Crayon Physics Deluxe looks like a blast. DRM Free!!!!
Glenn Beck hits 'new low'; compares Norway victims... →
At least he is consistent…
Attack of the Urban Mosquito - WSJ.com →
Coming soon to a city near you
Transition to Picasa Web →
I’ve recently reposted my travel galleries to Picasa Web, you can find them here. It is part of the transition away from the Book of Faces to Google+.
This photo is from September…
OS X Lion breaks Adobe products including... →
If I was Adobe I would stop publishing software for Apple’s POS OS, let them become the child’s toy that they seem intent on.
How Obama Led Me to Hate the Left →
(really it is the so-called left…the US doesn’t have a left, just a bunch of anti republican democrats who pretend and pay lip service to being left)
During the Bush years, the American left was…
Apple launches os x lion with features from... →
and let’s not forget the fantastic magical full screen apps
Can't win for loosing
Finally got an invite to google music beta…only to discover there was no linux client. I left them feedback concerning this omission and deleted my account.
Today I got a breathless email from google that they had added linux support! So I went to check it out…but I don’t have an account. I have to request one and see if I get it…then I will be able to tell if my distro...
Day Lilly →
Taken shortly after a rain in upstate NY, just a few days ago. It looks way better at higher resolution (click the photo).
Witness describes watching 3 plunge off Vernal... →
My nomination for the Darwin Award
Monroe or Einstein: Check If You Need Glasses at... →
Lenovo Outs The ThinkPad Tablet →
At last, a tablet that is drool worthy. Ports and access to the file system…throw in a stylus and it is made for folks you aren’t only consumers. Cupertino…start your copiers.
New Gallery →
I just posted a new gallery on foggytown.net. It consists of a trip I took across country last year, all backroads…no expressways, over 5000 miles.
In this picture, Shadow cools…
Developer gets Chromium OS up and running on a... →
If you are gonna buy an over priced netbook, you might as well delete the less than stellar OS that comes on it
Four Applications for Accessing Ext3 Partitions... →
Wonder if Ext2 IFS will corrupt my partitions?
Enjoyed Columbia's Fireworks →
Enjoyed Columbia’s fireworks. It was fun bicycling downtown and meeting up with folks then biking enmass over to the stadium….then there was the light…
Elgan: Declare independence... from Facebook! →
A bit over the top…but I too am counting on the Google monster to free my from Facebook.
June 2011
34 posts
Opera 11.5 Released →
Opera keeps getting better, today it displaced Firefox on my computer…recent addition of extensions and now password sync were enough to push it over the edge. Plus mobile Opera is kick ass on…
Hands on: Opera 11.50's new "featherweight"... →
Opera Turbo is an awesome feature when I am tethered to my phone.
Four Decades of Cruelty and Inhumanity to U.S.... →
40 years in solitary confinement. If the corrupt government refuses to restore the Constitution, then it must go.
Jailed Smokey →
AP Exclusive: Medicaid for the middle class? | AP... →
Obama didn’t even bother to read his signature legislation. WTF?
Libya says NATO strikes kill 15 civilians -... →
I bet those 15 folks are glad we’re not involved in hostilities in Libya.
THE WAR PRESIDENT 275 →
I really have no idea who AFP are or what their agenda may be. But the article makes sense of Obama’s behavior. He can admit that he needs Congressional approval for his war in Libya because he is fighting the exact same kind of illegal war in Yemen and Pakistan (and maybe other places that we don’t yet know about!!). Since Libya is obviously illegal (even Whitehouse lawyers know...
Googleopoly: The Definitive Guide To Antitrust... →
Good, break them up. And smash the larger companies too. In the US you can pretty much tell how evil a company is by looking at its revenue stream….profit does not exist in nature…. It is a wholly human invented concept of theft from the poor…a tax the rich impose on the poor. I would love to see Google broken into 3 or 4.
Windows 8 for software developers: the Longhorn... →
Great article from Ars
Declaration of Thingamajig | Mark Fiore's Animated... →
Oh my goodness, too funny and too true
BBC News - Human eye protein senses Earth's... →
Now we know how birds navigate, and we could do it too if we could get our mind out of the way…fascinating.
Libya: Barack Obama 'overruled top legal advice' →
Lovely, I just hope he doesn’t label me an enemy combatant and start lobbing drones my way.
Apple Begins Sales of 'Unlocked' iPhones →
$750 for last years technology? At best it is a $300 phone….maybe throw in another $50 for the extra storage. It must be good to be Apple…add a logo and mark it up 100%. And was it WC Fields that said there’s a new one born every minute? An unending supply of suckers customers.
Dr. Tod: The Story of Dr. Tod Mikuriya and Medical... →
Looking for something fun and worthwhile to do with your money? You could do worse than this.
Mean Dog →
Obama and the Pursuit of Endless War - Reason... →
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Did Obama run on a campaign promising more wars? Where is the anti-war movement, simple shills of the left…I guess they only oppose Republican wars.
UI Revolutions - From Flashing Bulbs To Windows 8 →
Android App Removals Cast Doubt on Google’s... →
Bad Google! If the platform does not remain open, will folks be satisfied with ajar?
Samsung Courts Modder Community With Free... →
If I was in the market for a phone, I know whose would be on the top of my list.
I, Cringely » iCloud’s real purpose: kill Windows... →
Another view….Apple performs a murder suicide pact with Windows….Mac OS is just as dead….but so is Windows. Cringely forgets that MS won’t be sitting still. My view is that now that Apple has invented wireless syncing, the PC becomes a dumb platform.
Is Apple planning to kill off Mac OS X? →
It would appear they are milking it after having already quit development….
Mac OS X, 6 Years Between Releases?
Leopard was released in 2007, Snow Leopard released in 2009 with no major new features, now Lion in 2011 with full screen apps being the big seller….puts Ocelot in 2013? This sounds a lot like XP….with a service pack every couple of years….
I thought the Mac faithful hated full screen apps? Or did Apple just invent them?
I am guessing there is an inverse correlation between...
Five U.S. troops killed in Iraq attack →
Good thing Obama ended Bush’s war of convenience. Watching Obama’s presidency unfold is a little like being in Animal Farm. “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” George Orwell
Are the feds torturing the Patriot Act for... →
Read the article closely. The Cato Institute (the right) and Russ Feingold (the left) both claim Obama is misusing the Patriot Act in ways that Bush never dreamed of. A democracy can not exist shrouded in secrecy. As Claire Wolf teaches: “America is at that awkward stage. It’s too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.”
Shock: Windows 8 optimized for desktop tablets →
Excellent write up over at Computer World. Is the author correct in his major assumptions? I see nothing to dispute him. I especially like the comparison of dos/wimp to today’s wimp/mpg. Brilliant analysis from a mediocre writer.
48 hours to Missouri
It is a long way across country at 55 mph
Going….Going….. →
Gone? I’m off to check my mail, then assuming I get what I am waiting for, it is off to load the trailer. Then point the truck East on I-80 to Fernly NV then 50 across Nevada and in to Utah where I…
Took two naps last night
Woke up this morning at the Wyoming Nebraska border. Continuing east.’