Geek Social FallaciesGeek Social Fallacies
At this URL I found a mirror of the Geek Social Fallacies, as they seem difficult to find I decided to mirror them on my blog. Someone please let me[...]
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live.com – malware?live.com – malware?
When looking through my Webalizer stats recently I noticed that *.search.live.com is transferring about four times as much data from my domain than *.google.com. This wouldn’t concern me if I[...]
tour of the Gigabyte motherboard factorytour of the Gigabyte motherboard factory
This article has some really interesting pictures of the Gigabyte motherboard and video card factory. Check it out! Related posts: Save Babe There’s an advertising campaign at the moment opposing[...]
buy free software developers dinnerbuy free software developers dinner
In response to my post about buying dinner for developers (as an alternative to “professional networking sessions”) Kris notes that his company has been doing it for years. He goes[...]
right-side visual migraineright-side visual migraine
This afternoon I had another visual migraine. It was a little different from the previous ones in that it had more significant visual affects and in that it affected the[...]
mac vs PC vs Linuxmac vs PC vs Linux
Apple has a series of funny commercials comparing the Macintosh with a PC running Windows. They are very well written and presented. I recommend viewing them for the amusement value[...]
hybrid Porschehybrid Porsche
The April 2007 issue of the RACV magazine announces that Porsche is working on a hybrid vehicle. It seems that the award-winning Lexus hybrid vehicle has demonstrated the value of[...]
Trusted Solaris vs SE LinuxTrusted Solaris vs SE Linux
Karl MacMillan writes an interesting review of a Sun article about SE Linux. Not only does he correct errors in the Sun article but he also summarises some of the[...]
questions regarding SE Linuxquestions regarding SE Linux
I just received a question about SE Linux via email. As I don’t want to post private messages containing material that’s globally useful I’ll answer through my blog: > other[...]
death threats against Kathy Sierradeath threats against Kathy Sierra
The prominent blogger and author Kathy Sierra has recently cancelled a tutorial at a conference after receiving death threats. Obviously this is a matter for the police to investigate –[...]