December 19, 2006 – 09:20
Inside the Machine
“Inside the Machine, from the co-founder of the highly respected Ars Technica website, explains how microprocessors operate — what they do and how they do it.” — Robert Love pointed out this awesome book.
(tags: robertlove jonstokes computer architecture intel powerpc arstechnica)
December 16, 2006 – 13:17
Brandon just pointed out a new jelmer gem, bzr gcommit along with associated Bazaar GTK+/GNOME integration stuff. Awesome!
December 15, 2006 – 09:19
Gun deaths in rapid decline since buyback
“The risk of dying by gunshot has dropped dramatically since the gun buyback scheme was introduced after the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, a new report says.” — Fewer guns, fewer dead people. Maths is easy, USA!
(tags: guns violence maths usa secondamendment education)
December 14, 2006 – 13:56
32 days to go.
Another cat out of the bag! This time it’s Chris Blizzard, keynoting at linux.conf.au 2007… Chris is a director of the Mozilla Corporation, heads up One Laptop Per Child software development at Red Hat, and has hacked on numerous projects including Mozilla and GNOME. Addicted to the bleeding edge and driving mass adoption […]
December 14, 2006 – 09:19
Charlie’s Diary: A dirty question
“We’re actually facing a national security nightmare: someone has demonstrated the capability to use radiological weapons on the streets of London and we don’t know who they are. (Although we can make a couple of guesses.)”
(tags: terrorism london charlesstross polonium litvinenko security)
December 13, 2006 – 09:18
Microsoft-Novell affair: In your face
“Bipartisan computing” points to http://www.moreinterop.com/ — Sad to see that Novell is still willing to pimp this mistake, considering Ballmer’s “knife the baby” attitude. He got what he wanted, rolled over, and lit a cigarette.
(tags: microsoft novell)
Linux powers nation’s largest satellite network
“Ursys chose Debian because of its packaging support, which facilitates the ability […]
December 12, 2006 – 09:19
Open Standards Definition Checklist
Excellent starting point for an “Open Standards Definition” from Sun, by Susy Struble. Definitely something we’re going to need, considering the nefarious maneuvering from Microsoft around OOXML in recent weeks. Will ECMA adopt something like this?
(tags: openstandards susystruble sun microsoft ooxml)
Get Mini and More
I keep hearing it: “Mugshot is becoming useful!” … and it really is. It’s pretty cool to see the online footprints of your friends in aggregate — it’s like a very sexy portrait Planet. I would totally put the widget on my blog… if it were not Flash.
(tags: mugshot web2.0 redhat)
Switched On: Pretty fly […]
Where Work Is a Religion, Work Burnout Is Its Crisis of Faith
“People who are suffering from burnout tend to describe the sensation in metaphors of emptiness — they’re a dry teapot over a high flame, a drained battery that can no longer hold its charge.”
(tags: psychology sociology burnout health work)
“So, it’s important for us to acknowledge that we’re prone to be conservative, and in turn surround ourselves with individuals who will help break down our conservatism.” — Shigeru Miyamoto, on designing the Wii controllers
