Wow. I had no idea this could happen! (Rest of this post is by Michael Albaugh, except for the parts
Continue readingYear: 2015
Please Stop Locking Out Users After 3 Failed Login Attempts.
Update 2015-12-03: I just found out from a response tweet from @jacobian that the user flogging is apparently a requirement
Continue readingThe Software Freedom Conservancy: Why I Donated
Update 2015-12-01: How could I have forgotten to mention that there’s a donor match going on right now? If you
Continue readingThe one 18-minute video you have to see this year: Nina Paley’s “Copyright Is Brain Damage”.
I’ll keep this short, because the very best thing you can do right now is go watch this 18-minute video
Continue readingGrammar As Proxy: The Experian Data Breach
I got a treeware letter recently from Experian explaining how one of their servers had been hacked and how my
Continue readingPrivacy is an ecological concept, not a transactional one.
On a private mailing list, a friend recently asked this: Playing devil’s advocate here: what privacy are you trying to
Continue readingTwitter “Verified” Account… Not So Much.
Update Nov 2015: Many thanks to Twitter engineer Eitan Adler for grabbing this one by the horns and steering it
Continue readingFreedom of conscience applies to Kenyan immigrants too.
I’ve run across yet another reference to President Obama’s supposedly Muslim father, this time in a magazine that I subscribe
Continue readingNice web design, but poor logic: Why OccupyGPL is wrong.
Update 2015-02-12, ~12 p.m. CT: Eric Schultz just told me that the OccupyGPL site has suddenly started redirecting to choosealicense.com, within
Continue readingNoel Taylor: A Scholar and a Gentleman.
I gave my friend Noel Taylor (yes, the noted William Howard Taft scholar) a book as a New Year’s gift.
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