After extensive interviews with all the candidates, and careful consideration of their proposals, policies, and vaccination histories, Rants.org endorses Barack Delano Obama
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The default category for posts on this site; the equivalent of “Uncategorized” in a fresh WordPress installation :-).
Journalistic Responsibility and the Voter Fraud Fraud.
Today’s New York Times has a perfect example of why journalists need to evaluate what people tell them, and why
Continue readingSubtle Dokuwiki User Interface #Fail (or, Why User Expectations Matter)
I just ran into a (retrospectively) hilarious but subtle user interface #fail. This is the Dokuwiki administrative panel for adding
Continue readingEducating Clearwire about their own Terms of Service.
Can I write this entire blog post while I’m on hold with a manager-level service representative at Clearwire? Let’s see…
Continue readingGoogle and Patents: When You Don’t Even Get Credit For Being Good
I know it’s a category mistake to feel human emotions toward a corporate entity, but I can’t help feeling sympathy
Continue readingOpenITP seeking a researcher to look Into circumvention tech usage (China focus).
Interesting gig alert: OpenITP is looking for a researcher to examine and report on circumvention technology usage in China (the
Continue readingIs That App Open Source?
A modest proposal: Give mobile device users the option to see which apps are open source, when browsing in app
Continue readingWill someone sell me a mount point, please?
Dear Lazyweb, I want to buy some online data storage. I don’t want to have to learn any new APIs
Continue readingHighlight of OSCON: Release of “Team Geek”!
Another highlight of OSCON: The release (w00t!) of Ben and Fitz‘s new book, Team Geek: A Software Developer’s Guide to
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