Global Database of Public Wireless Networks?
I’ve been traveling and spending a lot of time in cafés, hotels, etc, recently. So I’m on a lot of
Continue readingEndorsement.
After extensive interviews with all the candidates, and careful consideration of their proposals, policies, and vaccination histories, Rants.org endorses Barack Delano Obama
Continue readingJournalistic 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
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