So with the change of job, I’m eager to keep in touch with all (well, some) of my former colleagues. In the past this has taken the form of sporadic individual emails of decreasing frequency. So, I’m experimenting with the latest craze, social networking sites. Some very early impressions follow.
Take a look at this comparison of server operating systems from mon.itor.us. What does it tell you?
To me, this data is almost entirely useless.
First off, I’m annoyed by the use of the term “uptime” here. To me, uptime is a measure of time. Specifically, the length of time for which a given server is “up”. [...]
Do you have a todo.txt file? Are you like most alpha geeks?
I used to have one. In fact I had lots of them. One for each machine I used regularly.
The features I want out of an online music store are:
No DRM. At all. Seriously. MP3 encoded at a high bitrate (diskspace is cheap). Optional lossless encoding. Reasonable prices. Must be legit (rules out allofmp3 for example). Decent website with online previews. Appropriate embedded meta-data.
I am happy to say that although it is not perfect, Bleep is pretty close to satisfying [...]
We are now in the home stretch and will soon arrive at the end of the Bush administration. Not a moment too soon.
In the last 6 or so years we have seen just so much insanity out of the white house that it is hard to keep track of. The horrendous Patriot Act almost seems [...]
Even before the latest version of Google Talk was released, it was already the best Instant Messaging service in the world. Here’s why.
Ubiquity. Every Gmail web page has a chat client built-in. This rocks. Server-side archives. None of the other IM services include this, yet it is so handy. “What was that Youtube video that Fred [...]
Now I know you have no reason to trust my taste in music. I haven’t written much about it — except in passing — so you have no way of knowing whether my music recommendations will have any meaning for you.
I would like to be able to point to my last.fm profile and say that [...]
Got enough Web 2.0 in your life? No? What you need is a social podcast aggregator with folksonomic tagging!
In a word: Collectik.
I’m still wrapping my head around it, but I’m looking forward to finding lots of new and interesting things to listen to.
Congratulations to Chris and the rest of the team.
I commend to you last Thursday’s episode of Late Night Live (mp3 here), wherein two Massachusetts intellectuals are interviewed (separately) about world affairs. The first guest was Eric Reeves, discussing the continuing violence in Darfur. The second guest was Noam Chomsky, who ranged across many topics. Both very thought provoking.
One of the issues raised for [...]
For a few minutes diversion, try this online card trick.
Amazing, eh? Just how can the computer read your mind?
Below the fold is my explanation. Don’t click unless you are really stuck.
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