All posts published during 2011.
A couple months ago, I inherited some Java code and took on the task of fixing a bug in it. The bug turned out to be a consequence...
Three issues of JAMIA just arrived, weighing not just on my desk but also on my mind: success is defined by my peers in my new...
I think WebID is headed in the wrong direction. It separates authorization from authentication, which is widely believed to be a...
I find politics so distasteful that I rarely get directly involved, but on June 4, after I watched Inside Job, I felt compelled to...
I wanted to listen to an audiobook on my android phone, so I ripped it (using banshee) and copied the tracks, but "track 1" from...
I keep trying out one more cloud based task/time/knowledge management tool, hoping it will replace several of my too many others....
I enjoy the music that my wife buys, but when I shop, I seem to get overwhelmed before I get as far as the "place your order"...
The Topeka gag turned out to be not so far off after all: Ultra high-speed broadband is coming to Kansas City, Kansas. I work in...
I've always been a programmer. Then I learned enough about shipping software products at Convex and Dazel, and then global...
The Blizzard of Oz snow day gave me a chance to get my taxes done yesterday, and today I used the time to scratch a long-standing...
The new year brings a reminder that we have turned our culture over to Viacomm, AOL/TW, Disney, Clear Channel, and News Corp, with...
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