I think it goes without saying that I am a huge supporter of Open Source but believe it or not I am also a big fan of Bill Gates. You’ve got to respect what he did for the industry and what he does for the world through his charities. The guy is a geek’s version [...]
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Firefox Downloads +1
Firefox 3 browser, 3 millions plus downloads worldwide and growing. Wonder what its like being the only dude in Eritrea to have downloaded it. That guy (or gal lets be fair) deserves a some Firefox swag. http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/
Browser Discrimination
It’s amazing to me that I still stumble across sites like this. Especially “real” sites from “real” companies. This is a media company none the less. The funny thing is, running Internet Explore under Windows is one of the last combinations I actually use. Even under Windows, Firefox is my default browser. The show I [...]
OpenID now welcome
Been a big fan and user of OpenID for sometime now. What is OpenID you might ask, well if you don’t know then you can read about it on their site. Anyways, I was IM’ing with a good friend of mine and I just mentioned I saw a plug in for it. He asked me [...]
Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violation
Interesting article over on ZDNet. I don’t know what surprised me more, “Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violation” or to hear Microsoft actually has a “open-source and Linux team”. Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violation
If everyone used Linux on the Desktop I wouldn’t be cool anymore ….
Interesting, something to think about Funny comic, I love UserFriendly.org
Geek Gang Signs
For you hard core, Assembly Language Programming hommies. Article from http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/05/29/geek-gang-signs/
ONE MAN’S TRASH…
Just some cool art work. Could have done without the peeing sculptures but never the less, incredible. The shadows you see on the wall are being created by the strategically placed trash. http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/curiosities/onemanstrash.htm
Get Down, Get Down.
He’s BIG, he’s white, and he can dance I recently attended a conference for work and a buddy of mine (now ex-buddy) got some video of me on stage dancing it up with Wyclef Jean. It was a blast!
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