Dana Blankenhorn posted on ZD Net (http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=780) about open source's impact on programming in America and about Ludd vs. open source. This seems pretty clear to me; I’m a huge believer in open systems, capitalism and a balanced and fair playing field. If open source puts programmers in foreign countries on an even [competitive], then [...]
Read More »Rechargeable AA batteries that can be recharged through your laptop's USB port. Now if only they could take care of my laptop battery problem … Firm fits standard rechargeable batteries with USB | Reg Hardware.
Read More »I read an interesting post, The Happiness Project: This Wednesday: a quiz–is your workspace driving you crazy?, about what makes a comfortable workspace. (She got the list from a book called A Pattern Language: Towns, Building Construction.) With just one or two exceptions, my office meets most of the criteria on her list. However, our [...]
Read More »I read Brad Feld's blog periodically and he has a series going about how to run and participate in a board of directors. His most recent post was on how often board meetings should happen. Of course that varies based on the where the company is at in it's evolution. But, at an early stage [...]
Read More »This story highlights the fact that to make a successful open source software project out of existing code, you have to find a champion and a group of users/developers. Tesseract OCR, an optical character recognition engine, was orginally developed by HP Labs. However, according to this article, Google Code – Updates: Announcing Tesseract OCR, HP [...]
Read More »I'm all for blogging, and I think part of blogging is being honest about your mistakes. Your personal mistakes and your company's mistakes. However, I can't help but wonder how it feels to be the employee that Jonathan Schwartz is referring to in this blog post. The employee made a presentation about Sun's open source [...]
Read More »Caleb experiencing the bouncy seat for the first time. My new office mate doesn't talk much but he's learning lots! He's up for any new experience as long as he gets fed every two hours. He's even met all the kids the neighborhood. The girls are already bringing him flowers!
Read More »A list of exactly what you can and cannot carry on: TSA: Permitted and Prohibited Items. You'll be glad to know that cattle prods are not allowed onboard.
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