See the cover of this book? That black circle that contains the words “Ubuntu 8.04 on DVD” and some smaller writing that you can’t really read in that image? I saw it in the bookstore today. It says “Free upgrade to 8.10.” Earth to publisher: Ubuntu is free software. That means that they’re all free …
This is just too good not to mention.
Come on guys, even geeks have better things to pay attention to.
An interesting look at the ongoing investigation into Colony Collapse Disorder, and a sensible suggestion for a long-term solution.
All too true: (Discovered via the Schneier on Security blog.)
I’ve installed a Markdown plugin on the blog, which should make writing nicely-formatted posts and comments a lot easier and quicker. This is the same system that the Stack Overflow site uses (and that’s where I found out about it). Here’s the Markdown syntax cheatsheet, cut from this page:
A nice piece of work. I installed it yesterday, and I’ve used it a few times now. It works as advertised, plugging a gaping hole in my iPod Touch’s features.
I’ve often been criticized for “reinventing the wheel” in my programming — creating my own programming components instead of using pre-written ones. Part of that was a deep-seated distrust of the competency of other programmers (something I learned early), and part of it was the fun of doing it myself. But reading some of the …
I just discovered this page. It gives an interesting overview of how popular various programming languages are at present, and some long-term trends. Nice to see that my C and C++ skills are still highly employable.
If I ever seem to think that it’s a good idea to go out on December twenty-third in lousy weather, would somebody please beat some sense into me? An in-city trip — just a normal non-shopping errand that generally takes about a twenty minute drive — required an hour and fifteen minutes to complete today. …