“Microsoft offers to just ‘Fix it'”
Um… didn’t they cause it in the first place? 😉 Seriously, it sounds like a good idea, in general. I have to wonder why they didn’t think of it before.
Archive of posts filed under the Interests category.
Topics on my particular interests.
“Race To Witch Mountain”
On my recent vacation, I saw posters advertising an upcoming movie, “Race to Witch Mountain,” which turns out to be a remake of “Escape to Witch Mountain” (which I absolutely loved as a child, in both movie and book forms). Let’s hope they don’t screw it up too much.
Upgrade Trouble
If you noticed any problems with Geek Drivel’s configuration this morning, I apologize. I was trying to upgrade WordPress using the new “automatic upgrade” stuff for the first time, and had some permissions problems. It looks like everything’s fixed now though; we’ll see after the next release. If you see any problems after this post …
“Is the tech recession over?”
Some possible good news on the economic front.
“Babies Know: A Little Dirt Is Good for You”
I’ve been saying this for years, now I have the science to back it up. 🙂
“Free Upgrade!”
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 …
“SCO boss to customers: ‘Blah. Blah. Blah'”
This is just too good not to mention.
“Geekerati brace for Unix timestamp milestone”
Come on guys, even geeks have better things to pay attention to.
“A Low-Tech Treatment for Bee Plague”
An interesting look at the ongoing investigation into Colony Collapse Disorder, and a sensible suggestion for a long-term solution.
Markdown Plugin, and Syntax
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: