Topics on my particular interests.
The head of Project Badger (at the much larger company that bought it a few years ago) recently moved on to other duties in the company. We talked briefly just before he did, and he said that he’d learned a lot from me. I was startled, but I figured that was just a stock corporate-speak …
At the end of my last iPod Touch entry, I mentioned that I was going to try jailbreaking the Touch so I could load music onto it from Linux, instead of relying on a VMware Windows machine. I did so. Everything seemed to work with no problem, but after I loaded any song into it, …
Continue reading ‘iPod Touch, Part IV: Apple Screws Linux Users Again’ »
If you have any sympathy at all for Microsoft, you’ve gotta wince at this story. It’s not the first time something like that has happened either… on a trip to Toronto a few years ago, I saw an absolutely HUGE electronic billboard — which was showing a gigantic Windows error message-box instead of the ads …
Adapting my Getting Things Done-based productivity system from a Palm TX to the new iPod Touch has been something of an adventure in itself. Getting Things Done (GTD) is a remarkable productivity system when used properly, but I haven’t been using it properly. Three times in the past few years, I’d start using it properly, …
I have a confession to make. I’m a self-help book junkie. I love a good self-help book. Most of them are useless to the vast majority of people, but a well-written one always fascinates me regardless of whether the problem it’s addressing is one that I have or not. But when you find one of …
Continue reading ‘“What Do You Want To Do With Your Life?”’ »
So, having learned that the iPod Touch probably could replace my slowly-dying Palm TX, I’ve picked one up a few days ago. The box said that it required Windows or Mac OS X, which is an irritation but not a problem; I have this system set up to dual-boot between Ubuntu Linux and Windows XP, …
Continue reading ‘iPod Touch, Part III: Adventures in Data-Moving’ »
Well, I did it. I’m writing this entry on my new (and newly-updated) iPod Touch. I have to say, I really like the interface. I’m still trying to figure out how to import all of my data to it, other than the music, but I’ll get it eventually. (This post is mostly a test.)
Hm…
I’m usually an all-out pro-technology guy, but I agree with this completely: no e-voting until it’s provably (and checkably!) secure against fraud. There are too many people who would see the ends (the election of their chosen candidates) as justifying the means (tampering with the voting system) — you’ve got to make it as hard …
Continue reading ‘“Dr. Strangevote saves mankind with Luddite voting recipe”’ »
Quite interesting…