I like most of what Joss Whedon comes up with (the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series and Firefly, for instance), so when I heard that he was involved in this site, I had to check it out. I’m not sure who plays Dr. Horrible, though he looks very familiar (he might be one of the [...]
Archive of entries posted on July 2008
Spam Idiots
Maybe spammers don’t need to have even average intelligence to make money at it? I’ve gotten a large number of spams recently (all caught by SpamBayes with no real difficulty) that have one sensationalistic headline in the subject line, and a completely different one in the body of the message. Case in point: Subject: Facebook [...]
“Apple files suit against Psystar”
The collective tech sphere (which has been holding its breath wondering what lawsuit-happy Apple was waiting for) can now breathe again. The article says that this “pretty much spells the end for Psystar.” He’s probably right, because it’s not likely Psystar can afford to defend itself… but if it can take this all the way [...]
“Unbreakable Fighting Umbrella Splits Watermelons, Defends Presidents”
Impressive! (Sorry for the lack of posts recently, I’ve been extremely busy upgrading a large decade-old program to use the STL and Boost libraries. I should be done with the first stage in a couple more days.)
“Bruce Schneier Facts”
I love this extremely-tongue-in-cheek page I stumbled across today: “Bruce Schneier Facts: Things you might not know about Bruce Schneier“. Some of them (like this one) would only be understood by other people in the computer security field, but others are accessible to nearly anyone. I especially like this one. (Bruce Schneier, for those who [...]
“…the most useless thing I have ever seen.”
Yes Chris, it probably is. But you’ve got to admit, it does look neat.
AVG LinkScanner Problem Solved?
If you run your own website, you might have been following the brouhaha over the new LinkScanner feature of GriSoft’s AVG virus scanner. I can’t find this text on the GriSoft website, but it was quoted in a comment on another blog I was reading today: Following is AVG’s official response to LinkScanner concerns: We’d [...]
Google Gears License
Interesting Terms of Service on Google Gears… not only does it explicitly exclude open-source products from the usual disassembly prohibitions, but it enjoins you (if you develop code that uses it) to “protect the privacy and legal rights of those users” (section 5.5). Not the sort of thing you generally see in a software license, [...]
GNOME-Do
As mentioned previously, I’ve been using the Avant Window Navigator (AWN) program as my main launcher for the last little bit. But I’ve taken advantage of this holiday weekend to figure out another program I’ve heard really good things about, and after using it for a couple days, I’ve completely replaced AWN. The program is [...]
Happy Independence Day!
And on a closely-related note, the court system has ruled that the President isn’t above the law. Who would have thought?