BurningbirdOriginally published at O’Reilly onlamp.com, recovered from the Wayback Machine. It used to be that Unix was for the geeks, while the rest of the world used less command-intensive, and usually less powerful, operating systems such as Windows or the Mac OS. Even with the advent of native GUIs such as the X Window system, […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Contrary to rumor, I did not flee beyond the borders of my country following last week’s abysmal election, even after hearing the details of the new Republican agenda. It wouldn’t matter if I did — no matter where I went, my country would be sure to follow. Especially if the country I […]
Today’s most critical to-do item is voting. I have my prepared card of how I want to vote on each issue and for each person, as well as my voter registration card and my polling place card. Missouri had a lot of problems with the last elections, so there will be several monitors about making sure […]
Through the actions of weblogger Jonathon Delacour, IBM Australia has agreed to reduce the price of it’s software to help blind people access the web. The story is also covered in The Australian. Congratulations, Jonathon.
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Dorothea, while writing about gaming characters, wrote the following today: Do not wave a character sheet around yelling “But my character’s a sweet, easy-going chap!” when he’s just instigated an unnecessary catfight with the rest of the group. That dog so won’t hunt. Your character has to take responsibility for his/her actions […]