Coming Full Circle

For half a decade, I have depended on the great open source Gallery2 project to host my photo galleries. Unfortunately, I am finding myself with less and less time to devote to maintaining the installation, and many useful social media features have yet to make it into its code base. So, I finally [...]

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For the past few years, I’ve stubbornly held out against HDTV and railed against Vista. Well, let’s just say I’m now a convert on both counts.

I bought two HDTV panels a month ago and I’m absolutely addicted to it now. Nature shows are absolutely stunning on HDTV (check Discovery HD Theatre). [...]

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Two decisions regarding technology were handed down by US courts today and I am once again disappointed by the result. Incidentally, the two cases just happen to be my two pet peeves, personal privacy and patents.
In the case of Vonage vs Verizon, a judge has issued an injunction against Vonage barring them [...]

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I found this gem of a quote in Influence: Science and Practice by Robert B. Cialdini that characterizes the current web “revolution” remarkably well.
Our modern era, often termed The Information Age, has never been called The Knowledge Age. Information does not translate directly into knowledge. It must first be processed–accessed, absorbed, comprehended, integrated, [...]

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You can probably tell from my previous post that my own windows mobile device (DASH) is loaded up with 3rd party applications and I can’t imagine using my DASH without them. With the launch of the iPhone however, Apple has declared that there will be no 3rd party application support. Charlie [...]

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