“I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.” – RFK
Posted in computers, Entrepeneurship on Sep 13th, 2010
Once in a while, I catch the startup bug due to people like Sean Burgess. So this post is based on hours of frustration that I had from setting up multiple osx machines to deploy rails. Much of this is for my own reference and borrows heavily from these sites and my own attempts on [...]
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 decided to [...]
Posted in computers on May 21st, 2007
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). It’s actually pains [...]
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 from acquiring [...]
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, and [...]
