• Why Free Software Matters

    Posted on April 13, 2004

    There’s some interesting commentary about the difference between licensing software and purchasing it in Why Free Software Matters. It’s certainly easy to forget just how much of what we do with computers actually ends up having a lot of strings attached. I would like to relate the discussion about licenses... [Read More]

  • Separating Infrastructure

    Posted on April 12, 2004

    There’s an article titled Separating network and communications infrastructure up at telco revolutions. I happened across the article during some random wandering, but it sums up exactly how I think about providers. Check this out: [Read More]

  • New Intel XScale Processor

    Posted on April 12, 2004

    Intel has formally announced the next version of the XScale series of processors according to ExtremeTech. There are some cool features in there, it sounds like a good processor. But what really disturbs me is that Intel calls this the “Wireless Trusted Platform”, which I think has to mean that... [Read More]

  • Pilot-DB Download Plugin

    Posted on April 12, 2004

    I’ve started a new app as part of Open Palm Environment. This time it’s a plugin for pilot-db. Pilot-DB is a very popular open source database program for Palm handhelds. It allows the user to create their own databases and fill in the records on their PDA. There are existing... [Read More]

  • Cisco WiFi Authentication Protocol Hack Tool

    Posted on April 10, 2004

    I saw the demo at Defcon last summer, apparently now the tool for cracking Cisco LEAP has been released. There’s been a lot of work on replacing WEP in the standard 802.11 stack with a more secure and infrastructure friendly system. Cisco LEAP was one of the contenders, apparently it... [Read More]

  • WiFi Memory Stick for PalmOS 5 Devices

    Posted on April 9, 2004

    Brighthand has a review of an 802.11 Memory Stick with drivers for PalmOS 5 devices. That means I should be able to use it with my Clie, very cool. Recently I’ve been considering getting a new handheld to find out how much use I could get out of WiFi, and... [Read More]

  • The Google Platform

    Posted on April 9, 2004

    An interesting post titled The Secret Source of Google’s Power, speculating about what it really is that Google does for competitive advantage. It’s put forth that the platform they’re running on is their real important differentiator. I would agree.

  • Public Knowledge Fund Raiser

    Posted on April 9, 2004

    According to SmartMobs there’s a fundraiser in San Francisco for a new organization called Public Knowledge. They seem to be into some interesting stuff. This is from their about page on their website: [Read More]

  • Better is Better

    Posted on April 8, 2004

    Some interesting commentary about programming languages and the practice of programming in Better is Better, a post from Bill de hÓra.

  • TrailBlazer Web Browser History Visualization

    Posted on April 5, 2004

    Slashdot linked to the TrailBlazer project a little while ago. TrailBlazer is a nice visual layout for browser history that should make it easier to get back to a site if you’ve forgotten to bookmark it. It seems like an excellent idea, but I figured that there would already be... [Read More]