• Aunt Tillie vs M4d Sk1llz

    Posted on March 6, 2004

    This is some commentary by me about two articles that Eric Raymond wrote recently. Both focus on difficulty in setting up a printing package under Linux. Part one lays out the general problem, and part two goes into some detail about how to solve some of the issues. I agree... [Read More]

  • Open Source Rich Media

    Posted on March 6, 2004

    I was reading a review of some new music composition software for Linux when I found a link to Planet CCRMA. Planet CCRMA provides packaged versions of what seems to be a vast collection of audio and video software. I’ve been interested in electronic music composition for a long time,... [Read More]

  • Interface Culture

    Posted on March 5, 2004

    Interface Culture has been sitting on my bookshelf at home forever, but I never tried it. I grabbed it to take on a trip with me, and I’ve been pretty happy with what I’ve read so far. The reviews on Amazon I mostly agree with, the book is a bit... [Read More]

  • Almost Back on Track

    Posted on February 29, 2004

    I’m done with my Austin trip, but I’m back in the airport waiting for a plane to Kansas City. Just over 24 hours at home. Enough to wash some clothes, rifle through all the equiptment and figure out what I need for the trip, nap, eat, shower, and leave. It’s... [Read More]

  • Rich Mobile Media Minirant

    Posted on February 27, 2004

    Russell Beattie posted a bit of a rant about mobile video, which contrasts somewhat with what I said in a previous blogging life. Or at least it seems to disagree at first, but I think we actually said the same things for the most part. I agree with his points... [Read More]

  • Creative Commons Discussion

    Posted on February 27, 2004

    There’s a discussion of Creative Commons and some arguments against it that Lessig wrote about in his blog. The discussion about Creative Commons itself is interesting. I come down very strongly on the “CC is good” side of the discussion. Some of the cypherpunks seem to be arguing that CC... [Read More]

  • Peters on Offshoring

    Posted on February 27, 2004

    Tom Peters has some points about offshoring up on his site. I agree with a lot of the points there. One of the ones that I like the most: [Read More]

  • Shared Worlds

    Posted on February 23, 2004

    I’m visiting with some friends down in Austin. They’re big gamers, and into MMORPG in general. MMORPG stands for Massively Muliplayer Online Role Playing Game, and games like Ultima Online, The Sims, and Asheron’s Call fall into this category. They’re games which allow many people to participate in a shared... [Read More]

  • MyLifeBits

    Posted on February 20, 2004

    Last night I went to a presentation by Gordon Bell at PARC. The topic of the presentation was a project called MyLifeBits, which aims to be an implementation of the Memex system originally conceived by Vannevar Bush decades ago. It certainly seems like an interesting project, despite being run under... [Read More]

  • Lessig on Free Culture

    Posted on February 19, 2004

    I just got done witnessing my first presentation by Larry Lessig. That was really quite interesting. Not only was the topic engaging, and the commentary insightful, but the format of his presentation was great. I had seen posts about the “Lessig Style” of presentation before, but hearing about it is... [Read More]