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Finding Leopard

This time for sure! Maybe.

Posted January 26, 2006 @ 11:00PM - FatBits: John Siracusa's Journal

Civics: A great take-down of the administration's defenses of domestic spying

Intel Dump has a great skewering of the Bush administration's lame defenses of its domestic spying program.

Posted January 25, 2006 @ 10:43AM - Carthage: Hannibal's Journal

Civics: The EFF, Project Vote Smart, etc. need a "print an envelope" function

I think sites like Project Vote Smart should include a "print an envelope" function, where you can enter your mailing address and have the site automatically generate a Word doc or a PDF with your return address and the address of the elected official of your choice.

Posted January 21, 2006 @ 11:20AM - Carthage: Hannibal's Journal

Ad Pomum: I need an iPod case, and Apple needs to open the iPod up as a platform

I'm torn about the best way to protect my video iPod. (I'm also kinda torn about the iPod itself, but that's another post.)

Posted January 18, 2006 @ 7:12PM - Carthage: Hannibal's Journal

Followups: Microsoft FAT patents vs. Linux, reconsidered

I got some good feedback in response to my recent article on the MS FAT patent. This email was the most persuasive argument of the lot as to why MS won't go after Linux with the patents:

Posted January 18, 2006 @ 5:15PM - Carthage: Hannibal's Journal

Hardware: Was I too quick to praise DD-WRT?

My WRT54G now only stays up for about 5 mins at a time. I really doubt it's the new firmware, but who knows.

Posted January 18, 2006 @ 5:05PM - Carthage: Hannibal's Journal

Hardware: DD-WRT is the only way to run a Linksys WRT54G router

I just pimped my Linksys WRT54G with some great open source firmware.

Posted January 16, 2006 @ 2:15PM - Carthage: Hannibal's Journal

Ok, my book has a name

Thanks to the great feedback from you guys, we've settled on a book name.

Posted January 16, 2006 @ 1:59PM - Carthage: Hannibal's Journal

What a Guy

He's got a Way about him...

Posted January 05, 2006 @ 8:48PM - FatBits: John Siracusa's Journal

Aperture ascendant

Sometimes, a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, then a trip, a fall, a bloody nose...

Posted January 02, 2006 @ 10:35PM - FatBits: John Siracusa's Journal

Joss Whedon on the future of TV

You may know him as the man behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly, but he's also working at being a comic too.

Posted January 02, 2006 @ 1:31PM - The Palatine Hill: Ken Fisher's Journal

Tragedy strikes the Dungy family

It is with extreme sadness that today I read that Colt's head coach Tony Dungy has lost his eldest son.

Posted December 22, 2005 @ 3:48PM - The Palatine Hill: Ken Fisher's Journal

Joss Whedon has said that Firefly is done

But I'm sure there's a budget for an idiotic situational romance flick!

Posted December 20, 2005 @ 11:58AM - The Palatine Hill: Ken Fisher's Journal

The death of SuprNova.org

Come ye inside and learn of the fate of the once all-powerful BitTorrent search engine, SuprNova.

Posted December 20, 2005 @ 11:45AM - The Palatine Hill: Ken Fisher's Journal

Barney does Tupac

For all the kiddies!

Posted December 19, 2005 @ 1:09PM - The Palatine Hill: Ken Fisher's Journal