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transitional application
Here's an article on 'transitional applications', applications that run on both Windows and Linux. If people are interested in switching from Windows to Linux, they can keep all these applications. Interestingly enough, I use each and every one of them. -
social bookmarks
I've started using social bookmarks, which are web-based bookmarks you can share with people. Not only do I like how it all works, it's also gotten me thinking about other web-based applications, and how people organize things on a computer. So I'm thinking of writing a series of articles here about technology. More on this later. -
What's our world coming to?
Robots that shoot. Gee, then "we" will only kill "the bad guys"....
As Pete Seeger once said, "When will we ever learn? When will we ever learn...". -
tired today
I'm pretty tired today; I ended up having a late night.
The first part of the evening was just fine. I had dinner with Phil. On the one hand, it was a typical night out. We met at the Border Cafe (we didn't even mention it by name on the phone - we just said Harvard Square). But we both knew where to go. After a nice dinner there, we headed over ( Read more... ) -
stem cell research
Yes, stem cell research does help people. -
God Rest Ye Unitarians
This is pretty funny. -
ready for Thanksgiving
I'm really looking forward to the Thanksgiving holiday (starting tonight for me). Last night I drove up to Maine to get Sarah. I left work at 3 PM, and traffic was OK until I was on I-295, between Freeport and Brunswick. Some road repair work was forcing the two lanes into one, and it was rush hour (yes, even in Maine). So that seemed to last ( Read more... ) -
job woes
I'm not being creative on this job. The job basically amounts to working customer problems, figuring out what went wrong (after the fact), and recommending solutions. Often the solution is "pull that disk" or "replace that cable" or something like that. That's evidently supposed to be a "good" one because the customer gets back online quickly. ( Read more... )