Started working with my older laptop again, so I decided to install Xubuntu. Xubuntu is the Xfce edition of Ubuntu Linux. A big part of my computing experience is the portibility of applications like Dropbox or Box.net – easily being able to synch files on my various computers is of upmost importance. However, Dropbox is [...]
Bloggers: If you suddenly find Air Force officers leaving barbed comments after one of your posts, don’t be surprised. They’re just following the service’s new “counter-blogging” flow chart. In a twelve-point plan, put together by the emerging technology division of the Air Force’s public affairs arm, airmen are given guidance on how to handle “trolls,” [...]
This weekend, Amber Case and I assembled a very nifty device – the Drawdio. The Drawdio is a simple device that allows you to attach a very simple circuit-board to a pencil (or any other object) to make bizarre theremin-like sound on everyday objects. It works by using the graphite in the pencil and your [...]
…and that’s a good thing!
WordPress finally got around to releasing version 2.7 of their fabulous software. We upgraded the night it came out, and have so far been impressed with the new interface and speed increases. Also, being able to install plugins from the admin panel is an awesome idea. Glad they finally put some [...]
According to Chris Riggall, a spokesman for Premier Election Solutions (formerly known as Diebold). the company’s voting machines which are used in over 34 states have not been counting votes for…
…wait for it…
10 years.
Riggall said he was “confident” that elections officials through the years would have realized votes had been dropped when they crosschecked their [...]
