I think my question last time I asked about video cards was poorly phrased, because almost all the comments I got did not actually answer the question. And I was using two monitors at work1, and it is great, so I’m going to look at the problem again soon.
So let me restate the question:
Is [...]
The more involved I get with the law firm/law school hiring process, the more boggled I am by the inefficiencies of the process. Some great/horrifying numbers:
of students offered summer jobs by “big” firms (> 250 lawyers):
just 28% accept
40% of whom are gone by their 3rd year, and
62% of whom are gone by their 4th.
From [...]
“Free software… refers to four kinds of freedom, for the users of the software…”
–Free Software Definition, emphasis mine
“closing the [ASP] loophole would infringe on certain peoples rights and he [Moglen] didn’t see any way to preserve everyone’s rights…”
– Eben Moglen, as paraphrased here
[The rest of this post is not based on any conversations with FSF/SFLC [...]
Green Dimes is a service that helps stop spam from arriving in your physical mail box. I recommended it to family when it was $35/year; it is now a one-time $16 payment, so I recommend it even more strongly.
As a bonus, they’ve decided to start lobbying Congress to fix the problem with a Do Not [...]
Part of the open services discussion at barcamp yesterday was about permanence: how do you guarantee that your data is always available so that you can take it and go elsewhere with it? Doc Searls has one solution to the problem:
Since I’m a Berkman fellow at Harvard, and the blogs here are well-supported, and they’ll [...]
“Some may say iPhone [is the most advanced smartphone] but there is no more than great usability … on it.” –Avi
Ah, yes, no more than great usability. Apple will have to content themselves with the $100+ million they made that first weekend, because I’m sure that as soon as the world figures out iphone has [...]
Interesting reading list for network-centric advocacy, from Ruby Sinreich, who herself is quite interesting- glad to have met her today, however briefly.
I’ve mostly been enjoying my BarCamp experience today, but I made a big mistake on my Open Services talk: I spoke of my motivations (in an attempt to help frame the group discussion) but instead of talking about my larger motivations (which is that I want to help frame the entire web’s discussion about internet [...]
I’ll be at barcamp RDU until 1:00 or so tomorrow, and because I’m crazy, I’ve even suggested a talk: Taking Up O’Reilly’s Challenge: What Is An Open Service? I’m guessing there will not be interest, but hey, can’t hurt to offer. If you read the blog, and you’re around, please do introduce yourself. [Edit later: [...]
