Daily Archives: June 30, 2004

A company called Affinity Engines is claiming Google stole the code in Orkut, their social networking tool. In particular, they claim engineer Orkut Buyukkokten brought over source code from them when he joined Google. They’re citing several software defects that … Read More →

The DOJ’s response to a FOIA request to share the their database on foreign lobbyists was to deny it because sharing would cause their system to crash. No, really. Apparently, their database is so fragile that merely accessing it would … Read More →

gapingvoid is a weblog by Hugh MacLeod. He’s an advertising guy and a cartoonist.

Presented without comment: Ferry goes bused again: No 7:30.

Now that the Supreme Court has blocked enforcement of COPA some people are making it seem like it’s a ruling in favor of giving porn to children. Wrong. It’s a victory for free speech and a reminder that as a … Read More →

iWorkWithFools.com is where you can read or anonymously share work related stories about the foolish coworkers and bosses we all deal with daily.

You might have heard of BPL, or Broadband over Power Lines, which superimposes a digital signal on the AC wires running into your home and allows for a broadband connection without having cable or DSL. An experimental installation in Cedar … Read More →