Archive for March, 2007
Thanks to a recent surge, I’ve finally passed the 10,000 spam comment mark. That’s just since the second week of November when this weblog went live on Wordpress. Compare that to the 180 or so legitimate comments I’ve received since 2000 and you get an idea of how bad comment spam has become. I’d seriously [...]
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Photo_032907_001, originally uploaded by tommasz.
Someone dropped an IRS tax form into the fountain at Midtown.
Stallman, Torvalds, and Novell comment on GPLv3
Closed Published by Tom March 30th, 2007 in Freedom, Linux, OpenSource, Patents, SoftwareThree of the major stakeholders in the upcoming GPLv3 have commented on the latest draft. Stallman, the founder of the FSF, has mostly been dealing with issues arising from the draft. Torvalds has been a public critic of the new version and as head of the largest open source project to use the GPL, carries [...]
TJX data breach is the biggest ever
Closed Published by Tom March 29th, 2007 in Privacy, Security, WebThat theft of credit card numbers at TJ Maxx wasn’t just big, at 45.6 million card numbers, it’s the biggest ever. Time for a new credit card, no matter whether you can recall shopping there or not.
More offices for High Falls means that former Mayor Bill Johnson’s legacy is effectively nonexistent. No ferry, no entertainment hub and no one to care. At least the buildings will be mostly spared and there’s still the East End (which is thriving, thank you very much).
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Out Of Service
The broken pipe at Midtown flooded the Post Office, Jackson Hewitt and more.
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Yesterday afternoon I glanced out my window onto the corner of Clinton and Broad and saw this. The tractor-trailer is backing down Clinton (a one-way street) in order to turn left [...]
Are you passionate about your job, your life? Or are you like me, just hanging in there until something better comes along? If you indeed are like me (and I would guess most people are), perhaps reading How to Find Your Passion is for you.
A beginner’s guide to Quicksilver
Closed Published by Tom March 28th, 2007 in Apple, Mac, Productivity, SoftwareA beginner’s guide to Quicksilver is a must-read for Mac users. If you’re not aware of or not using Quicksilver, you should be and this article can help.
Death threats against bloggers are NOT “protected speech”
2 Comments Published by Tom March 27th, 2007 in Freedom, WeblogI ask you to read Kathy Sierra’s Death threats against bloggers are NOT “protected speech” (why I cancelled my ETech presentations). If you’ve ever wondered why the world seems such a fucked-up place, this will explain it to you.
