Maszman Speaks!

What hap­pens when an octo­pus gets bored? They play with things they shouldn’t play with. [PDF] Pic­tures of the aftermath.

Microsoft sues Tom­Tom over Linux and other patent claims — Tech­Flash: Seattle’s Tech­nol­ogy News Source

PAETEC, the com­pany that stopped pay­ing to have its name on the unnec­es­sary soc­cer sta­dium and is build­ing a 30 10-story head­quar­ters on the Mid­town Plaza site is report­ing $487 mil­lion in losses along with a grow­ing moun­tain of debt. The talk is no longer about whether they will build a new build­ing but whether they can sur­vive at all.

$100 Linux wall-wart launches

You know there’s more to the story of MacGregor’s shut­ting its Per­in­ton loca­tion than is in the news so far. The owner has a rich his­tory of shut­ting down thriv­ing loca­tions (West Hen­ri­etta Road, Gre­gory Street) when things don’t go his way so it’s likely some­thing more than just min­i­mum wage issues are at stake here.

Although I swear it’s not auto­bi­o­graph­i­cal, Insider Box and I share some less than stel­lar abil­i­ties.