Sep 3 2010

Flash on Android Is ‘Shockingly Bad’

Apple gets a lot of flack for not sup­port­ing Flash on the iPhone/iPad. Now that Android sup­ports Flash (as of Froyo 2.2), it would seem to have a major advan­tage. But is that really the case? Oh, hell no.


Sep 2 2010

Feds Warn Residents Near Wyoming Gas Drilling Sites Not to Drink Their Water

If you’ve ever won­dered about the dan­gers of hydraulic frac­tur­ing or “frack­ing”, con­sider what hap­pened in Wyoming. There’s no free lunch, and the price may be higher than you can imagine.


Sep 2 2010

Coast Guard Reports Blast on Mariner Rig in Gulf

It’s hard to believe things in the Gulf could get worse but now a Mariner Energy oil rig in the gulf has exploded and is on fire. Some reports have said the rig was “not pro­duc­ing” but that seems odd con­sid­er­ing there were thir­teen work­ers on it.


Aug 31 2010

SCO auctioning off assets

The bank­ruptcy judge in the SCO case has approved the sale of their assets in Octo­ber.


Aug 30 2010

BP Said to Fault Own Engineers

Hey kids, it’s time to play The Blame Game! When your oil well blows up and the safety devices don’t work, who do you blame? Before you answer, keep in mind a blowout expert already warned you there was a prob­lem and your man­agers never tested the blowout pre­ven­tion devices. Did you say your own engi­neers? Of course you did!


Aug 30 2010

Silicon Valley’s Dark Secret: It’s All About Age

Why are there tens of thou­sands of engi­neers who can’t get jobs?

The harsh real­ity is that in the tech world, com­pa­nies pre­fer to hire young, inex­pe­ri­enced, engineers.