from the raven: “Slow down,” say Simon and that other guy, and so did a bunch of other artists this weekend at Pomona College in a colloquium on the effects of the Information Age on human concentration. This is light artist James Turrell, who likes to make light “inhabit a space so fully that it […]

Usability and Open Source Software. This article was recently published on the subject of involving human-computer interaction (HCI) experts in Free/Open Source development. Juicy quote from the conclusion: Raymond (1998) proposed that 'given enough eyeballs all bugs are shallow.' For seeing usability bugs, the traditional open source community may comprise the wrong kind of eyeballs. […]

Culture Clash. Recent experiences with Debian, which i love more than any other distribution, compel me to relate what has happened to other developers. Basically, i feel that i am caught between not being an inexperienced Debian User but am not an experienced Debian Developer. Consequently, by meandering into such territory i am left high […]

The Semantic Web Illustrated (http://www.semaview.com/c/SW.html) is a well done poster conveying the basic SW concepts. It was done by Semaview, a Toronto based company developing commercial products based on SW. technology. They describe it as: “Designed as a one minute overview of the Semantic Web, this illustration discusses a half dozen key points in language […]

Overview The FreeNetworks Conference (FN-CON) 2003 is focused on giving the public an in-depth look into the the fast growing worldwide movement of Community Wireless Networking (CWN). In the past few years, these decentralized, non-commercial networks have gained world recognition and populist support as the adoption of the IEEE Standard for wireless ethernet, 802.11b, more […]

Libeskind plan chosen for WTC site. It's a beautiful design. Libeskind's design study for the WTC site is a very interesting read. (Why couldn't I find this link on any of the news sites?) [Sjoerd Visscher's weblog] sweet, as an architecture junky, this was my choice by far… for one it is inhabitable, which is […]

“OK – I smell a bit” – but leave us BoFHs alone! [The Register] new bofh, woo hoo… nope, just letters, but still…

The 40GB iPod?. Last month we wondered whether a 40GB iPod was coming; now rumors are running wild that Apple is very close to announcing one and that they'll phase out the 5GB model. The even juicier gossip is that Apple plans unveil a “radically new successor” to the iPod sometime later this year. Read […]

E-Voting Victory (Probably). Santa Clara County, California, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, has decided that their new electronic voting machines must… [Freedom To Tinker] open voting, woo hoo! maybe not…..

Wallace & Gromit Through The Nose. New Wallace and Gromit movie ~ “Cracking Contraptions” from Atom Films and Shockwave… but $9.95 to download it? Oh, I don't think so! I guess I don't expect them to give it away for free, but who thought up this hair-brained scheme? I bet that dodgey lodger, the Penguin, […]