And off topic. But last week I got a refurb SiliconDust HDHomeRun TV Tuner in my continuing quest to tell satellite and cable providers to shove it. And it’s awesome. HD TV streaming to any device on my network. I can’t
Via opensource.com, the US Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundr, Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy Daniel Gordon, and US Imaginary Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel sent a brief m
First up in this month’s make smarter is something near and dear to my heart - Gedit. I split my development time between a text editor and an IDE (Komodo Edit) about 50/50. On Windows that text editor is Notepad++, and
Or…I’m an idiot for not thinking of this sooner. One of the things I’ve spent the most time thinking about in web application design is search. In my experience, that’s the spot your users will most often face-plant. As
Last month I posted about a lightweight redistricting prototype I threw together to test the concept. I thought I’d do another post now on some changes I managed to eek out over the holidays. First and foremost, I had to
Either it was a slow month or I was a slow witness the last 30 days. Here are a few things that managed to grab my toy-addled attention. Esri made some news this month with the widely expected announcement of a certifica
Happy holidays from all of us here at Fuzzy Tolerance. Which means me. To get you in the holiday spirit, check out AudioTuts+ 10 Outstanding Carol Performances on 10 Different Instruments, which includes this gem, afte
I just downloaded the 5.0 update for Google Maps for Android on my Droid 2 and, well, holy crap. 3D buildings with an intuitive touch interface, compass mode, offline caching (and offline routing for cached data), FAST (
First up in this month’s Make Smarter (mostly because I’m working at home right now) is Jason Fried’s TED Talk Why Work Doesn’t Happen at Work. It talks about why people don’t really do work in the office, and how to imp
That's her on the right. The dufus in the tie is me. Happy 5th Anniversary to my wonderful wife. Best thing that ever happened to me, hands down.