How to make a DSP hardware project be on time
Here is an article describing a fairy tale (sadly) idea of how one would run a project for creating a product from DSP chips. I’ll have to say it makes a lot of sense but what would be more...
View ArticleWhy evil is only a matter of time
Here is one explanation why Google will eventually become evil… companies are at different stages of a standard software business model, which goes like this: build market share lock in customers...
View ArticleMythtv + Mysql5 + Ubuntu Dapper = Busted
A little history… I took another shot at getting mythtv setup again after trying it a few years ago and lashing myself a few times trying to get the ivtv driver patched into a mainline kernel. After a...
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AIBO creator’s new robot is powered by NetBSD
Very cool. Who says NetBSD is dying? Check the specs at the bottom and you’ll see NetBSD listed.. Thanks Engadget
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The OLPC Project finally starts showing off an implementation of their display
Can’t wait to get my hands on one (million) of them.
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Clinton ‘endorses’ Ubuntu
Well perhaps not the Ubuntu I associate with but close enough…
View ArticleFixing SVK ‘Oh no, no more exceptions! add_directory() failed’
The Problem $ svk mirror http://svn.somewhere.org/project //mirror/project Committed revision 1. $ svk sync //mirror/project Syncing this bug. The cause I’m not sure what the reason but in general...
View ArticleA social psychology model answer to why people won’t switch OSes
OSNews has an interesting article detailing why people won’t switch OSes even when there might be many technical advantages to. Definitely an interesting read. It frames the reasoning in something...
View ArticleGoogle Groups Beta doesn’t support page up/down or keyboard shortcuts?
I’ve been testing the new Google Groups Beta and design-wise it looks a little bit cleaner however one SERIOUS flaw is that I can’t seem to get paging to work at all. Pressing Page Up or Page Down...
View ArticleGetting cvsync running on cygwin
I’m trying to get cvsync running on cygwin and after looking at the homepage. There didn’t seem to be that many straightforward instructions nor is there a package in the default cygwin repository....
View ArticleDavid Pogue reviews the Sony Mylo
From the article… Sony may be the first company ever to depict throwing up as a way to sell electronics. Seems once again Sony missed the target market by a decent amount again. One of these days...
View ArticleThe Pied Piper of Architects (aka be careful of the wrong brain drain)
Interesting article on trying to keep your technical architects around as they are the ones that have the scars from war stories and have built up experience on leading the project in the right...
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If normal biff needs some more shinyness to it..
cdbiff execute `eject’ command to eject a CD-ROM tray when mail arrives.
View ArticleTHE Official 8800GTX Performance Comparison
This is awesome. I won’t ruin it for you by posting more than the link. Check it out
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Photosynth, a new way of seeing relations in your photo collection
I just took a glance at photosynch and am really impressed with the applications of computer vision and image processing techniques to create a really unique application. The basic idea is to take a...
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Realities of Leadership: New Yorker on Obama reforming Health Care
The New Yorker has a nice article describing health care reform. But some interesting tidbits from the article is the discussion on the origins of the the modern health care systems for Britain,...
View ArticleHello WordPress world!
I’ve migrated to the WordPress setup here. The manila instance that was running was getting old and decrepit. Let’s see how this goes
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