What is hopefully my final attempt to quit smoking starts today. I don’t expect it to be easy, but I’m growing quite sick of the control I let smoking have on my life. After trying to find someone to quit with, it appears I’ll be going at this alone. Wish me luck!
Cingular Patents the Emoticon :(
Remind me again how patents fuel innovation?
Cingular Patents the Emoticon 
“Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.” - Bill Vaughn
MercuryNews.com | 01/19/2006 | Feds after Google data
Why doesn’t the government just audit their own agency’s computers? It would be nice if we didn’t continue to give up our rights to this administration!
MercuryNews.com | 01/19/2006 | Feds after Google data
Digital Television, Part 1: Making Sense of it all - Engadget
The time is coming here in the US when we’ll be forced over to DTV. Copy protection is the real important part, gleaned over by the promise of a better picture.
Don’t forget the US government stands to make over $10 Billion from the sale of the analog frequency range. Read the article below for more information . . .
Digital Television, Part 1: Making Sense of it all - Engadget
peace
Originally uploaded by kingjosh.
Coming home for lunch, I was surprised to see a march for peace going through the middle of Old Town here in Fort Collins. The crowd was very diverse in age, ranging from children in strollers to the elderly.
Cato Unbound » Blog Archive » The Gory Antigora: Illusions of Capitalism and Computers
This one hurt my brain. Quite good though, a discussion involving the high level global strategies and outcomes of such players as Google, Wal-Mart and more.
Cato Unbound » Blog Archive » The Gory Antigora: Illusions of Capitalism and Computers
Found this in a forum . . . been searching for a site that actually compares many open source cms systems. I haven’t looked at it much yet but it looks explanatory at first glance.OpenSourceCMS - Home
glsl.vim - Syntax file for the OpenGL Shading Language GLSL GLSlang : vim online
Here’s a useful tool for The OpenGL Shading Language, it’s a syntax highliter for vim with reserved keyword recognition that will help prevent writing non portable shaders.glsl.vim - Syntax file for the OpenGL Shading Language GLSL GLSlang : vim online
FORTUNE: Congress botched digital TV - Jan. 4, 2006
More news regarding the approaching digital only deadline. Keep in mind at this point you will not only be able to watch digital content, you will be required to adhere to strict measures being put in place to prevent you from doing many things you now take for granted. For example, your PVR will have time limits set for how long it can save content, you will be unable to connect analog devices to your television to record shows you like for later viewing, etc.
FORTUNE: Congress botched digital TV - Jan. 4, 2006