Highly Satisfying

When reading the initial reports about Zarqawi, my only regret was that he probably died too quickly to notice that it even happened. I wanted him to have a moment to at least recognize his fate, and it would have been even sweeter if he died looking up at an American soldier. To borrow a [...]

Google: Watching TV With You

It’s been a busy week for Google posts here. Today we have this. A team from Google Research has developed a prototype system that uses a home computer’s internal microphone to listen to the ambient audio in a room, determine what is being watched on TV and offer web-based supplemental information, services and shopping contextual [...]

June 9th, 1993

Every year, 6/9 marks an observance for me. On the above date, in the early morning hours, a very important friend of mine killed himself at the age of 25. I have no intention of getting all maudlin about it here. But there are some interesting observations that I’d like to make. For one, Dave’s [...]

links for 2006-06-09

Asking good questions (2)-Linux Newbie-Linux Forums I’ve always been put off by the arrogance of the Linux comunity. Read through this post for a healthy dose of it. (tags: linux arrogance) Google Browser Sync Everyday Google does something cool. I have recently became a Firefox convert and I have it on my work system, the [...]