Archive for November, 2007

Beverage Warning 0

Do not drink while reading this: The 9 Most Bad-Ass Bible Verses. You have been warned.

Why DRM is worth fighting over 0

Much to my chagrin, I’m going to have to respectfully disagree with Neil Gaiman over the Kindle’s DRM. DRM isn’t about lending books out (though that would be nice to still do), and it isn’t about trying to get stuff for free. I don’t have any problems paying for music and books (one look at [...]

Another Switch 0

As part of the switch from OS X to Ubuntu, I’ve lost iTunes, and thus can’t listen to all the DRM-infected music I bought from the iTunes store. Since I bought more than 3 Gigs of music from Apple, that really p*ssed me off. But rather than strip the DRM from the music (which is [...]

The Nerd Handbook 0

Dating a nerd? Married to a nerd you still don’t understand? Go forth, and read The Nerd Handbook, and be enlightened.

Now With 50% More Open-Source 3

Made the leap today: I wiped OS X off the hard drive on my MacBook and put a fresh, clean install of the newest version of Ubuntu (7.10, or ‘Gutsy Gibbon’) on it. Everything worked out of the box save for wifi, and there’s a workaround for that. 7.10 looks great, the MacBook feels more [...]