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5 Reasons Why Twitter's Growth CAN Be Stopped - The Warden

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:26:11 -0700

From the page: "I love Mashable (I used to write for them). I love Vadim Lavrusik, one of their authors. And I really love Twitter (I'm @andrewmin). But I really have to disagree with Lavrusik's piece on 5 Reasons Why Twitter's Growth Cannot Be Stopped. Honestly, Twitter not only can be stopped, I believe that it most likely WILL be stopped in the near future."

The Problem with Freeware...and Spider Solitaire

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:06:42 -0800

OK, OK, I'm sure I'm oversimplifying it (and don't even say a word about my C skills...or lack thereof). But the point remains-simple error-catching would've made me, a paying customer, a happier camper.

Just for fun, let's contrast this to OpenSpider, a fictional open source clone of Spider Solitaire. If I discovered this bug while playing OpenSpider, I'd pop over to the developer's website, and send a polite email saying that I really thought it'd be better if it was the other way. Better yet, if the guy had Bugzilla installed, I'd just file a bug.

Why games are the key to Linux adoption - The Warden

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 07:38:54 -0800

I just ordered my first computer yesterday: 4GB RAM, a 250 GB SATA 3gb/s hard drive, a 2.53GHz Core 2 Duo processor, a Nvidia 9800 graphics card, and a comfortable 20″ monitor. But while these were all expensive (especially the video card), none of them compared to one item on the list: Windows. That's the hope that Linux companies must look forward to.

A Linux Christmas - The Warden

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:46:15 -0800

From the page: We finally got our huge Christmas tree in this year, which means that our house decorations are finally done. That's great, because now I have time for other important decorations: my Linux box.

How to sync Evolution with Googles PIM apps

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:45:50 -0800

From the page: "While I'm a die-hard Google user -- especially the PIM apps -- I still appreciate offline applications for the integration with the desktop, speed, and features they sport. The Evolution contact and calendaring application is a great example: it's as feature-packed as Microsoft Outlook, but with GNOME integration, and it's fast. Gmail, by comparison, is slow and lacks any desktop integration. In a perfect world, Evolution would sync with Google's PIM apps. Unfortunately, there aren't any good, easy-to-use, comprehensive guides for setting up Evolution to sync with all of these apps -- until now."

All American Blogger & Tom Coburn for Senate Minority Leader

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:37:53 -0800

Senator Tom Coburn is THE man for GOP majority leader!!!

StrawPoll&Tiny polls in 140 characters or less

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:30:59 -0700

Is health care a: right (1) or privilege (2) ?

How Joe The Plumber makes $250,000+ (Vanity)

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:24:23 -0700

From the page: "You hear all the "There is NO WAY Joe the plumber is ever going to make $250,000 a year!" Or any plumber for that matter...

What people need to understand is that small business owners (small C Corp, S Corp and LLC) are going to be taxed on what they take home in their paycheck AND the money that the company itself makes during the year. "

http://www.openanno.org/devblog/

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:33:40 -0700

From the page: "The OpenAnno project aims at creating an open source (code licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 and the graphics as CC-BY-SA 3.0) realtime economy simulation game with strategy elements in an isometric 2D engine loosely oriented towards Sunflower's Anno series. It is currently in the early development phase, so any help is more than appreciated. If you want to contribute, please read the "Getting started" article in our wiki. You can also find further information about the project and the people behind it in there. If you intend to to test the current in-development version of OpenAnno, you can download the SVN version (see SVN for details). It would be a great help if you filed bug reports at our public bug tracker and release planning tool Trac. "

CD, Vinyl, Live Reviews with Playlists, Features, and the News - Listen In Music

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:00:58 -0700

Listen In is a daily-updated music publication conceived in November 2007 by a group of like-minded columnists at Newsvine.com. Every weekday, we publish updates to different ongoing series, as well as occasional miniseries and plenty of one-offs. Articles by Listen In contributors are featured regularly on MSNBC.com. To keep track of our album reviews, news commentary, and other original content, subscribe to the Listen In RSS feed, or just check back regularly. Listen In: Get music here.