Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric v4

Category: Uncategorized

  • Naked on the Net

    The typical response to a “OMG Users Don’t Have the Privacy They Think They Do” article is to never post anything online or just never visit web sites where you would post something. These seem…. Paranoid. People have an expectation of privacy. People also inherently trust web sites unless they have been burned enough in…

  • Solve Problems With a Prize

    I wonder if maybe we could use the prize process to get a solution to some of our problems? Decide how much its worth and offer the money to whomever solves the problem. Right now we hire consultants. The X-Prize uses this model. Are there others? Read and post comments | Send to a friend

  • Tweets for Today

    09:18 Compressing archivelogs in hopes of preventing the a file system from reaching full… # 14:38 Good lunch at Loco's with other DBAs. Weird new appetizer: Baked potato chunks with cheese and ranch dressing. Good weird. # 15:52 Checking on frequency of errors likely related to users uploading files. # 16:28 For the last time……

  • A List Apart: Articles: Beyond DOCTYPE: Web Standards, Forward Compatibility, and IE8 [del.icio.us]

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  • Report: Schools Will Increase Spending on Open Source – CIO.com – Business Technology Leadership [de

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  • Fixed Blogroll

    Apparently this WordPress template is ancient? It was using a really old call to display the blogroll. Modified the template to use wp_list_bookmarks and suddenly you can see the categories again. Read and post comments | Send to a friend

  • Programmers

    Gave a former coworker, Stu, from my Valdosta State days a heads up about a complaint my brother heard from a close friend of his. Stu is working with Sakai these days at Georgia Institute of Technology. He made an interesting comment: It would be great to have all the energy your team puts into…

  • QotD: Worst City Ever

    What is the worst city you've ever been to and why?  Submitted by Soup. Nashville (TN, yes there is a Nashville Georgia) for is oh so very confusing roads. Its the only city in which I have gotten completely lost. Normally at the worst I am not sure where I am, but I know if…

  • A Practicing Stoicist [Flickr]

    Ezra F posted a photo: Waiting on Mom. Read and post comments | Send to a friend