Monthly Archives: October 2005

My take on “Web 2.0″

Lots of buzz around “Web 2.0″ these days, here’s my take on it.
What is it?
Basically “Web 2.0″ is the type of website that is the result of using Javascript (ajax), XHTML, CSS, and RSS.
What’s good about it
The great thing about all of the new “Web 2.0″ sites on the internet are that they are very [...]

The GIMP on “Without a Trace”

Did anyone else notice this?

Apparently The GIMP can do face recognition and magically clean up low-resolution security camera footage video! Where is the documentation explaining how to do this? =)

New Host

If you see this, you are now viewing my site from my new Linode virtual server, which I purchased to hold me over until I can get a colo sorted out. Linode is very cool, they have a very nice web interface to control your virtual server making the setup process very easy.

Random thoughts - 2005/10/15

**Free Culture**
I watched Larry Lessing’s free culture presentation for the first time today (posted by Nat Freidman). It is an amazing presentation, anyone who uses technology-in any form-should watch it.
For those of you that don’t understand why I, and many other people, choose to use linux as well as other free software - this is [...]

Seattle Mind Camp

I will be giving an informal presentation with Andrew about Mono and Meshwork at Seattle Mind Camp next month.
Seattle Mind Camp is a self-organizing, digitally minded, entrepreneur-driven, overnight Seattle confab.
What happens when you put 150 of Seattle’s smartest geeks in an empty office building for 24 hours? We’re not sure either, but we’d like to [...]

Don’t like Dell’s price? Just reload the page!

This is something I actually came across a while ago, but never got around to blogging it. With the recent news of Dell’s Open PC Costs More Than Windows Box it seemed like I might as well stop putting it off.
Here is a set of screenshots, taken not more than minutes apart in both Firefox [...]

Random thoughts - 2005/10/06

**Website Host**
I need a new home for my website as I am told I might loose this server “any day”. It looks like I can co-locate a 1U server for < $100/month. If anybody (that I actually know) is interested in some server space to do whatever with and would be willing to put a [...]