eBay bought Stumble Upon

I think Stumble Upon is an interesting acquisition for any company. eBay decided to purchase Stumble Upon.

StumbleUpon is a great fit within our goal of pioneering new communities based on commerce and sustained by trust

Wait huh? I think Stumble Upon is a great, …

why the new iTunes DRM scheme is brilliant

I just read the new tracks in iTunes are more expensive, have no DRM, and are available at a higher quality than the DRM tracks that were previously there. All of this has been known for sometime, but what was new to me is the name of the new tracks:

iTunes Plus

This …

Microsoft's New Surface Touch Computing

I've been a big fan of Jeff Han and his Multitouch technology videos since they started appearing on YouTube. Apparently Microsoft has been too, or at least has been developing their new computing platform in conjunction with Jeff Han. Part of me says, "oh cool!", yet …

PHP Sphider

I'm not sure how many people are building out static websites anymore. You know, the ones that aren't database driven. I, for one, haven't done it in quite some time. Currently however, I am working on a site that has been on my plate since before I made the …

More to the Microsoft Allegations

A few days later there seems to be a general consensus around the web; A) Microsoft is using this threat as a marketing ploy to strike fear into the hearts of those thinking of switching from MS to any open source system, namely Linux and B) Everyone agrees it's a …

Finished Trellises

Yesterday I wrote a post about my gardening and my cool bamboo trellises I was building. The problem is, I needed more trellises and I ran out of bamboo. I felt like it would be really half cocked to have two bamboo trellises and two pine trellises. So late last …

Green Thumbs

George, my name, means farmer or to farm. Today I did just that. After a few meetings this morning I decided to take the hot (81 degrees farenheit!) afternoon and spend it planting my vegetables in my garden. Keep in mind I have never done this before. I've had …

Boo Microsoft

Microsoft can't beat open source software by building their own reliable quality software, so they are going to try and beat open source in the court: Read More

What they don't understand is that the people who contribute to these platforms aren't motivated by money, …

american healthcare: a usability exercise

Danielle, my girlfriend, has a migraine headache. She is lying in bed, sensitive to light, movement, and any other form of sensory perception. Thank goodness she can't read my mind, I am a shitty caretaker. With this migraine being worse than the one before, and the …

Cut the Cord: Freelance Baby!

There has been a reason I have withheld from writing any new blog posts for quite some time. Well many reasons actually. The main reason however, is that I resigned from my job about two weeks ago and I wanted to wait until everything was finished before I started …