We’ve been hearing a lot about Prism lately. It’s a big topic and a big deal. I hear excuses for it all the time. “If you’re not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about.” “It’s for our security!” Blah blah blah. None of the many excuses I’ve heard have remotely justified Prism to … [Read more…]
EDIT: THEY’RE LIVE! Go check them out at http://fossadvocates.org ———————————————————————————————————————————————————- Today on Google+, a good friend of mine had a big announcement. Since he put it in better words than I can conjure, I’m just going to steal his post and paste it here. WE’RE READY TO LAUNCH! Hey guys, Myself and the rest … [Read more…]
Stagnant pools are unhealthy for you. This is true in nature just as it is for your mind. Once in a distant era known only by a few as “The 90s” I joined an archaic communications medium called a “BBS“. At the time, the Internet wasn’t available to me. Yes, I’m really that old. I … [Read more…]
With it’s most recent step in the ongoing Apple vs. Samsung debacle, Apple has made a surprising demand. From Google. Charlie Osborne over at ZDNet had a pretty good run down of Apple’s demands. My thoughts, both the court and Google should tell Apple to go to hell. Know what Open Source Is? First of … [Read more…]
I’ve never been much of a gamer honestly, so how games were doing in Linux really never mattered much to me. When World of Warcraft came out, my entire department bought it and started a guild, so of course I did too. Fade to black… time passes. I wrote this article last year about how … [Read more…]
I was in a Google+ Hangout tonight where some people that know quite a lot more about photography than I do were discussion various photography type topics. One of those people was Cali Lewis, who pretty much everybody who’s ever used a keyboard would recognize from GeekBeat.tv. Of course, where you find Cali Lewis you … [Read more…]
For those of you that aren’t paying attention to ancient history, news broke today that Verizon has finally given the go to ICS for the HTC Thunderbolt. All I’ve got to say about that right now is this: It takes a whole lotta gall to start your press release out with the line “When you … [Read more…]
<RandomInternetGuy> YOur a Troll. <LinuxRants> Uh, it’s “you’re” actually. <RandomInternetGuy> What? <LinuxRants> It’s “You’re a Troll”, not “Your a Troll”. “Your” is the possessive. <RandomInternetGuy2> STOP FEEDING THE TROLL!1!! I get called a Troll quite a lot. And not just Troll either. I’ve been called “useless”, “a puke”, “dead weight”, and many other even less … [Read more…]
Hardly a couple days can go by without some horror story about the latest Android malware. The one I think I saw most recently was a story about how Android faces more malware attacks than PCs in the United States. Now, besides sounding like click bate and total fiction, I find that I don’t really … [Read more…]
A while ago, The Linux Foundation announced a plan to allow for Linux to boot on systems with Secure Boot enabled. Lately, it has come to light that Microsoft is screwing with The Linux Foundation, and not granting the key required despite the fact that The Linux Foundation has already paid for it. Oddly enough, … [Read more…]