June 2009
21 posts
Watch500kV Switch Opening… pretty amazing. (via @nycresistor)
WatchLumiere: blip.tv party preparations
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Earning users' trust
Earlier tonight I posted to @flickr on Twitter, asking why they have not added Twitter integration of some sort. The whole tweet is a little tongue-in-cheek and I thought about deleting it afterwards. That train of thought led to a question: why did I care so much about Flickr adding Twitter integration anyway? Why not just use one of the services that exist that provide that functionality and can...
High Anxiety Over a Top-Security Cable →
A construction crew putting up an office building in the heart of Tysons Corner a few years ago hit a fiber optic cable no one knew was there
This part doesn’t: Within moments, three black sport-utility vehicles drove up, a half-dozen men in suits jumped out and one said, “You just hit our line.”
… the cable in question was “black” wire — a secure...
OK I gotta give props to Ubuntu. I booted the LiveCD on a stricken Vaio laptop and everything works - battery meter, wifi… pretty good!