Give The Conductor A Doggie Bone
Thanks to readers for reminding that I have not posted a story for almost a week. My only excuse for not being more prolific during the last few days is that I have been very busy — board meetings, conference calls, some travel, a bit of motorcycle riding necessitated by occasional bursts of sunlight, and […]
My Office Is Open
In a recent post I mentioned that I had built a spreadsheet with OpenOffice. OpenOffice.org is an open-source application and it is free. I do not use it because it is free. As I said in the ZDNet interview, the issue is not "free" — the issue is "freedom". OpenOffice is a multi-platform office productivity […]
Chilling Effects
Geocaching in Florida last week was an exciting experience and it was chilling to come home and find the temperature more than 75 degrees colder. There is a lot I want to write about Linux, WiFi, blogging, digital identity and other aspects of Internet technology, but I know there are patrickWeb readers who are fellow […]
The Florida Caches
NOTE: I will be back to Internet technology stories very soon, but I wanted to report on a couple of other areas today and tomorrow — geocaching and motorcycling. It was tough duty during the first week of the year in Florida but someone had to do it. Blue sky and eighty degrees would mean […]
Glass Update
Thanks to reader Vikk for pointing out a broken link to the story about The Glass Engine. The problem has been fixed and the story may be read here. The other thing I wanted to share was an advertisement I saw on the Metro North train today while returning from a board meeting in New […]