So the most recent update package for Ubuntu’s Network Manager broke the app’s wireless functionality on Intel Macbooks (and possibly other machines, but I know mine was f****d and there have been similar reports elsewhere). NM would connect to a network, only to drop after after anywhere from a few seconds to five minutes or so; this was true on both Hardy and Intrepid, and made using my machine on the go a pain. In any case, my research on the problem led me to WICD, a GNOME-independent, self-contained alternative to Network Manager, and a superior one at that. Continue reading »

September 29, 2008: The US stock market closes down 777 pts. The only company to end the trading day in the green?

Campbell’s Soup.

Time to start investing in survivalist goods.

1. XKCD deploys its forces
2. Wikipedia fights back
3. The chorus narrates

I love the xkcd comic about Wikipedia, I love that xkcd fans immediately tried to make life imitate art, I love that Wikipedia moderators locked the article in response. For me, this is the internet operating to perfection.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrew-Galvanize-Davies (talk • contribs) 18:48, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Yang Ban Xi: The Eight Model Works. Continue reading »

The Boston Globe has begun a very cool little daily online publication, wherein a single article is chosen each day to be accompanied by several very high-resolution photos. Continue reading »

A team at MIT has created a system that allows for the creation of virtual objects in real space. Continue reading »

It’s been a long time under construction, but after over a year in limbo I’m finally and officially starting this site up. Continue reading »

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