Because research never leads to anything…

Posted by craig Published in Rants

Slashdot | Bell Labs Kills Fundamental Physics Research
One of the things in our society that really pisses me off is the tendency of companies to make short-sighted, long reaching decisions to their companies. One of the decisions that I generally don’t agree with is the cutting of research budgets in companies. Research is often looked [...]

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Aug

Fin.

Posted by craig Published in A day in the life

As one door closes, another door opens.

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Aug

From Rush to R30 – A listening retrospective: Signals

Posted by craig Published in Rush Retrospective

I’m not sure what the reception of Signals was when it was released, but having come from the prior albums on our listening journey, I’m pretty sure it was a huge shock to the systems of all of the fans. Signals marks a period where Rush started heavily using synthesizers in their music. Sure, “Moving [...]

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Aug

Ubuntu Hardy and a Broadcom Chipset

Posted by craig Published in Ubuntu

I recently upgraded JoDee’s laptop (A HP ZD7000 series with a broadcom chipset) to Hardy Heron from Gutsy. Unfortunately, JoDee’s laptop lost the ability to use wireless at that point, so she had to be tethered in the den with an Ethernet cord. In the interest of putting out new and useful information out on [...]

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Aug

As I Am (Drums of Thought)

Posted by craig Published in A day in the life, Music

Mike Portnoy is the man, and this song has a lot of meaning to me at the moment.

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Aug

Why the OpenMoko isn’t an iPhone killer – yet

Posted by craig Published in Computers, Rants

This is a sequel of sorts to my previous Free Software rant regarding their stance on the iPhone. I caught this on the PlanetMoko planet from zecke’s blog:
The Ugly
Oh well, QA asked us to not release due the stability issues they see during their heavy testing. We do not meet the quality standards our QA [...]

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Aug

Global Bug Jam 2008 – Report

Posted by craig Published in Computers, Ubuntu

The Ubuntu Michigan Group got together over at the Clinton Macomb Public Library for the Global Bug Jam 2008. In attendance was myself (Craig), JoDee, Mike, Adam, and Jim. After a few minutes figuring out whether or not the library cards were required to get onto the wired network (hint: not today) I presented Wolfger’s [...]

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Aug

Happy Birthday, Abigail

Posted by craig Published in Birthdays

Happy Birthday, Abigail! Hope you’re having a great birthday today!

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Aug

Dear Animal Rights Groups,

Posted by craig Published in News and notes, Rants

US animal-rights extremists firebomb scientists’ home, car
Dear Animal Rights Groups who think firebombing biologists is a nifty-keen idea,
Animals are suffering. Animals are constantly being killed for food by other animals. They need your support right now, or many millions of animals may die without your help. I will pay for your one-way trip to the [...]

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Aug