Facebook just unveiled their new advertising that will turn your “check-ins” and “likes” into advertising. As always, Ars Technica shows a detailed analysis and discusses why this might not be what you, the user, may have intended. I deleted my Facebook account right around when Facebook started littering the web with their “like” buttons. If [...]

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(OK, sorry for the lame title, but you come up with something for HD other than High Definition. ) One of the local NPR radio stations has a HD2 channel that they use to put music on. Now, considering there’s probably a handful of HD receivers out there, and none of them in my house, [...]

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Near the beginning of the 2010 I finally broke down and sent back the copy of Civilization IV that I’d bought. Yes, yes, I know, I know, it’s a Windows game, but I couldn’t help it. I was bound and determined to play it under Wine, and the results that I had with the demo [...]

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