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 …

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 recently had an epiphany, which may seem painfully obvious to most programmers, but it took me a little while longer to realize.

Under Python there is a module called doctest, which allows you to script an interactive session and look at the results. A sample would be:

>>> print 2 …

I reinstalled the blog after unsuccessfully dealing with the latest Pharma Hack. Basically, this piece of shitcode detects if your site is being browsed by a search engine, and replaces all of your links with pharma spam. Splendid, no? More info is available at Chris Pearson's blog.

Here's a little …

Printer: Samsung SCX-4725FN

Total Impressions: 37183 Page(s)
Replaced Toner Count:9 time(s)

Cost per toner cartridge: Around $70 - $90, depending on the sale.

Cost per page: Around $0.02 - $0.03

Chance of me ever going back to inkjet for this type of workload: 0%