23:51 < snap-l> In the beginning, there were files. And they were text files.
And it was good.
23:52 < snap-l> And lo, the children of the machine made a great infrastructure
around those text files.
23:52 < snap-l> and the admins smiled
23:52 < snap-l> But lo, the serpent …

Oracle to buy Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion - MarketWatch.

I grieve.

At least an IBM / Sun deal would have given the technology Sun Microsystems has some respect.

It's springtime again, and with spring come thought of purging old cruft that's acquired throughout the wintery months. This got me thinking of some anachronisms that I've acquired in my digital life, such as old accounts that I no longer want to keep.

I don't know about you, but I've …

The excellent game "World of Goo" was released for Linux today. If you haven't seen this game, consider this an invitation to check out the world of awesome awaiting you.

There's a demo of the game available and the price for the full version is a reasonable $20.

Check it …

I had a situation this past week where I was without phone service for a few days, starting on Tuesday afternoon. For whatever reason, the phone company's installation of another phone number caused me to lose access to my phone until a more senior smart-person could come and fix it …