The One With Aldacron

My first contact with the internet was in the spring of ’95. I was a few months shy of my 24th birthday, teaching English here in Korea. There was a computer exhibition being held at the COEX in southern Seoul. I had a good chunk of time to kill, so I dropped by to check [...]

A group of web developers called 9Astronauts has put together an awesome little tribute to MJ. It’s an animation of the lyrics extracted from tweets. You can see it at billietweets.com. One of those novel little ideas that have a big impact.

I signed up for Facebook a few months back, added my cousin as a friend, then promptly forgot about it. At the urging of a friend, I went back to create an account, found I already had one, and dove in. In the last day, I’ve gotten in contact with several old friends again. Nice. [...]

Good news for software developers, artists, writers, movie makers, and anyone who wants to make a living off of their creativity. The four men behind Pirate Bay, that cess pit of digital piracy, have been found guilty of violating copyright laws. Each of them have been sentenced to a year in prison and will all [...]

A piece of history that had lain hidden for nearly 150 years was just uncovered at the Smithsonian Institution. In 1861, watchmaker Johnathon Dillon, while repairing Abraham Lincoln’s watch, left a note for posterity that, apparently, no one had seen since he scratched it into the inner workings of the watch. Dillon, working in a [...]

Joss Whedon has teamed up with Neil Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion to make an internet miniseries in the form of a supervillain musical, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. I first read about it a couple of days ago on Raph’s blog, then it slipped my mind until Coyote did a write-up on it. I just [...]

In the comments section of my ever-popular RegCure Key Morons post, it’s rare to get a comment from a legitimate user of the software. But recently, an unhappy user did leave a comment complaining about an error he had when trying to use it and wondering what good it is. I replied with what I [...]

Early in August I installed a WordPress plugin called Spam Karma 2 on all of my blogs. I had been getting an increasing amount of comment spam. My blogs were all set to semi-moderation — the first comment you make to the blog would be moderated but, once approved, you could comment freely. Going through [...]

I gave up using Internet Explorer some time ago. My decision to do so was based on several factors. First, it is the browser most targetted by malicious software developers. The best virus protection I can think of is to avoid using the browser that most virus software targets. Another reason has to do with [...]

The SavetheInternet campaign got a small victory in the House Judciary Committee. Here’s the email update I received, quoted in full: Dear SavetheInternet.com Member, The fight for Internet Freedom took a major step in the right direction yesterday. A bipartisan majority on the House Judiciary Committee passed the “Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act” — a [...]