Is About.me Worth the Effort?

Is About.me, the directory service worthwhile, compared to LinkedIn for networking? I set myself up as I like the idea of a Virtual Business Card and I think it is valuable as a tool in that regard. When it is all finished it looks close to my WiseStamp signature, but I can’t embed it in [...]

Between Coffee and Carts is Fish on Wheels

Located on the corner of 50th and Hawthorne, in the Elks Parking lot the other day was Fish on Wheels covered here by the Portland Monthly blog. Fish on Wheels is part of the Flying Fish Company and after reading about it I am wondering why is it I didn’t just go over and talk [...]

What Does Big Brother Know About One?

I was researching database scraping and the deep web and I ran across this article from Consumerist.com and I haven’t looked up all the information, but it is an interesting list of places to look and see information about oneself.

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In The Shop: storytlr

Image via CrunchBase

XBMC was a bust for me to use. It simply had too many issues with configuring my graphics for very little payback. I continue to use my HPMediaVault with extra software.

This week I am installing Fedora 12 and Storytlr In The Shop.

From the Storytlr Site:

Storytlr is [...]

Knox Computer Programming Teams Among Best in Region

6th and 7th at site, good for 40th and 57th in 5-state area

October 26, 2009

Two Knox College computer programming teams finished among the top teams in the region, in the ACM Intercollegiate Programming Competition held Saturday, October 24 at the University of Illinois-Springfield. In the annual competition sponsored by the Association for [...]

Getting Your Wireless Network Up to Speed

The NY Times discusses the issues, solutions, and equipment in the area of wirless home networking. If you didn’t know that powerline networking is working on Gigabit speeds or where you might wish to deploy it check out the full article at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/technology/personaltech/13basics.html.

A reminder that for so many of the current uses, a wired [...]

Maker Faire

An amazing list of project at Maker Faire where I went to volunteer last weekend. I had a great time and worked hard. I have a number of stories to tell from the faire and pix to upload and they will all come in a rush over the next week. I would have been sooner, [...]