technology

Google Wave - I've got invites!

Posted Sun, 11/01/2009 - 10:10 by J. Adams

I just received my invite for Google Wave! Google Wave is the new communications/collaboration/website... thingy, from Google. A better explanation of what Google Wave is can be found here: http://completewaveguide.com/guide/Meet_Google_Wave. So far I am finding it to be somewhat like Facebook on steroids, minus the complete vendor lock-in, but still everything in one place. Anyway, it's hard to explain, but if you would like an invite I have 19 left to give out, so feel free to contact me and I will send you one while supplies last! cavemanf16@gmail.com

Ohio Voting Problems Are Not the Result of "Computer Glitches"

Posted Thu, 10/16/2008 - 09:30 by J. Adams

Throughout a story today from the NYTimes, officials from Ohio are quoted as blaming voting problems on both government employee typos and "computer errors." I find this funny, because computers generally don't have ANY "errors", rather they have programming errors which ties back directly to the person, people, or companies that programmed the computer. Given that our great state of Ohio has chosen to use horrendously designed and programmed Diebold voting machines and tabulation databases, I don't think it would be a stretch to blame these supposed "computer errors" on further poor government decision-making and expertise of those building the databases which our voter registrations are being checked against.

del.icio.us How-To

Posted Fri, 11/16/2007 - 16:16 by J. Adams

del.icio.us, the online bookmarking service, is a wonderful tool if you give it a chance. The name is obviously a clever play on the typical web address with a "www" prefix and ".com, .org, or .us" domain, but more importantly it is a clever site that eliminates the need to keep, maintain, organize, and migrate bookmark data in your browser and across multiple computers. (Which used to be one of my major pet-peeves about bookmarks.)

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