Month: September 2005

CDT Urges Cautious Response To Internet Governance Proposals

CDT Urges Cautious Response To Internet Governance Proposals. Putting more power over Internet “governance” in the hands of multi-governmental bureaucracies could undercut the openness and accessibility of the Internet, CDT said in public comments. Responding to several new Internet governance models proposed in a report commissioned by the United Nations, CDT urged the preservation of… Continue reading CDT Urges Cautious Response To Internet Governance Proposals

Hurricane Security and Airline Security Collide

Hurricane Security and Airline Security Collide. Here's a story (quote is from the second page) where airline security is actually doing harm: Long lines and chaos snarled evacuees when they tried to catch flights out from two of Houston's airports. After about 100 federal security screeners failed to report to work Thursday, scores of passengers… Continue reading Hurricane Security and Airline Security Collide

Massachusetts' Closed Office

Massachusetts' Closed Office. Employees may be celebrating 30 years of Microsoft today, but 31 may be the end with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Enterprise Technical Reference 3.5 has passed its period of comment without significant change. Situation now looks like Microsoft Office is on its way out among Commonwealth agencies. Massachusetts has accepted the… Continue reading Massachusetts' Closed Office

Ten commands of sysadmin

Ten commands of sysadmin. Newsforge had a really great series on the Ten Commandments of system administration. They’re fairly basic, but given the thrust, that should be expected. Many of the commandments, though not all, are security-related, and while I might disagree with some of the discussion, overall all the reminders are useful to see… Continue reading Ten commands of sysadmin

When is something worth doing?

When is something worth doing?. If you're a freelancer and need a little help staying focused on important things instead of trivial details, this little form by David Seah is the thing for you.  [Garrett Dimon]

Does tagging lower costs of classification, but raise costs of finding information?

Does tagging lower costs of classification, but raise costs of finding information?. Gene Smith riffs on Ian Davis' take on why tagging is expensive. In a nutshell, the lower costs of classification are traded for higher costs in finding content. Gene makes much more sense of it than just that, though. At the end of… Continue reading Does tagging lower costs of classification, but raise costs of finding information?

Why I Love Ruby on Rails

Why I Love Ruby on Rails.In college, all of my classes revolved around Java and C++, and the first few years of my professional career were with ASP.Net which was a huge evolutionary leap in web development, and a joy to work with. It enabled me to spend less time on the tedious plumbing and… Continue reading Why I
Love Ruby on Rails