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FUSE!. I feel like the last person in the world to learn about sshfs via FUSE. All I can say is wow, I threw away all my Nautilus GNOME VFS shortcuts and went with this instead. Performance and reliability already seem far far better than the built in GNOME way. I also like that all… Continue reading FUSE!

On iFolder…. After meeting up with Calvin and Brady in Boston for the GNOME Summit, I promised to blog about my usage of iFolder and things of that nature, and pass along ideas and stuff as I ran into them. So, we've been running an iFolder simple-server at work for about 4 months now, and… Continue reading On iFolder…

Radio UserLand and Web 2.0. I've tried to write this post several times, never quite knowing where to start or stop. Instead of making this more structured, I figured I'd ramble a bit. The title is a misnomer, but we'll cover it at some point, OK? First, I'm in the Russ Beattie camp that the… Continue reading Radio UserLand and Web 2.0

Ray Ozzie's talk began pretty exciting, but the gist of what he was talking about is basically what people call Web 2.0. Like Tim O'Reilly's initial description, they leave out RSS too, even though most of their mission is the mission of RSS. I wonder how many people in the room have spotted that. [Scripting… Continue reading Ray Ozzie's talk began pretty exciting, but the gist of what he was
talking about is basically what people call Web 2.0. Like Tim
O'Reilly's initial description, they leave out RSS too, even though
most of their mission is the mission of RSS. I wonder how many people
in the room have spotted that. [Scripting News

We are at war, and Sony fired first. Boycott Sony.. Read this article at Mark’s Sysinternals Blog about how a Sony copy-protected CD installed a rootkit on his system, and the lengths he had to go to to get the normal functions of his PC back. I’ll wait. Back? Confused? Let me summarize: By inserting… Continue reading We are at war, and Sony fired first. Boycott Sony.

Happy Halloween!. Did you know Batgirl is a librarian? I did 🙂 And I am! I opted for the comic book version of the costume, instead of the television version. Oddly enough, it's hard to find thigh-high yellow vinyl boots. … [LibrarianInBlack]

U.S. Inquiry Cites Missteps in Iraqi Reconstruction. As money runs out for Iraq's reconstruction, there is no clear source for the additional funds needed to operate finished projects. By JAMES GLANZ. [NYT > Home Page]

Issues for Young People and Blogging. Some schools are asking students or creating policies requiring students to remove their blogs from the public internet. The article is about a Roman Catholic high school ordering its students to remove personal blogs from the Internet. They are not talking about censorship, they are trying to protect young… Continue reading Issues for Young People and Blogging

'The Assassins' Gate': Occupational Hazards. In his chronicle of the Iraq war, George Packer describes a poorly planned and executed takeover of Iraq. By FAREED ZAKARIA. [NYT > Books]

The Vice President: In Indictment's Wake, a Focus on Cheney's Powerful Role. The indictment of I. Lewis Libby Jr. lifts a veil on how aggressively the vice president's office fought to discredit Iraq war critics. By ELISABETH BUMILLER and ERIC SCHMITT. [NYT > Home Page]