Building a Linux-Based Appliance: “For both ease of development and cost-effectiveness, Linux offers a perfect platform for building a robust, standalone appliance.” Source: Linux Journal [Archipelago]

Joel on Software. “Feedback from my posting about FogBUGZ Setup fell into four categories.” [Gee. I just thought “That's a good idea.” Still is.] [Archipelago]

BusinessWeek: David Farber: Tech's Deep Thinker. Now, more than ever, Farber believes sound policy is the cure to the New Economy's ills. The best route out of the telecom nightmare, he believes, is to make the FCC completely independent. “The only way the FCC can make effective policy is to remove it from the day-by-day… Continue reading David Farber: Tech's Deep Thinker

Using PHP to Make Basic vCalendar/iCalendar Events. If you maintain a web calendar, the vCalendar/iCalendar specifications can help you share calendar events with users through your site. By clicking on a simple link to a text file, your events can be added to your users' Outlook, Palm Desktop, or scheduling program of their choice. Such… Continue reading Using PHP to Make Basic vCalendar/iCalendar Events

Peter, it's great to hear your thoughts; I couldn't agree more.  John just gave me a demo of the latest & greatest, and I'm truly pumped.  He demo'ed it to me using a WinForms web services program running against localhost, which kind of blew my mind as we were brainstorming about the kinds of “outboard” cross-telespace utilities that… Continue reading Peter

Ultra-Cheap Computers: A Threat To Microsoft? [Windows Informant] My comment: it's a threat to the entire PC industry as we know it. How anyone can stay in business selling a $200 PC is beyond me. Certainly you won't see much, if any, innovation at that price point. Companies simply can't afford to keep many, if… Continue reading Ultra-Cheap Computers: A Threat To Microsoft?

Are you a network administrator dealing with Microsoft-centric networks? Then this FAQ might be for you.  [The Scobleizer Weblog]

My friend recently set up his Replay TV to connect to his PC over Ethernet.  He allocated a 120 Gb drive on his PC to his Replay device.  He also spent a couple of hours converting a couple of dozen of his DVDs and tapes he owns over to this PC hard-drive.  This now makes… Continue reading

My friend recently set up his Replay TV to connect to his PC over Ethernet.  He allocated a 120 Gb drive on his PC to his Replay device.  He also spent a couple of hours converting a couple of dozen of his DVDs and tapes he owns over to this PC hard-drive.  This now makes it possible to play them on demand.  

This is getting closer to what I want:  a simple device (and remote control) that connects my entertainment center to my PC.  Nothing fancy, just hardware and some light software.  This would allow me to easily store all the content that is delivered to my house or any movies/music I play on my DVD/CD player on an inexpensive drive for personal use later.  I could select from a variety of extremely low cost programming guides via the Internet (this competition would allow the guides to get better, faster, and more powerful quicker).   The interface doesn't have to be that different than a standard PC interface (on HDTV at 1080i, a PC interface is extremely nice and 30-40″!).  If this was built into a home theater receiver, that would probably work too (it would only require that a couple of input jacks — for all three major modes of input — that route through the computer's PVR hard-drive). [John Robb's Radio Weblog

Rick Klau has started a multi-author weblog to promote his new book published by the ABA: The Lawyer's Guide to Marketing on the Internet  It includes a section on using weblogs.   Excellent!! [John Robb's Radio Weblog]

Five Years of Groove. It's been five years since the co-founders of Groove started their thing. Ray Ozzie recalls the event. Worth reading. Ray also went so far as to publish the original founding document. I also recommend reading this document. [Craig Burton: logs, links, life, and lexicon]