On Saturday, I went to Costco to do some window shopping. When I was leaving, I ran into Dave Dasher, who worked with me at eMake and the last time I worked at AMS. We had a good catch up conversation and I left.
I then went to Super 1 Foods to get groceries. When I was going in, I ran into Steve Jones, who worked with me at eMake and the last time I worked at AMS. We had a good catch up conversation and I went on to get my groceries.
I’m not a big one for fate, but it is somewhat strange that I run into two guys I haven’t seen in years within 1/2 hour of one another.
There’s a woot-off going on today. Check it out if you get a chance.
Silly sign of the day:
Free/Open Source Software
- Adobe to make PDF an open standard
- Zimbra Pursues Microsoft, Novell With Revamped Software, Red Hat Pact
- BT says ‘enough’ on GPL
- 3Com embraces open source
- Free Linux Driver Development!
RIAA/MPAA/ESRB/IFPI/BSA/FCC
Stupid Patent Tricks, DRM and Other IP Nonsense
- Microsoft in BlueJ patent U-turn
- German pirate gets three years in the brig
- Patents for dynamic Web pages to get another look
- Record Companies Boxed In By Their Own Rhetoric
- A Brave New Modular World – Another MS Patent Application
- Someone (Other Than You) May Own Your Genes
Other News
- Teflon Windows
- Bush warns Iran against action in Iraq – GWB War #3 coming?
- The Libby Trial: Does Everybody Have a Bad Memory?
- Vista’s pretty but we may as well stick with XP, thanks
- SCO Files 10K: “We can not guarantee…our claims…will be heard by a jury”
Security/Our Rights
- Cenzic, Borland Team Up on Secure Application Development
- Microsoft to audit your company’s software licenses
- Priceline, Travelocity, Cingular Settle Adware Probe
- Viral e-mails taught in college
- Experts: Don’t buy Vista for the security
- Transportation worker identity cards not secure
Big Brother
- U.K.: Parliament won’t debate school fingerprinting
- [Georgia] Senator wants restrictions on social networking sites
- Air Force pursuing antimatter weapons
- FBI turns to broad new wiretap method
- Bush Directive Increases Sway on Regulation
- Ohio poll workers convicted of rigging 2004 recount