Monthly Archives: December 2006
The Goog Life
Aaron Swartz makes a very interesting blog posting called The Goog Life: how Google keeps employees by treating them like kids on this blog Raw Thought. From the posting: “It’s about infantilizing people,” she explained. “Give them free food, do … Continue reading
Windows Vista and Mac OS X Comparison
Here’s a link to a video comparison of Windows Vista and Mac OS X run by David Pogue at the New York Times, along with a written review. Think that Vista is a ripoff of OS X? David has some … Continue reading
Jack Bauer Deplanes in One Month
Just a reminder: “24″ starts again in one month, with a two hour premiere and another two hour episode the following day. Be sure and hit Dave Barry’s blog those night and join in the fun while we blog along … Continue reading
Pet Dishes That Speak
OK, this is just too weird. A pet food dish that speaks a recorded message back to your pet when the sensor inside the bowl detects motion.
Lost Nominated by Writer’s Guild of America
Lost has been nominated for two awards for writing by the WGA. Other nominees include “The Simpsons”, “30 Rock”, and “Battlestar Gallactica”. Lost was nominated for Best Drama, and will be up against “24″, “Deadwood”, “The Sopranos” and “Grey’s Anatomy”. … Continue reading
Peter Boyle Passes Away at 71
Peter Boyle, probably best known as the father on “Everybody Loves Raymond” and as the monster in “Young Frankenstein” passed away today. He was 71.
Lego Mindstorms Self-Parking Car
I’ve always liked Legos, and I really like the LEGO Mindstorms Robot kits. If you’re looking for Christmas present for your kids (or your kid at heart), you can’t go wrong with Legos. Here’s one of the projects someone did … Continue reading
Google Transferable Stock Options
Over on the Official Google Blog they have a posting about transferable stock options which they intend to implement soon. From the posting: Typically, employees get value from stock options by exercising them after vesting, and then selling the stock … Continue reading
Google Web Toolkit Code Released
Google released their code for the Google Web Toolkit under the Apache 2.0 license. The interactive applications you’ve seen from Google, like GMail, use this. It allows you to write programs in Java, and then deploy them as Javascript applications … Continue reading
Java 6 Released
A few years ago, Graham Hamilton announced Java 6 at the Alumni Fireside Chat at the JavaOne conference, and now it’s been released. What is there to look forward to in Java 6? New Security Features and Enhancements Native platform … Continue reading