Veterans Day

While there are many outstanding works of art depicting the heroism and sacrifices of veterans, I chose this clip for today to help take a few moments to reflect on the contributions veterans have made to America. In any clime and place, at any time, service men and women have unselfishly answered the call. Let us pay our respects to them.

 

Karen Sandler on Open Source and Medical Technology

Karen Sandler reflects on her personal experiences with the issue of proprietary software in medical devices.

At OSCON 2011, Karen Sandler (executive director of the Gnome Foundation) talks about how patients should make an effort to understand the software their surgically implanted devices use.

Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon Immersion Box Set Released

After a number of re-issues over the years, this set just may be the ultimate edition of one of the most famous albums in music history.

Epic Pink Floyd Moment: David Gilmour Joins Roger Waters for "Comfortably Numb" at O2 Arena, May 12th, 2011

The audience never saw it coming. You can hear more people joining the applause as they are gradually realizing it is, in fact, David Gilmour.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUYzQaCCt2o&hd=1

 

Colleges Reduce App Fever

As mobile device usage proliferates, colleges find that it makes more sense to simply publish mobile versions of their sites.

The Chronicle of Higher Education has an article about colleges increasingly focusing on optimizing their web sites for mobile browsers, instead of investing time and money into downloadable apps.

New Media Is Not Always Better Media

Judging by Robyn Good's article on Technorati about celebrity legal issues, "new media" still has a lot of maturing to do.

How to Tell a Company to Support FireFox

If a company you do business with still has not implemented FireFox support on its web site, send a polite yet determined request.

Dear [Company],

Smarter Microphone Use for Recording Presentations

Introduction

The inspiration for this article came from watching numerous DrupalCon and other Drupal-related videos that had a hand-held video camera recording the presenter's voice from a distance, rendering the audio unintelligible.

The video aspect of presentations will be addressed in a separate article.

Holocaust Denial? School District Pulls Anne Frank's Diary

In a disastrous move that many will probably view as Holocaust denial, Culpeper County Public Schools pulled Anne Frank's diary from the curriculum and from the shelves, because the book contained references to sexuality.

Web-Only Research: Convenience, Laziness or Ignorance?

I am repeatedly disturbed by people actually believing that they can in any way verify the authenticity of news online, or that they can do reliable research on the Internet.

A Greed of Their Own

Professional sports have reached a point when the leagues are primarily about money, not about the games, as this article points at an example.

We should probably look way past the insignificant issue of licensing fees and see the much bigger problem.

Skype Shutdown Scare Emphasizes Need for Open Source

eBay's threat to shut Skype down over licensing disputes is a prime example of why everyone from corporations to users must think about open source.

Avatar Is Not Code Pink Propaganda

A few musings from my identi.ca posts in response to the media trying to make a story when there is not one.

Tunes for the Day, December 25, 2009: Falco with Brigitte Nielsen, Jean Michel Jarre

"Body Next to Body" by Falco with Brigitte Nielsen; "Industrial Revolution" by Jean Michel Jarre

There is no denying it: the 80s were a decade of musical excess. Today we have two examples for your consideration.

Drupal and Pressflow Compatibility

A forum encounter with a user worried about committing to Pressflow emphasizes the importance of understanding the Drupal cross-compatibility.

Using Open Source versus Being Open Source

Whitehouse.gov implementing Drupal has open source advocates rejoicing, but it is worth remembering that using open source is not the same as being open source.

Drupal Forks and Distributions

In the spirit of true open source, Drupal has its own forks or distributions, or whatever we want to call them.

Not surprisingly, when an open source solution is stable, flexible and powerful, it is bound to gain a large userbase and scores of developers who want to customize it. The best aspect of such tweaking is that the results are released back to the community. Let us look at some popular Drupal distributions today.

Protect Your Pricey Software Licenses

While service plans and extended warranties on consumer electronics are often money-sucking schemes, protecting your licenses for music production software is a good idea.

The End of the World: Sarah Connor Chronicles Is No More!

Apparently, after decades of existence, television still does not get it right.

Back in the Saddle, Experimenting with OpenCalais and RDF

After getting back to civilization, I feel like stepping into the future and implementing semantic web capabilities on some of my sites.

Electronic Musician: Build a Laptop Studio on Any Budget

Electronic Musician gives a few pointers on setting up a laptop music studio for any budget.

Planet Drupal TV Now Feedcasting

Planet Drupal TV aggregates multiple Drupal video sources.

Quick Drupal update today: http://www.planetdrupal.tv is now online, with videos pulled from 12 different feeds. You can see what is popular and sign up to participate in forum discussions.

Terminator: TSSC Season Finale Will Blow You Away (No Spoilers)

Already one of the strongest showings of the franchise (discussed previously), Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has not only impressed with the last five episodes of its second season, but it will probably have fans threaten producers with termination if the series is not continued at least for another year.

DrupalCon's "Why I Hate Drupal"

For those who may accuse some of us Drupalers of being fanboys, here is a video that I find very influential in my dealings with the content management framework.

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