http://blog.megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2011, Megite 30 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:35:05 GMT http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/1#item_1 8e0ff9dbbc1837bacce06de81501ab1b MIAMI BEACH, FLA. -- Clinton Portis walked through the makeshift ESPN studio, set up specially for Super Bowl week, wearing shorts, a green hooded shirt and his latest fashion accessory: a pair of dark-rimmed pair eyeglasses. It's a subtle reminder that Portis is still recovering from a concussion he suffered three months ago. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:35:05 GMT http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/1#item_2 cbd76efb002fcf413ee7a2f1ee3ff10c Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:16:07 EST http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/1#item_3 7cbb1a3e5ea26ae7d9a905edcaf3c38c Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-03T07:09:00+00:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/1#item_4 ea1c1e57253dfae0d0e4b11dbe1411cf Coondoggie passes along a NetworkWorld report on the pronouncement of a judicial conference committee recommending that trial judges specifically instruct jurors not to use any electronic communications devices or sites during trial and deliberations. Here's the committee report (PDF). "If you think you're going to use your spanking new iPhone to ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-03T08:33:00+00:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/1#item_5 2a9473330908983ab9be7deebfd8a96e An anonymous reader points out an article at SavyGamer in which several game industry veterans were polled for their opinions on DRM. Cliff Harris of Positech Games said he didn't think his decision to stop using DRM significantly affected piracy of his games, accepting it as an unavoidable fact. "Maybe a few of the more honest people now buy the ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:29:56 GMT http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/1#item_6 3e9ad46572ece410f3e505dda389308e Coupons for 55 pounds of rice under a new U.N. food program have become more valuable than Haitian money. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:02:55 GMT http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/1#item_7 4f4466d344095970c0be2f1b087dc907 Linux and Microcontroller Tips: "Since version 2.6.21, the Linux kernel has introduced a feature called tickless. the kernel no longer has a fixed 1000Hz timer tick. This will give a dramatic power savings..." (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:19:19 GMT http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/1#item_8 e980e7857e285cd14cb930a3685d31b7 In 2006, Benjamin Koellmann bought a condominium in Miami Beach. By his calculation, it will be about the year 2025 before he can sell his modest home for what he paid. Or maybe 2040. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:18:22 GMT http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/1#item_9 f93a9ef617728bdfb19f8090bbeb4295 Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:16:07 EST http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/1#item_10 6a806a2604b65956abe9d6dfe62f75ce Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 3 Feb 2010 00:07:06 PST http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/1#item_11 60e65bc8173b5ba0779143a71c01c493 Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T20:10:41-08:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/1#item_12 a3842d31d1a8720167cb7b28491a30fa Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:28:56 EST http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/1#item_13 bf2cf314465156b3d1b8ba26a1c6d6f9 Zooey Deschanel sleeps with bands, stars react predictably to Oscar nominations, Hugh Jackman goes to 19th century China and Ben Silverman teams with a Murdoch. You'll catch cold out there! Come inside and have a hot glass of Trade Roundup . •Zooey Deschanel continues to play roles that make her look cool: She'll be starring in a half-hour ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:42:00 -0500 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/1#item_14 d15e2824ae53005cd60af659fcc3186c Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:32:55 GMT http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/1#item_15 98808a9ef8c96076b3e374ede391a89a Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:53:30 PST http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/1#item_16 dc6cbb28f0970487aca991e5a172b047 Another sweet creation from Ukrainan steampunk leather mask-makers Bob Basset, this one with a cute little breathing-tube beard in the style of the Pharaohs. Leather mask "F" Previously:Steampunk "Raptor Pilot" mask #4 Boing Boing Boing Boing: Cthulhu mask on eBay Steampunk Soviet gas-mask - Boing Boing... (Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-03T03:03:00+00:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/1#item_17 4b1d741fdf02cc84a4732bf6edc24c88 Over the last few weeks, I've noticed more folks pointing out a paradox that has been driving me nuts. As many companies embrace open innovation and culture, there is one incredibly successful holdout: Apple. Three articles on the subject here, here, and here. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:03:16 PST http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/1#item_18 b7614cf65a31870974809fde16a5d87e Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T21:36:05-08:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/1#item_19 8d43ab044d6e5122a1c47ab3de1a7a68 A few weeks ago, Kathleen and I went on our first cruise together. It was her fifth and my first, so I got to experience a lot of new things. If time allows, I'll try to write about that in the future. But for now, I want to talk about one of our shore excursions. Our first day in port was in Puerto Vallarta. The weather was absolutely perfect: ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:32:34 PST http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/1#item_20 556d7e640fabb6d0e266702fb1aa4a04 A Turko-German consortium has announced a liquid glass product "that will revolutionize everything" (it's a "new kind of glass," as Mr Wolfram might put it). Seriously, it sounds like the applications for this stuff are endless, and yes, that's what everyone said about aerogel and the Segway, but maybe this time... They're shipping to the UK soon, (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:13:36 EST http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/21#item_1 5bed55740ddd0f1e80fa39c301e83df6 They say spring is the season of rebirth. How come everyone is trying to stage comebacks right now, then? So many high profile turnarounds are in the works: Mel Gibson , Michael Vick , butt rashes and more. Who will succeed? Comebacks, like many of our favorite snack foods, come in clusters. Take 1994: We had John Travolta 's comeback in Pulp ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-03T05:11:03Z http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/21#item_2 74844a0fc5acd61f3a5be83f77ffd0f9 Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:07 GMT http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/21#item_3 232cea643bef6150284914240dd936ad Cottage Health System is holding a neighborhood meeting regarding the status of the construction that is about to begin at the former St. Francis Hospital. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:05 GMT http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/21#item_4 a40dbb17780f205dd1c3ea81f2b3a004 Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:01:00 -0500 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/21#item_5 15a2c557cf5afcfd21c86b940ce824ae Experts say there's enough oil around Lake Albert to make Uganda a top producer in Africa. And if all goes well, Uganda will begin commercial production in the next year or two. But a lot can happen between striking oil and striking it rich. The people in the region are just hoping to be treated fairly. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:01:00 -0500 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/21#item_6 b9ea472793d83631a53c387ee0c1bd88 U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan rely on a crucial supply line from the Pakistani port of Karachi. Pakistani truck drivers take enormous risks to ferry fuel and other goods to the troops along the route, where the threat of a Taliban ambush is ever-present. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:01:00 -0500 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/21#item_7 687b4d902721b68b55315c8e851fa9d9 Today on the Dish we primarily focused on the DADT hearings. Reax here. Andrew's take here. Notable quotes here and here. The GOP's exhausted arguments were pointed out by Paul Waldman, Gautham Nagesh, and Steve Benen. Bill Kristol and John McCain stood out in their cynicism. Dan Savage took stock of the overall situation. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:32:55 GMT http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/21#item_8 964a7743d5e9fe848b11c60285fd5854 Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:31 GMT http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/21#item_9 fb574bd21901c25f2f2bd5d0c1162a09 Ben Romo tells the school's side of the story regarding the incident at El Puente School and the gift from the medical marijuana dispensary. (Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T20:10:41-08:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/21#item_10 21bd45ac608e8df2f38acb86c9aedd0d An ill-wisher sends me a link to Steven Horwitz, who I last saw carrying water for Republican stimulus opponents with badly-reasoned and fallacious arguments that were past their sell-by date at least seventy years ago. He is still doing it. At PBS. Shame on PBS--get someone half-competent, please: Slapping the Obama Administration Upside the ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-03T04:07:00+00:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/21#item_11 9085b59db30fc4c9f8ff839a96652a53 Hweimer writes "A novel study analyzes the installed base of various office packages among German users. (Here is the original study report in German and a Google translation.) While Microsoft Office comes out top (72%), open source rival OpenOffice is already installed on 21.5% of all PCs and growing. The authors use a clever method to determine ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-03T03:03:00+00:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/21#item_12 f2630e887b443c609c2b4398b2202894 Ant notes a piece up on WBUR Boston addressing theories to explain the universal human experience that time seems to pass faster as you get older. Here's the 9-minute audio (MP3). Several explanations are tried out: that brains lay down more information for novel experiences; that the "clock" for nerve impulses in aging brains runs slower; and ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 2 Feb 2010 18:55:04 PST http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/21#item_13 59f23d991170bd1aebc792d4d59e5c2c Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:53:39 EST http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/21#item_14 0cc0529722f4456a72dac6d781cd5e64 U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Tuesday it took pressure from the government to get Toyota to take action over its sticking gas pedals. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:25:50 EST http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/21#item_15 b66e76a19a02a752b3f7050ef3fde6f8 You know how the Supreme Court ruled the Prop 8 trial couldn't be filmed ? A pair of Los Angeles filmmakers have pledged to create filmed reenactments of all 60 hours of the trial based on firsthand reports and transcripts. [ marriagetrial.com ] (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:25:50 EST http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/21#item_16 4c2450f8b7390a0c4ae63352e7ae86b7 Pretty much everything you need to know about President Obama and the budget deficit is contained within this chart: The chart, which is based on Congressional Budget Office figures, shows something which is both incontrovertible yet known by very few people: Obama's budget does not increase the long-term, or even the medium-term, budget deficit. ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:25:50 EST http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/21#item_17 98c3e9303d150ae0a4f6bfbd56535c39 Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-03T02:05:00+00:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/21#item_18 da018ed09d57fcaacfb2bb8a0d05f074 Thelasko writes "I'm sure many here have been the victim of bullying at some point in their lives. A new study suggests why. '...now researchers have found at least three factors in a child's behavior that can lead to social rejection. The factors involve a child's inability to pick up on and respond to nonverbal cues from their pals.' The ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:03:21 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/21#item_19 c358b6dbc1d93c3d19d2d58edeb09bda WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) The Central Intelligence Agency has intercepted communications from Osama bin Laden indicating that the al-Qaeda mastermind is "furious" that John Edwards' sex tape is scarier than any terror tape he has ever produced. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:03:21 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/21#item_20 dbdc038565ae38a625dbee17afb586bd Writing at Andrew Breitbart’s Big Hollywood, self-styled conservative comedian goes guns-ablazing versus Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers. The Jonas Brothers. Sure they need to grow some biceps and maybe sack up a little, but as a whole I don’t have anything against them. At least I didn’t, until that coiffed little pissant who refers ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:03:21 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/41#item_1 ddf484d2969dae9cb6022a2d0ad430e5 Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-03T01:47:40Z http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/41#item_2 a5bf012cda50ea445b3cf77ff68f8d87 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:28:40 EST http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/41#item_3 996935b280146a1f1107f3f7b090caf4 Readers, our nation's girls are in trouble. They are fighting each other and uploading videos of these fights to YouTube. Now is the time to come together as Americans and stop this... OMG: GIRL FIGHT ! THOSE CHICKS ARE TOTALLY FIGHTING! CBS 2 has done a hilarious throwback to a time when people were worried about the effect of " The Internet " ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:28:40 EST http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/41#item_4 bbcc07442c3f7c3b979101754c394280 Kaye Grogan is a freelance writer who lives in Virginia. She writes, produces, and hosts a daily commentary called "Viewpoint" on her local radio station. She has written op-eds and articles for the Daily Republican newspaper. She also writes editorials for online newspapers and local papers. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:27:35 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/41#item_5 5009a5b0df3e558703d3b73db78a2a75 Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:27:35 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/41#item_6 00b9adda89122676574f93e64f1a728f Moses, a gay Ugandan man seeking asylum in the United States, hides his face with a makeshift hood as he attends a press conference in Washington, DC, on February 2, 2010. The press conference was organized to announce the formation of 'The American Prayer Hour,' a multi-city event to 'affirm inclusive values and call on all nations, ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:13:21 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/41#item_7 8449423e6506b211afe60db76f4b319a Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-03T00:09:00+00:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/41#item_8 60e19668ad0d100859e87617de7f837b Foursquare is the new Dodgeball. Which is to say that it is my (and many other people's) method for tracking where we go (and in most cases our social activities). On a daily basis I use the iPhone app to announce some of my whereabouts to friends. I share specifics selectively, but in aggregate my information is shared publicly. (Disclosure: ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:13:21 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/41#item_9 b6f3a026f6f4efd446b0afd60b3ef314 In 2008, scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Ovarian Cancer Institute developed a potential treatment to fight cancer using magnetic nanoparticles designed to attach themselves to cancer cells. They found in their groundbreaking tests on mice that the particles not only attached to cancer cells, but they also moved those ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T22:41:00+00:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/41#item_10 bd4bf4754b66018583254ed8e0d8c422 Josh Triplett writes "Last October, Mozilla accepted the China Internet Network Information Center as a trusted CA root (Bugzilla entry). This affects Firefox, Thunderbird, and other products built on Mozilla technologies. The standard period for discussion passed without comment, and Mozilla accepted CNNIC based on the results of a formal audit. ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T23:24:00+00:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/41#item_11 0cea07d30189c27b87c6dd8246de27b9 JamJam writes "The Lancet, a major British medical journal, has retracted a flawed study linking the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine to autism and bowel disease. British surgeon and medical researcher Andrew Wakefield and his colleagues originally released their study in 1998. Since then 10 of Wakefield's 13 co-authors have renounced the study' (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:22:53 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/41#item_12 6bb2e5176228e154eab6a409244a9124 Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-03T00:09:00+00:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/41#item_13 a8d283960f917afa729bcd1a3538e4e3 Darthcamaro writes "As expected, Facebook today announced a new runtime for PHP, called HipHop. What wasn't expected were a few key revelations disclosed today by Facebook developer David Recordan. As it turns out Facebook has been running HipHop for months and it now power 90 percent of their servers — it's not a skunkworks project it's a ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:46 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/41#item_14 108ba22b8e2e2eb8afb2af586830bbf1 Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T23:16:14Z http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/41#item_15 320235909598feb6d4661538281564d8 Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T23:16:14Z http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/41#item_16 848ec209dde53699ffe891f17a662d9d This groundhog day we observe the earth on her circle journey round the sun. Bisected — no, quadsected– by four invisible points: not north, south, east, west, but summer, winter solstices, spring and fall equinoxes. If that were an ellipse shape in Adobe Illustrator, and you’d select Object > Path > Add Anchor Points, four ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:11:27 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/41#item_17 b7ea7cfffd098651d421a9c55442ca51 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:11:27 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/41#item_18 2c9e52d7670b18ddfc2c9dd5f16d7fb5 Google is looking for customer support professionals to handle its Nexus One phone, a clear sign it has recognized that its self-service support model has limits. (Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T22:41:00+00:00 2010-02-02T22:41:00+00:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/41#item_20 5051df89a5de88a77b08fff99785ad8a If you visited Amazon.com this weekend, hoping to buy a book that happened to have been published by MacMillan, you got a rude surprise. You couldn’t do it. Whether you hoped to buy an e-book for the Kindle, or an old-fashioned physical book, Amazon wouldn’t sell it to you. In a protest against the pricing model that MacMillan and ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T21:46:56Z http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/61#item_1 17ea18b4035c7f6a2dbdfea81d28d2ae Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T20:47:37Z http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/61#item_2 185fd91c70ff72f319d35905a3ec488f Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:44:16 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/61#item_3 b98db4f96e456922fdb70a01b6125925 Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T20:22:00+00:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/61#item_4 e89120b56870837fa5695f7a40ed71b2 NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The 5-year-old case of UMG Recordings v. Lindor (which we've discussed all those years) has come to a close in Brooklyn, without ever reaching the deposition and document production of MediaSentry. The District Judge denied the RIAA's motions for discovery sanctions but granted the RIAA's motion for voluntary ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T20:10:57Z http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/61#item_5 91b7c52c5e860f098f1d423b8f55463d Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T19:09:09Z http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/61#item_6 845f3a32f651f86b5164df28732dd03d Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T19:39:00+00:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/61#item_7 3b3bd47d5c6f6423fcda01c238cd6113 Theodp writes "'You have a lot of missing images, in the TV, in the news reporting,' explains billionaire Jimmy Lai. It's a gap that Lai's Next Media intends to fill with its animated news service. Artists lift details from news photos while actors in motion sensor suits re-create action sequences of stories making headlines. Animators graft ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T11:33:57-08:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/61#item_8 b7426b4a2249bd01c51f541db9a08c68 What if, starting in January of 2009, the unemployment rate were to have gone up and then come down as rapidly as it did starting in January 1982? That's the red line. Recent history and the administration's unemployment forecast make up the blue line: Comments welcome... (Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T11:01:14-08:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/61#item_9 be49154a491f500d7905621cdfdc0d7b 12/08 Baseline: What the Obama Administration forecast in late 2008 the unemployment rate would be if Bush administration fiscal policy were retained and the ARRA were not passed. 12/08 Baseline + ARRA: What the Obama Administration forecast in late 2008 the unemployment rate would be if its proposed policies were enacted. 2/10 Forecast: What ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T19:00:52+00:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/61#item_10 28a14dea75edb964f91c492b1a1ee8ea Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T18:58:41Z http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/61#item_11 c7aa2579ad4e816fc97d9a523035dcb4 Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T18:55:00+00:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/61#item_12 851c8a7cb36f7775d5eba8b850cc47ff Having cancer is like being kidnapped, being harried to a dark and deadly place by an unexpected assailant who has pressed the cold barrel of a gun to your skull. You might be strong enough or lucky enough to escape, to survive. Then again, you might not. (Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T10:48:14-08:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/61#item_13 ad4e4d93408a9a365fa991276b76cfef Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:41:05 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/61#item_14 ce5ae5a475cd4f13af8c547070bd949c Some time back I wrote about creating a number of konsoles automatically using dcop . Although we were at the time well into the KDE4 era I had not yet upgraded since there were still things that weren't quite working with KDE4, most of these have now been fixed so I've upgraded some of my systems to KDE4, which means it's time to update the ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T18:40:02Z http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/61#item_15 80e1a21e795ee5cad0ec871410ce0622 Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T10:10:24-08:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/61#item_16 bd6dc03a75e58f6fb5e611678e873535 There are some things you should share simply because they make you laugh. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:10:06 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/61#item_17 316020ae05a09bfa8a1a6a89845a9abd Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:10:06 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/61#item_18 b7cec4f60042c0d06dfb4900ddccbeae GlassFish v3 comes bundled with Metro - a secure, reliable, transactional, and .NET interoperable Web services stack. Metro is compliant with JAX-WS and provides additional quality of service attributes that can be easily enabled using NetBeans IDE . This blog contains a screencast that shows how to create a simple Web service using NetBeans 6.8, (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:10:06 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/61#item_19 12393ecc307775b9e2ac888e75fb184d Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T17:31:00+00:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/61#item_20 88cebfbbdf95a7e3a2d8ac67446ea761 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:20:06 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/81#item_1 d6ae9061d43004fbae16bf43dc5e55fb There is still no Wi-Fi on the northeast corridor Amtrak trains that carry hundreds of thousands of business travelers each day. So quit whining and get a USB 3G modem. It’s free with monthly service, which is tax-deductible. For the $60/month I pay Verizon, I can connect my laptop to the internet from any train, [...] (Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T06:10:16-08:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/81#item_2 d89dac6465e17748f9085974c9463603 The device will allow users to play games, surf the Web, watch video, read books and check e-mail all on a screen much larger than that of the iPhone (Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T06:10:16-08:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/81#item_3 497bf0fd7893177cca59c9a581b0cf9a The Pipeline is an interview show hosted by Dan Benjamin, talking with designers, developers, writers, and entrepreneurs. Guests include Zeldman, Kottke, Storey, Vaynerchuk, Coudal, Mann, Siracusa, and many more. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:21:15 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/81#item_4 2cd8a8816b5b72e25aecd94a39fc6cff Entry posted to my new blog . 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(Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-01T22:44:06-08:00 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/81#item_8 c41cacd42cc67d5cc366b89ccc61172d Andreas Weigand and Christopher Meyer Jeff Pulver, Brad Templeton and BT's Gary Shainberg David Kirkpatrick Looks On Renee Blodgett and Donovan Jeremy Allaire Yossi & Friends During Break John Hagel Stephanie Czerny enjoys Donovan Walking the streets of Munich with Dr. Gino Yu, Steve Larsen and Antony David Andrea Schaller, Global ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:05:54 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/81#item_9 abad405ade0e22206805b52dd7c100d1 For Christmas, my good friend and mentor John DeVillars gave me a copy of “The Man Who Loved Books Too Much” by Allison Hoover Bartlett.  (There were several messages embedded in the giving of this gift, I’m clear on that much.)  I’ve been eager to read it, but it was fairly far down on the [...] (Read on Source) ]]> 2010-02-02T01:57:44Z http://blog.megite.com/docsearls/1265187189/81#item_10 d53ba3c62e148c0662251b0d22ba3d21 NASA Moon program dumped. Google business app store coming. iPad still in the news. Yahoo back in bed with AP. Bots are different. MSFT screws US customers. Flash memory improved. Attacks on Facebook and Twitter triples. Windows 7 is a winner. Show sponsored by e-Harmony. Get a date. Go to www.eharmony.com and use the code EHTECH for a great ... (Read on Source) ]]>