There has been quite a bit of talk lately regarding Echo, which aims to replace RSS as the syndication de facto standard. This drive for a replacement is due in no small part to the politics around RSS, and what seems to be a general distaste for Dave Winer, father of RSS. Really, I don’t [...]

"An application should always present a window when its Dock icon is clicked." Does anyone else find this feature slightly annoying?

I did some scripting for work yesterday, and came up with this little snippet to ensure important scripts will run as root.

"It appears that CONNECT is used for tunneling proxy servers. Apparently, these proxies can be used for spam."

There goes the neighborhood.

Friday. 8:00. SCI FI. Stargate SG-1. Don’t miss it. I know where I’ll be. The three-hour block will start off with Stargate: The Lowdown, followed by the two-hour season premiere. I’ve been big into SG1 lately. Used to watch it back on HBO. How long ago was that? So, anyway, it’s almost here. If you’re [...]

Not much to report. I am settled back into the apartment here at RIT, enjoying the peace and quiet, but missing friends of various size and stature.