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12/15

Posted December 15, 2009 By Landis V

“It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.”
– H.L. Mencken

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/12/diy-book-scanner/
DIY book scanner, as stated.

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/12/open_source_hardware_2009_-_the_def.html

http://www.taskcoach.org/
Interesting for desktop software.

http://www.redmine.org/
Also interesting for project management, and possibly even change management depending upon ease and flexibility of workflow configuration.

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12/9

Posted December 9, 2009 By Landis

“When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: admit it, learn from it, and don’t repeat it.”
— Paul “Bear” Bryant

http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com.nyud.net/blog/mfreed Inaccurate Copyright Enforcement: Questionable “best” practices and BitTorrent specification flaws

“So let us reach for the world that ought to be–that spark of the divine that still stirs within each of our souls.”
— President Obama, from his Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
Now watch as Obama uses his ignoble prize as a divining rod for -his- interpretation of “the world that ought to be”, which is almost without question unreachable from my vision of same.

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12/8

Posted December 8, 2009 By Landis V

‘We will not be releasing a sanitized or cut down version for territories where adults are not considered by their governments to be able to make their own entertainment choices.’
 –Rebellion (game company) on Australia Ratings Board decision not to rate their new Aliens vs Predator game.  See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Film_and_Literature_Classification_(Australia)

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From e-mail

Posted December 4, 2009 By Landis V

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. –Thomas Jefferson

http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/11/30/2322205/Royal-Society-Releases-Historic-Science-Papers

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thesimpledollar/~3/-bGSmUnSyM0/ Making Buyers – attachment of desire based on enjoyment of situation (i.e., TV show, movie, etc.)

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From e-mail

Posted December 4, 2009 By Landis V

“Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.” — Warren Buffett

http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/AnH-FvnlIuc/Best-PC-DVR-Software-For-Any-Platform DVR box discussion thread

http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/geREaE-hgT8/Musical-Tesla-Coils-Perform-Zelda Might be an amusing read.

http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/1VbHGuIJY6U/The-Voynich-Manuscript-May-Have-Been-Decoded Voynich manuscript cracked?

http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/7wTZZOWvAyg/SarBox-Lawsuit-Could-Rewrite-IT-Compliance-Rules Well duh.

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11/19

Posted November 19, 2009 By Landis V

http://aimpl.org/pl/
List of unsolved math problems, with what has been done in working towards a solution.

“Admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.”
— Seneca

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140414/Windows_7_tricks_20_top_tips_and_tweaks

http://www.pcworld.com/article/181713/windows_7_for_less_where_to_find_discounts.html

http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/_2F6gxBLJx4/Two-Senators-Call-For-ACTA-Transparency
Pass this along to Nebraska senators

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Who is Paying Taxes? | MintLife Blog | Personal Finance News & Advice

Posted November 19, 2009 By Landis V
Who is Paying Taxes? | MintLife Blog | Personal Finance News & Advice
Source: www.mint.com
Recent news articles have brought to light the fact that almost 47% of households in the US currently have zero or negative federal tax liability. We take a closer look at this lack of liability across each income level, highlighting the percentage in each range that will not pay any taxes. …
    For a moment, this really pissed me off. However, under the -assumption- that they include all Americans, including the unemployed, and in combination with http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/politics/2009/10/02/shapiro.unemployment.bd.cnn.html it doesn’t bother me quite as badly. Percentage-wise, though, shouldn’t we be a little concerned and bothered that 5% of our fellow countrymen pay for over 60% of our government, infrastructure, and social programs?    
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