You are looking at posts that were written in the month of January in the year 2007.
Posted on January 24th, 2007 by longestnow.
Categories: indescribable.
Paul Di Filippo’s latest is pure genius.
Posted on January 23rd, 2007 by longestnow.
Categories: Not so popular.
Ethan says in a recent review of SL’s relicensing announcement:
How about a group like the Free Software Foundation, which also emphatically supports open standards and open code? [Note: they would surely prefer to replace “open” with “free” in that statement, for historical reasons] They are enthusisatic about the move by Linden, and are promoting it directly. Do we need standards for how deeply one supports the tenets of freedom — the ability to split and recreate a system elsewhere — the way we needed standards for what it means to be “free software”?
Finally, a debate which hilariously highlights the troubles with Second Life, courtesy of Berkman luncheons and YouTube: Charlie v. Ethan, Round 1
Posted on January 22nd, 2007 by longestnow.
Categories: Glory, glory, glory.
This is more or less the sexiest portable tech I’ve ever seen. Complete with 3.5″ drive, monochrome display, and a proper briefcase! Unbelievable techno-lust fills my heart… who is behind this?
Posted on January 22nd, 2007 by longestnow.
Categories: Too weird for fiction.
The cost of Vista… a view of a glorious future. Thanks to Peter Gutmann for the thoughtful analysis.