So, linked-in is using cfengine and svn this year, right now, in 2014. Consider that git has been release quality for nine years this December. If they replaced svn with git, which is a no brainer, then maybe they could appreciate how painful cfengine is. Links Virtual Panel: Configuration Management Tools in the Real World Shared with: Public
SpaceX’s new Dragon capsule is the sexiest spaceship yet! Links SpaceX unveils human capsule Shared with: Public +1’d by: Caskey Dickson
gorgeous! Video Watch Video Shared with: Public +1’d by: Chase Van Huisen, Paul Fernandez
You should not be shocked at how much copyrights are abused by now. Most people have forgotten that not long ago copyrights were 0 years long. Newton did not write because of copyright. Fair use is not fairly defended. We need a political party to take this up for the people instead of corps. Free Mickey Mouse from corporate tyrany! Links Op-Ed: Bad copyright rules killed Hadfield’s Space Oddity Shared with: Public
Asylum Street Spankers: If You Want Me To Love You: http://youtu.be/8fqZDivnfrM Video Watch Video Links http://youtu.be/8fqZDivnfrM Shared with: Public +1’d by: Tony Edwards
Clouds in Oakland, oh my! Images Shared with: Public +1’d by: Paul Fernandez
Why do we need phone manufacturers when we can make our own phones for less with off-the-shelf parts? Links Linux engineer builds Raspberry Pi-based Piphone for $158 Shared with: Public +1’d by: Wing Wong Comments Wing Wong - 2014-04-27T20:03:15Z Sweet.
Penn & Teller rock! Video Watch Video Shared with: Public +1’d by: Oily Salad, Todd Stein
An interesting take on my github contributions. Links Christopher Hicks’s Open Source Report Card Shared with: Public +1’d by: Paul Fernandez Comments Paul Fernandez - 2014-02-17T06:31:04Z That is so neat! Shared that with a friend of mine. Can’t wait to have my own! Christopher Hicks - 2014-02-18T04:49:28Z Get coding!
“Put it in a Superbowl advertisement where the American National Anthem is being sung in Spanish and two men hold hands. Then people will notice,” This is a good plan for informing the American public that our foreign aid is less than 1% of the Federal budget, but maybe we should use it for the larger goal of destroying the RNC/Fox fact-hating propaganda machine. That way we can start dealing with the environment and the budget with fewer myths and more facts. ...