Jimmy Wales nails it: maybe it is time for the police to take our tax dollars...

Jimmy Wales nails it: maybe it is time for the police to take our tax dollars and do so some actual police work. That does not include reading all of my emails or more surveillance. It also does not require more legislation or regulation. Links PM’s online porn plan ‘ridiculous’ Shared with: Public

August 3, 2013 · 1 min · 53 words · Christopher Hicks

Let's build a supercomputer!

Let’s build a supercomputer! Links Creating a $99 parallel computing machine is just as hard as it sounds Shared with: Public +1’d by: Paul Fernandez

July 31, 2013 · 1 min · 25 words · Christopher Hicks

I hope the geeks at google are hunting down the lawyers about now...

I hope the geeks at google are hunting down the lawyers about now and going midevil. Links Now That It’s in the Broadband Game, Google Flip-Flops on Network Neutrality | Threat Level | Wired.com Shared with: Public +1’d by: Paul Fernandez

July 31, 2013 · 1 min · 41 words · Christopher Hicks

Yay for rooting Android phones.

Yay Links Verizon Galaxy S4 has Been Rooted Again Running Build VRUAME7 – Droid Life Shared with: Public +1’d by: Brandy Butler, Paul Fernandez Comments Christopher Hicks - 2013-07-30T00:59:46Z I have rooted my first phone! I was ready to take it back to Verizon and get one that I could root. Happy, happy. Nexus experience is next. Brandy Butler - 2013-07-31T03:18:16Z Nexus FTW

July 29, 2013 · 1 min · 63 words · Christopher Hicks

When a Favorite Company Breaks Your Heart

Shared https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20130729064147-36792-when-a-favorite-company-breaks-your-heart/ by Bruce Kasanoff.

July 29, 2013 · 1 min · 5 words · Christopher Hicks

My favorite paragraph:

My favorite paragraph: And TerribleTony told us of his incredibly intriguing product: “I’m working on a 36-core SoC design. 16 of the cores are 6510’s, 10 ten are Z80’s, two are Hercules Graphics Adapters, two are FM synthesizers I pulled off of old SoundBlaster Pro or Adlib cards (whatever I could find at Goodwill), three are 8088s, and the remaining three are actually people doing jobs it offloads to Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.” ...

July 27, 2013 · 1 min · 116 words · Christopher Hicks

Can I get some place like this in Santa Monica?

Can I get some place like this in Santa Monica? Links No Joke: This 380 Square-Foot Apartment Actually Feels Spacious | Wired Design | Wired.com Shared with: Public +1’d by: Paul Fernandez

July 26, 2013 · 1 min · 32 words · Christopher Hicks

Seems obvious but I don't know many CEO's who get this.

Seems obvious but I don’t know many CEO’s who get this. Links 7 Qualities Of A Truly Loyal Employee | LinkedIn Shared with: Public

July 25, 2013 · 1 min · 24 words · Christopher Hicks

Fly To The Top – The 30:30:30:10 Rule

Links to https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20130718105059-13518874-fly-to-the-top-the-30-30-30-10-rule/ by Steve Tappin.

July 19, 2013 · 1 min · 6 words · Christopher Hicks

Linux is finally winning on the desktop

Linux is finally winning on the desktop, but it wouldn’t have happened this soon without the DoJ slowing down the monopoly. Links In Case You Don’t Appreciate How Fast The ‘Windows Monopoly’ Is Getting Destroyed… Shared with: Public

July 18, 2013 · 1 min · 38 words · Christopher Hicks