This is beautiful and brilliant and something you can participate in. Help f...

This is beautiful and brilliant and something you can participate in. Help fill those gaps in the modern world revealing the universe’s inner LEGO! Links Jan Vormann’s Best Lego Installations Shared with: Public

September 3, 2011 · 1 min · 33 words · Christopher Hicks

I'm a noob again too since I learned several things from this. Enjoy.

I’m a noob again too since I learned several things from this. Enjoy. Originally shared by Jake Gross For the noobs. Feel free to share at will. Created by +Simon Laustsen. Props. Images Shared with: Public +1’d by: Kathy Brown

September 2, 2011 · 1 min · 40 words · Christopher Hicks

Today is my first day on google plus and I have run into two frustrations.

Today is my first day on google plus and I have run into two frustrations. The most immediate and irritating issue is that when I try to type and make a post in Safari it goes crazy like I’m typing lots of stuff I’m not. I am typing this is a local editor and I hope that I can cut and paste this in. The other big irritant is that I have a circle of people I don’t want to follow, but they show up by default. Is it possible to make a circle of Negation? ...

August 15, 2011 · 1 min · 174 words · Christopher Hicks

Nice Couchbase ops training in SF

Couchbase ops training in San Francisco was well done. It was nice being on the student side of the room for once.

July 29, 2011 · 1 min · 22 words · Christopher Hicks

Microsoft Is A Monopoly

Microsoft may be a Monopoly, but being a commercial software vendor is far worse. Do you hate Microsoft? Do you love Linux? Do you hate AOL? Do you love Apple? Do you hate Apple? And why should any computer company make this much emotional difference to anyone? Because this technology matters. It can make your day to day life vastly better. It can make tedious tasks interesting. It can make hard task easy. It can turn sinking companies into rising ones. It can eliminate distance in personal communications. It can free the blind and deaf from their isolation. ...

November 15, 1999 · 4 min · 765 words · Christopher Hicks

Linux... changing the face of computing.

Are you frustrated by your computer? Whether you’re a first time user or a mainframe assembler hacker, the answer is almost definitely yes. You’re probably using a Windows machine. That is about to change. And this change will have as much impact on you, your computer, and the economy as the Internet already has. You may have heard of Linux. It’s been getting lots of press lately - 20 or 30 articles per week. The week I’m writing this report we find the San Francisco Chronicle asking: ...

June 6, 1999 · 3 min · 595 words · Christopher Hicks