The KDE project released a third snapshot of KDE 4 last Friday, which I covered on Linux.com. KDE devs Aaron Seigo and Will Stephenson were kind enough to answer a slew of questions about the snapshot, so mosey over to Linux.com if you’d like to get the scoop on where KDE 4 development is at [...]
Here’s another writing pet peeve — when folks confuse peak (or peek), and pique. Here’s an example of proper usage: I live in Denver, Colorado, so I have a lovely view of the mountain peaks when I look to the West, but my interest is piqued when I find a good book about world history. [...]
I’ve put up a link to my “most recent” tracks on Last.fm. This is a bit faulty, since there’s no way to track music I listen to on my home stereo (still a preferred method), via XM Radio in my car, and so forth… but it still captures a pretty good picture of what I [...]
You have managed to wean me off of other RSS readers, and I am totally hooked on the starring feature… when the hell are you going to enable search for my feeds?
I mean, you’re Google, how the bleep does one of your products not have search???
Part of my job is to review software and hardware, and the software I review falls into two categories: FOSS and proprietary software. Reviewing FOSS projects is usually a joy because there are not artificial hurdles between me and the review: Identify an interesting project, download the software, read the README and any other relevant [...]
Some of the things that bug me, in no particular order:
Confusion of similar words like “they’re,” “there,” and “their,” or “your” and “you’re.” Is it truly that difficult to distinguish between words? I am referring to native English speakers here, I understand how they could be very difficult for non-native speakers.
The big pet peeve? Seeing [...]
Okay, I asked a while back about the quality of Comcast Digital Voice, but didn’t get much feedback at the time. Since then, I’ve seen a bit of interest in the topic, and I went ahead and got CDV in January, so I thought I’d comment on its quality.
Overall, it’s OK, but I have noticed [...]
