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IMHO Rails has become the very kind of spaghetti web "muck" it set out to replace 5 years ago. This is my primary reason for switching to Node.js for as much as possible going forw…

But no man is strong enough to have no interest. Therefore the best king would be Pure Chance. It is Pure Chance that rules the Universe; therefore, and only therefore, life is goo…

To paraphrase an old anecdote, No software company ever went broke flipping Skype. I do hope Microsoft flubs up like Ebay did, and purchases Skype, but make the same IP mistake and…

Also worth watching: The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis, by Bill Moyers http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3505348655137118430# It's worth noting that Ricky Ros…

"Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice." —Will Durant

Been there, done that, never again. Consulting really sucks when you're stuck with a client who deserves to be fired. My horror story was having to quote excerpts from California l…

I don't think Higher Education is in a bubble for one very specific reason: there is no way to open the investment flood gates and attract a large number of speculative investors. …

Someday, probably around 2027, Google will once again become like a startup company. Whatever that even means. Many years after some new-new-competitor arises and steals Google, Fa…

Apple's UIWebViews are the new IE. This whole issue can only get worse, since Apple has committed to a long bet against the web, because native apps can be controlled and they can …

At the very least this might turn up a stone that was overlooked. Think like a detective. Instead of looking for further evidence, maybe all we have to do is wait for any involved …

I think you're on to something there. I want to watch Startup MMA .

"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are that good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats." —Howard Aiken

Nothing David Brooks writes is worth reading nor taking seriously. He's a career pundit.

I'd say mathematics is closer to the hacker spirit than startups or icky things involving money & bureaucracy. I like the proof of quadratic reciprocity by way of group theory. A n…

Hey you web-based Net Neutrality advocates, Isn't this move a bit hypocritical? Moving to metered traffic pricing models is arguably identical to the big bad plan that the telco's …

Giles was a pretty funny speaker—worth seeing!

No matter what they build, ultimately it's based on public key crypto methods. So this is all a moot point after mathematicians make a break through and smash public key encryption…

I think there's huge room in the market for another Craigslist. At least a few billion. I just don't think it can be done without a missing piece of the puzzle nobody can yet see. …

Apple or Google will buy T-Mobile.

There are Ayahuasca tourist businesses in Peru and in that general region. They cost less than typical vacations to the same area. You pay a local Shaman to take you into the jungl…

I wish this unconstitutional and overly broad border search policy would be cancelled. Besides the chilling effect on the broader American surveillance society, it's also not very …

While that seems like a bad idea now, there's a very necessary reason for Newton doing it that way. Newton presented Calculus exclusively in the more complex language of Euclidean …

Let me get this straight. A wealthy, white, educated, privileged male who is incredibly talented and who won both the birth and tech lottery back in the 90's is now whining about t…