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    • A Modest Proposal: "How to Fix Capitalism" November 22, 2009
      "How to Fix Capitalism" is an insanely ambitious post that ranges over, well, just about everything concerned with business and all it touches. The following proposals give some hint of its deep wisdom:# Abolish patents. They have not been proven to speed progress: the evidence seems to be to the contrary. They definitely increase costs, are an ine […]
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    • Radar Absorbing Turbines Prevent Aircraft Confusion November 27, 2009
      Shared by Douglas sweet. The U.S. Military has recently expressed concern about Maryland offshore wind projects because radar could identify spinning turbine blades as low-flying aircraft, potentially disrupting its training missions in the area.  Turns out the UK Military is blocking wind projects for similar reasons.  If only there were a cool, high-tech s […]
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    • Amazon Offers Three Free MP3s of Your Choosing [Dealhacker] November 27, 2009
      Shared by HeyGabe Nice! Amazon is running a brief promotion (ends November 30th) offering $3 worth of MP3s from Amazon MP3 for free. Just head to this page, follow the directions, and enjoy your free credit. Jason mentioned this in today's deals of the day, but we all know how important music can be to getting work done, so take advantage. [Amazon via U […]
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    • Get a 25-inch 1080p monitor for $149.99 shipped November 26, 2009
      Shared by Douglas hmm, this may be too good to pass up. Lowest...price...ever on a 25-incher. Amazingly, it's new, not refurbished, and you don't have to muck around with any rebates. It even has two HDMI inputs!
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    • Subscribed to tronath4n November 25, 2009
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    • Some Triangle Futures — maybe — just if November 24, 2009
      After taking a vacation from blogging for the first time in over five years, I have more than enough to be writing about, but I thought I’d start out by posting a reply I just sent to Rick Smith of Metro Magazine who was asking about the future of the Triangle for communications, infotech and biotech and anything else than comes to mind. My answers: There is […]
      Paul
    • Lifepress – an Open Source Multi-User Lifestreaming Platform Written in Django November 23, 2009
      I discovered a new open source Lifestreaming platform written in Django that comes to us from Krzysztof Klinikowski of Poland. He describes it as Lifestreaming Platform, multilanguage and multiuser. Written in Django, using modern technologies, microformats friendly. Clean and beautiful. Here is a screenshot of a user profile (click to visit) This is an alph […]
      Mark Krynsky
    • The Bizarre Cathedral - 60 November 24, 2009
      Shared by Douglas I really hate it when people take this attitude about things. Latest from the Bizarre Cathedral. read more
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    • The Really Traditional Socratic Method November 22, 2009
      You ask people hard questions. Then they kill you. Copyright © 2009 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in your news reader, it makes the page you are viewing an infringement of the copyright. (Digital Fingerprint: )
      Eugene Volokh
    • Wind Power Could be Stored as Ice November 21, 2009
      A perfect way of storing electricity generated by wind turbines has been elusive so far.  Ideas like super-sized batteries, compressed air and hydroelectric storage have all been floated.  One company though thinks the answer could be as simple as making ice. Calmac has come up with a storage system called IceBank that uses the energy generated at off-peak n […]
      Megan Treacy
    • Polar Bear Robots Replace Dead Bears at St. Louis Zoo November 24, 2009
      Shared by Douglas um, how about just not having Polar Bears? thanks St. Louis. Officials at the St. Louis Zoo are preparing for their holiday Wild Lights exhibit by installing electronic polar bear proxies in place of the deceased polar bears who died in their captivity. The gesture is rife with social commentary, given the fact that polar bears have become […]
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    • DRM-free top-flight horror novels November 20, 2009
      Brett from small-press horror publisher Chizine sez, "ChiZine Publications (CZP) is an independent publisher of weird, surreal, subtle, and disturbing dark literary fiction hand-picked by Brett Alexander Savory and Sandra Kasturi, Bram Stoker Award-winning editors of ChiZine: Treatments of Light and Shade in Words. You've seen us mentioned recently […]
      Cory Doctorow
    • Google Chrome OS Event November 20, 2009
      Shared by Douglas Ha. Google makes Linux a Mac! Google will announce more information about Chrome OS at a press event that starts at 10:00am PST. Google will offer "an update on Google Chrome OS and provide at the work that has been done thus far, an overview of the technology, and launch plans for next year. Speakers will include Sundar Pichai, Vice P […]
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    • EFF Tackles Bogus Podcasting Patent - And We Need Your Help November 19, 2009
      Patenting podcasting? You've got to be kidding. Yet a company called Volomedia just got the Patent Office to grant them such exclusive rights. EFF and the law firm of Howrey, LLP aren’t willing to just sit by and watch. This patent could threaten the vibrant community of podcasters and millions of podcast listeners. We want to put a stop to it, but we n […]
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About

MSIS from UNC-Chapel Hill.  I graduated from said institution with a BA in Biology and Communications in 2005.  I graduated from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in 2001.  I currently live a double life working for a proprietary software company by day and champion open source technology by night.  I was a co-founder in the Carolina Open Source Initiative and founder of the Open Madison Group (OMG!).

2 Responses to “About”

  1. bibomedia said

    March 5, 2008 at 12:15 am

    :)

    Reply

  2. Doug said

    March 5, 2008 at 12:21 am

    Who are you bibomedia?

    Reply

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