I’ve used 2 (sometimes 3) monitors at my desktop for so long now that I’ve come to consider having a second display indispensable. One of the problems with using more than one monitor is the bezels; no matter how closely together one places the displays or how carefully angled, there is always a split somwhere [...]
Archive for August, 2006
8 Aug
Software Licensing
If this isn’t an argument for open source software, then I don’t know what is: Giant Robot Imprisons Parked Cars The gist: a giant city-owned robotic parking garage in Hoboken traps hundreds of cars inside. Why? …because the license for the software that runs the robots expired. [Found on Dvorak Uncensored; also seen on BoingBoing]
7 Aug
Nerd Webcomics
I’ve been keeping an eye on xkcd – “A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language” – for a while now. It’s kind of hit-and-miss for me, but today’s post made me laugh out loud…
