Here’s a gem from former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold: “Software sucks because users demand it to.” [“Why Software is So Bad”, July/August Technology Review.] The article is a good read.…

From the July/August issue of Technology Review: You’ve probably heard the Ford adage that a customer could have any color Model T he wanted as long as it was black.…

EE Times: MIT prof critiques Europe’s wireless efforts. The “big deal” Negroponte was keen to stress was that the emerging world of ad-hoc, peer-to-peer wireless networks will lead to a…

Played with activeRenderer last night to make the blogroll behave. Check out the results – I’m pretty happy with the end result. (If you’re reading this in a news aggregator,…

Whoa, Will: Casting Pearls Among Swine. Listen closely because this is very simple. Call your CATV provider. Ask for the Internet access without television package. Buy this Buy this or…

From this month’s issue of Context Magazine: Kentucky riflemen in Daniel Boone’s day said they knew they hit their target on hunting trips when they heard a squawk from the…