Google Talk may be just the push that has been needed to make instant messaging open and non-proprietary. Well done, google. I think it’s brilliant that they even have instructions for using the Google Talk service with existing jabber clients such as gaim.
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I finished reading Dan Simmons’ Ilium this weekend. I highly recommend it for lovers of sci-fi, literature, and greek mythology. Some knowledge of The Iliad and The Tempest helps, but isn’t necessary. The manner in which Simmons retells Homer’s epic poem, develops his myriad of characters, interweaves three seemingly unrelated plots, and [...]
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Cannabis may be an effective treatment for Crohn’s and colitis. Maybe I can convince my doctor to give me a prescription. Sounds better than eating worms.
I’m happy to see that Google added RSS feeds for their news categories. Now if only they would add RSS feeds for Google Alerts. Update: It looks like you can create a customized feed by doing a google news search for keywords and then using the RSS or Atom link on [...]
I drove down to Arkansas with my family this weekend to see how my brother is doing, hang out with his fiancée and her family, and enjoy Beaver Lake which is right in their back yard. After spending the weekend at the lake I’ve made it my goal to buy some lakeside property [...]
I recently had the task of designing a new web application for a very niche purpose (more on that in a later post). While I’m not a web programming expert, I have done some PHP/MySQL development at my last job and have dabbled with CSS and Javascript tricks at various points. I briefly [...]
