Monthly Archives: December 2007

OLPC versus eeePC

Posted on December 26, 2007 by

I am now the lucky owner of both an OLPC XO and an Asus eeePC. I wrote about the eeePC before, now I got a chance to compare these two Linux-running, cheap ($200), kid-friendly, mini-PCs. Let’s look at size first, … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers | 31 Comments

May I ask for your vote?

Posted on December 22, 2007 by

My platform is free biodiesel for all! Please vote for me: Best Startup CEO. And for WordPress: Most likely to succeed. Here’s how the respective nominees compare on Alexa: CEOs, products. Also, if you are into that kind of thing, … Continue reading →

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MTOS and Drupal

Posted on December 21, 2007 by

In the last couple of weeks, there has been significant news from two WordPress competitors. Drupal lead developer Dries Buytaert has raised VC money to start a commercial company called Acquia to support Drupal, and SixApart has released an open … Continue reading →

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Dvorak?

Posted on December 21, 2007 by

Now that I know at least three very smart people who use Dvorak keyboards (Andy, Iain, and Matt), I thought I might try one: It’s been sitting in my office for a few days. Maybe blogging about it will make … Continue reading →

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Shortcuts

Posted on December 13, 2007 by

Some of the people I used to work with at Yahoo have come up with a nifty WordPress plugin called Shortcuts. It analyzes your blog posts and auto-suggests things like Flickr photos or Yahoo maps to add to your post.

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Bubbly video

Posted on December 4, 2007 by
Posted in Web 2.0 | 1 Comment