I got yet another unpleasant surprise from Google yesterday when I went to access my Google Reader. There was a dialog with a message that told me that Google reader was going away next July 1st. The only available responses were the blue OK button and the little X in the upper right corner to close. Read more [...] Good-bye, Google Reader
I got yet another unpleasant surprise from Google yesterday when I went to access my Google Reader. There was a dialog with a message that told me that Google reader was going away next July 1st. The only available responses were the blue OK button and the little X in the upper right corner to close. Read more [...] 
"Do No Evil" doesn't appear to apply if Google doesn't think anyone is watching. 
Yesterday, I got an offer for a contract that made me uncomfortable, and I turned it down. There were several reasons for me to turn it down, but the main reason was that it invoked a very bad memory. 
LinkedInThis morning, I was greeted with an email (ostensibly from LinkedIn.com) informing me that I have "one of the top 10% most viewed LinkedIn profiles for 2012." 
I thought it might be something that I did. My Google Reader page has been really strange for the last day or so. 
Since I have my resume posted publicly, and I have reactivated my Monster.com account, I am getting several emails and calls every day, most of which are for contracts in places I would never consider going, even for a temporary contract. 
Actually, there are several problems with Linux, and there is a really good article over on Phoronix about several of them. But the main issue with Linux was humorously summed up in this XKCD cartoon.
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