The Proper Care And Feeding Of Fools, Internet Edition

Posted by Doug on May 2nd, 2007 | 3 Comments

Or: Idiotically digging Your Community's Grave
A "minor" rebellion over at digg yesterday has simply reinforced my perception that the comments section of said news aggregator is filled with either a) 14-year-old males with little-to-no understanding of the real world or b) grown men acting like 14-year-olds, petulantly thumbing their collective nose at "The Man" in [...]

Posted in Observations, Technology

Why I Love The Internet, Part 308,456

Posted by Doug on June 16th, 2006 | No Comments

…It makes me laugh. An interesting discussion popped up over at Slashdot regarding the lack of female applicants to, and therefore, lack of females being sponsored by the GNOME project's "Summer of Code" (sponsored by Google). The conversation revolved around the general lack of females in tech fields and spawned the following comment:

There're [...]

Posted in Computers, Humor, Linux, Observations, Technology

Web Advertisers Take Note

Posted by Doug on October 11th, 2005 | No Comments

Ad agencies of the world, please note this story over on Slashdot. You'll rarely find a more tech-savvy crowd than /.'ers and so it would behoove you to read the comments and find out why, precisely, people are installing ad-blocking software in droves. They're providing you with market research, free of charge.
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