http://www.michaelswanson.name Technology, Books, Movies, and Music Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:15:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recently, I was given a new TypeMatrix keyboard as a gift, and I've been using it for several weeks since then. Overally, I'm very ahppy with this new keyboard. I've been particularly interested in alternative/different input devices since I first started using computers. The primary interesting and ... http://www.michaelswanson.name/archives/13 .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Set23Enhancer3from_DSC_0111, originally uploaded by rearden888. This is a photo I took of last night's sunset in Appleton and then worked over ... http://www.michaelswanson.name/archives/12 Just upgraded from Wordpress 2.0 to 2.1.3, I'm hoping this will fix my problem with the theme reverting back to the default.  Anyone who notices anything weird, please feel free to drop me a line and let me know.  Thanks! http://www.michaelswanson.name/archives/10 Today, we all once again see the horrible result of government interference in business. Today, the copyright review board instated odious royalty payments on internet radio companies specifically. This is ridiculous because the Copyright Review board is specifically targeting internet streaming radio, for some reason. I believe ... http://www.michaelswanson.name/archives/9 I've been using Ubuntu for almost a month now and continue to find it superior to any Linux variant I've used previously. Everything about it is more polished and smoother than in other Linux distributions. This is the only one I've used that actually feels like it could ... http://www.michaelswanson.name/archives/8 I've been a lifelong computer user and experimenter.  I went to college for computer science and learned quite a bit about programming.  Consequently, I have using Linux in some form or another for several years.  I started out with Fedora which was fine, but I found it somewhat buggy, and ... http://www.michaelswanson.name/archives/7 Recently, there has been a lot of talk lately about some so called "Google Office" product. This surprises me particularly because no such thing actually exists yet, nor ever has. I've worked with all of the software that commentators claim would be part of this phantom Google Office, ... http://www.michaelswanson.name/archives/6 Recently, it came out in this article that the FBI has been monitoring entire network segments when targeting terror suspects. Now, I'm as concerned as anyone about "homeland security" and find the opportunities afforded the Law Enforcement and Intelligence communities by the ubiquity of information technology exciting, however, as ... http://www.michaelswanson.name/archives/5 For my first substantive post, I'm going to write on something that could be an important issue going forward in the technology world: Network Neutrality. That's right, the topic that pits such new giants as Google against such old giants as AT&T. In this case, neither side is right. ... http://www.michaelswanson.name/archives/4 Well, my new personal blog is up.  I've never done one of these before, but I hope it gets read by at least a few people. http://www.michaelswanson.name/archives/3