Electrolytic Etching, For What A Dremel Cant Do @ Overhauled PC

This is really kewl. I need to cut something.... and remember not to smoke while doing it.

Slashdot | U.S. Kids Don't Understand First Amendment

Makes me a little concerned what will be coming down the political pipe in the next generation.

GROKLAW: The Future Is Open: What OpenDocument Is And Why You Should Care ~ by Daniel Carrera

Open and standards... of course I blog it.

Build your own Robotic WebCam

Looks like a fun little project.

EFF: Endangered Gizmos!

Sad, but great sight.

XML.com: Hacking Open Office

Ok, I am going to have to do this.

MGM DVD Class Action

I have a LOT of movies... it is going to take awhile to go through this list.

Slashdot | Oregon's Governor Backs Open Source Development

Guess I should see what it would take for me to get involved on the ground floor.

XML-binary Optimized Packaging

Since the end result seems to be bigger, I am going to have to look over this carefully to figure out what the benefit is.

Standards and specs: A house divided

"What happens when two coalitions within a standards committee come into conflict, and the dispute doesn't get resolved quickly? The ultrawideband technology standardization issue shows you."

Gosling on the various Java debates/rumours

My title says it all. Check out this snippet on his blog to see the behind-the-scenes response to many of the rumours (many of which I have read).

PovTree

Nice. Saw some screenshots in the Swing Sightings. I'll have to look at this more closely for going trees for games.

ACM Queue - Extensible Programming for the 21st Century - Is an open, more flexible programming environment just around the corner?

This quote at the end feels.... inspiring?

"Making programming tools pluggable frameworks would be useful across the board, and I believe it is essential for supporting extensible languages. To see why, we must look at what extensibility means, and where it has been successful."