This is completely unscientific, but it seems to me that the mosquitoes in Houston have mutated. They are now much more consistent about skimming the ground, flying up your pants leg, and biting you high on the ankle, right above the sock. I’m sure some researcher is going to find a gene, call it UPL1 (Up Pants Leg 1) and show us all how this strange mutation was brought on by the convergence of near-tropical climates, heavy rains and tasty blood-engorged calves. I think I want to live and work in a reconstructed space station that admits no critters, at least until next November when the cold starts slowing down the little beasts.
Archive for April, 2009
Houston mosquitoes mutate
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009Every operating system should do this
Saturday, April 11th, 2009The integrated installer has been a dream of mine for ages:
PC-BSD exclusively features the Push Button Installer (PBI), a push-button software installation wizard with a wide range of applications. The latest version of the Push Button Installer improves PBI self-containment to increase reliability.
The Add / Remove Programs tool and the Update Manager have been consolidated into “Software & Updates.â€
Why separate between system updates and software? Or installed packages?
If Microsoft is listening, they’ll see a great opportunity here: a one-stop software shop. Imagine if you could search windows software and freeware and install it with a single click, straight from Microsoft.
If other UNIX-like operating systems are listening, they’ll see that for all their advances (Debian) in managing ports, users still want more: a single interface to manage every bit of code they have.
Acid Shark
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009My friend Brian launched a blog about being involved with IT startups and how to survive with your sanity intact. Check it out: