How to stop your CR48 from going into suspend on lid close
I’ve been annoyed by the default going to sleep behavior on lid close in ChromeOS since day one. As I’ve started using it more as my day-to-day system largely thanks to my new Arch Linux chroot, it’s become more of an annoyance. So I finally figured this one out. It’s actually really easy. Assuming you …
How to get Dropbox working on a CR48 Google Chrome netbook
So, sometimes using the web-based Dropbox interface just won’t cut it and downloading individual files from there to upload elsewhere is a pain. I thought it would be pretty cool to have a local cache of my Dropbox on my CR48, and as it turns out, that’s not too hard. Put your CR-48 in developer …
Machine of Death
Some really cool, talented folks, including some of my favorite webcomic artists such as Ryan North and David Malki put this book together. It looks pretty awesome, yet dinosaur publishing industry is all, “Cool story, bro.” So, we want to make it an Amazon Best Seller for one day. That day is today, October 26th. …
Quackspotting
On the way home from brunch, the wife and I were driving by the usual chiropractic and naturopathy “medical” clinics. We got to talking about how we should picket them to let people know that fake, ineffective medicine is harmful. Picketing is kind of satisfying, but it’s probably not the best way to get the …
On Flattr
Flattr is a micropayment system, brought to you by the fine folks at The Pirate Bay, sort of as a moral proof-of-concept for a system that can work in a post-copyright world. Users select a monthly payment amount (minimum of 2 euros) that they can afford, then you “Flattr” other people who have bought into the …
Why I won’t buy an iPad (and think you shouldn’t, either)
The model of interaction with the iPad is to be a “consumer,” what William Gibson memorably described as “something the size of a baby hippo, the color of a week-old boiled potato, that lives by itself, in the dark, in a double-wide on the outskirts of Topeka. It’s covered with eyes and it sweats constantly. …
Arch Linux First Impressions
Having become rather tired of reinstalling Ubuntu every six months or so to keep current with releases, I recently decided to give Arch Linux a whirl. I was feeling impulsive so I decided to just jump right in without the benefit of a install guide or anything of that nature, I figured I’d get a …
Google Fiber for Albuquerque
As some of you know, I’m working with Eric Renz-Whitmore, Chantal Foster and the fine folks at the Albuquerque Economic Development office to create the Google Fiber proposal for our fair city. We’re in the home stretch now. It’s been a lot of work, but thanks mainly to the tireless efforts of Eric and Chantal, …
Fear the Boom and Bust
Remarkably, a pretty accurate summary of Keynesian economics vs the Austrian school AND fairly fresh rhymes. Now there’s a sentence you don’t utter every day.
Verizon 3G Coverage on the NM Rail Runner
So, I picked up a Verizon MiFi, primarily to use on the train between Albuquerque and Santa Fe and thought I’d report my findings. Verizon’s 3G coverage is pretty decent and their coverage map looked the best of my various options. So, here’s my log of the trip. 10:45am Train departs Albuquerque, solid 5 bars …
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