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Satisfied with PACER? Nope 19 Aug 2013 | 10:24 pm
At Docs at Burningbird: This latter issue demonstrates the real problem with PACER, and it isn't necessarily costs, though these are prohibitive. The real problem is that the courts, themselves, are ...
Pssst: The Law is for Everyone 15 Aug 2013 | 11:57 pm
I confess here and now: I am a PACER junkie. For the uninitiated, PACER is the federal court online system. I rarely go a day without looking for new court filings in the many court cases I follow. W...
Is Horse Meat on the Menu in the United States? 1 Aug 2013 | 09:29 pm
This Friday, August 2nd, at 9 in the morning, Judge M. Christina Armijo will convene court in an Albuquerque, New Mexico federal district court. Among those in attendance will be representatives from ...
New Books, New Writing Experiences 19 Jul 2013 | 06:58 pm
I have been working on two books the last several months. Well, one is more of an interesting writing project than a book. O'Reilly has created an online writing tool and online book reader, named At...
Write! Write! 16 Jul 2013 | 01:14 am
There's a scene in Jurassic Park where the character played by Laura Dern, having just escaped being raptor kibble, sees her close friend (played by Sam Neill) in the distance. She softly shouts out t...
Response to a Recent Posting in Google+ 26 Oct 2012 | 05:52 pm
Over at Technology at Burningbird, Reponse to a Recent Posting in Google+, responding to Ian Hickson's assertions that 'design by consensus' is a failure. The real problem isn't design by consensus. ...
Android in the Kitchen 19 Oct 2012 | 11:40 pm
Over at Tech at Burningbird, Look out: Android in the Kitchen: I have an old red binder filled with pages of recipes I've collected, modified, or created over the years. Recently, I purchased the Liv...
Finished Tech Review and the move to Node 0.8.x 14 Jun 2012 | 11:38 am
Status Just finished the final tech review of my Learning Node book. At 400 pages, it's a big book. I must admit to being more than a little tired. Right now, I feel I could sleep for a week. The bi...
Changing Course 7 Jun 2012 | 03:30 am
Status Learning Node will be my last book for O'Reilly, at least for the foreseeable future. Learning Node was a particularly exhausting book. Not only is there much to cover in one book, Node is a ...
Node: References and Resources 7 Jun 2012 | 01:51 am
Technology at Burningbird At Tech at Burningbird: During my explorations of Node.js, I came across many excellent resources, references, tutorials, and various other online publications related to t...