On Letters.app…

January 21st, 2010 peelman View Comments

For those not aware, there was a recent mess started by Brent Simmons on creating a new open source email client for Macs, to be called Letters.app. I’ve been following the carnage since Monday and just wanted to lay down some random thoughts here.
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How do you define government failures?

January 2nd, 2010 peelman View Comments

I love this comment from the OpenCongress link: Read more…

Windows 7: The Wheels Came Off…(part 2)

December 9th, 2009 peelman View Comments

So my idea on doing a series about the follies of Windows 7 has fell flat on its face. In addition to the sheer amount of things that are still bad, there is simply too much personal bias, too much dislike. I tried and failed 3 times to write my piece on software distribution, and each time it fell into a nebula of hatred and bitterness that only computer geeks could appreciate.

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My Take on Net Neutrality…

October 28th, 2009 peelman View Comments

So I have to give kudos to the guy running packetlife.net. Its a great site for networking nerds like me, and he’s got some really awesome cheatsheets available. But he had a post this week that really struck a cord: Why network neutrality is a big deal. I dumped a less-edited version of this into the comments, but I wanted to flesh out the thought and post it here as well.

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Windows 7: What’s still wrong? (part 1)

October 25th, 2009 peelman View Comments

As we proceed through our deployment of Windows 7 at work, I want to detail some of the issues I have with “features” Microsoft graced us with in their latest attempt at making an OS not suck.

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