Archives: 2007 March
ODP, hierarchical organization, and other thoughts
March 25th, 2007, No Comments
I went to a google@work seminar in Dallas last week. It was mostly a sales pitch for Google’s enterprise services, but there were a few interesting bits such as getting a glimpse of Google’s intranet. Another thing stood out that prompted this post. Part of Google’s pitch is that hierarchical organization is dead. More than [...]
Unexploded Laptop Battery
March 14th, 2007, No Comments
With the increasing number of stories about exploding Li-Ion batteries in laptops and other devices, I got a little spooked when I noticed my Dell Inspiron 8600 getting unusually hot last week. I shut down Fedora, unplugged the power adapter, and removed the battery. It was really, really hot. But it wasn’t hot enough to [...]
Pycon
March 8th, 2007, No Comments
I’ve fallen a little behind in my blogging so I better post this before too much time slips by! Since the Pycon conference was held in Dallas this year, I stopped by a couple of times in the hopes of meeting fellow Advogato users. I also wanted to hear Guido van Rossum speak. I did [...]
