http://www.clarkburbidge.com An attempt to justify, qualify, legitimize, and quantify my existance with a collection of small points of light! Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:49:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We live in a great country. I wouldn't want to live, work and raise a family anywhere else. For all of the greatness in the United States, there are flaws. Currently our political system has many. If you haven't watched Lawrence Lessig's "Corruption" presentation, please, please, please check it out. ... http://www.clarkburbidge.com/news/love-it-or-fix-it I have no more need for this excellent KVM switch, so it is now for sale. It is in excellent condition and was only used for a few months. The IOGear page for all the details is here: http://www.iogear.com/product/GCS1734/. Notice the price is $169.95! Here are pics of the items: Included are ... http://www.clarkburbidge.com/forsale/iogear-miniview I would really like to lay out every book I have every read and give a review, but by now that is mostly impossible. I can start from now on, so here we go. I'm going to try and post about every book I read from now on. I may ... http://www.clarkburbidge.com/technology/the-laws-of-simplicity Answer that question in your head. Better yet write down the answers to these questions. What is the purpose of copyright? What is the history of copyright? Do you know anyone who exchanges copyrighted material over the internet? How do you feel about file sharing? Now watch this video and see how you compare with ... http://www.clarkburbidge.com/media/what-is-the-purpose-of-copyright This is the first half of part 1 of the Uploading section of My WordPress Image Process. First off, you need place to store your images. I tried the host your own website under the table style without paying the extra to my ISP and just updating the IP address ... http://www.clarkburbidge.com/technology/wordpress-uploading-images I think I finally have the image process for WordPress figured out. It's been a long time in the making. I've been running WordPress since March of '04. I'm no blog expert and have very limited PHP and CSS, but I'm apt to try, and try I've done. I've had ... http://www.clarkburbidge.com/technology/my-wordpress-image-process What if you had a Sony TV, and Sony decided that they would hijack your TV and run random ads for Sony. Wouldn’t you dump that TV for one that just played the channel you chose with no Sony interruptions? To be a citizen you need an address. Paychecks, taxes, ... http://www.clarkburbidge.com/technology/the-nations-largest-junk-mail-advertiser I love the fact that I can get map data for basically anywhere I go. I am a Google fan. I use Gmail to manage all of my email and pretty much only search with them. I have had some incorrect directions from their map service so I have been ... http://www.clarkburbidge.com/technology/openstreetmap-google-maps-and-mapquest I'm old skool. Yes I own and actively use a Treo 600. It doesn't seem to want to die, so I can't justify replacing it. The only thing I'm lacking is blue tooth, and why upgrade just so you can be an uber-borg-ear-piece-wearing-geek. Maybe when they get wifi access. I used ... http://www.clarkburbidge.com/technology/tryad-and-googlemaps-on-my-treo-600 I have this nifty new Archos 605 Wifi 160 GB personal media player. I like it a lot. I'm also exclusively on Ubuntu these days. No Windows for me. This makes life a bit interesting when dealing with peripherals that are not mainstream. It has not stopped me yet. I ... http://www.clarkburbidge.com/technology/archos-album-covers-with-amarok-from-ubuntu