Release early, release often

SourceForge is dead, long live Google Code Project Hosting. While Google Code Project Hosting doesn't have quite the same ring to it as SourceForge does, it does have a better slogan: "Release early, release often". I got chills when I read it (those of you who know me personally know how much I love alpha and beta software). In the announcement, Google said they are being careful not to stomp on SourceForge, but it's hard to see that actually playing out.

The Analogy Too Far

Here's a article from the San Fransico Gate describing sex with a Windows machine compared to the sexual fantasy of Mac computing. Let me tease you with a snippet:

"That's it, baby," Windows coos, stroking your calves, working its way up to your hard drive. "Just relax, don't worry about a thing." Then come the magic words, the line Windows knows you secretly want to hear, the one guaranteed to send you into OS orbit: "Baby, I'll do it so good you'll think you're using a new MacBook Pro in a wireless cafe in Paris."

Mark Morford tries to make the typical "Windoze suxx, Mac rules!" article into something creative. Can't say I'm hot on the theme, but then again, I'm pretty Puritan when it comes to hardware pr0n.

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Kissing the gadget budget goodbye

CNet has a story about how women make up an ever-growing percentage of the gadget market. This is very, very bad news for married men who like their gadgets. It's tough enough to find cash for that new iPod, MacBook, Treo, and HD Tivo... now just imagine buying two of everything. It's almost enough to make a grown geek cry. Beware of spousal gadget envy! I've learned (the hard way of course) that there is no acceptable justification for giving the wife a hand-me-down iPod so you can buy a shiny new Nano.