A memeplant that worked

Yesterday I pointed to a howto by Jay Ridgeway that showed how to connect two laconi.ca communities together. Today I’m going to try it myself.
I followed the instructions, and it worked. I have a new account on Jay’s laconi.ca installation, and I subscribed it to Ars Technica on Evan’s installation.
Obviously this is just a first […]

The EFF position on Wikipedia

EFF: Wikipedia Wins Dismissal of Baseless Defamation Claims.
While it may have been a good defense in court, their position is nonsense. Wales et al promote Wikipedia as an authoritative encyclopedia. Wikipedia likes certain people, and dislikes others — it tends to like people who say it’s wonderful and utopian, and dislikes people who have mixed […]

A brilliant idea at Harvard

Before I started blogging, I held many if not most of my good ideas in reserve because I thought some day I might do them as products. But as you get older, you realize that most of the things you think of are going to be outside your grasp, you’re not going to get to […]

Which bank has the best online UI?

I had a huge problem last night with the online banking website at BofA. I needed to adjust a repeating monthly payment, the price had gone up, and I was getting nasty letters from the vendor. I couldn’t figure out how to do it. This morning I chatted with one of their online support people, […]