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I'm Michael Koby, and I love technology. I'm also a programmer, currently doing Ruby on Rails development for a small Houston startup. Here I talk about technology, programming, politics, movies, music, and anything else I feel I need to talk about. If you would like to know more, you can check out the About page.Popular Series
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Engadget Posts Zune Interface Video Walkthrough
In case you did not already know, Microsoft is gearing up to release their “iPod Killer”, the Zune. Several people have already received Zunes to play with and review, including the good people over at Engadget . In fact, the … Continue reading
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Five Pieces of Free Software You Should Know About
Last week we talked about five pieces of Open Source Software that everyone should know about. This week, I’d like to focus on free software that is not open source. There is a huge difference between free software that is … Continue reading
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Google Donates $30,000 to Creative Commons
CNET has a nice article about Google has donated $30,000 dollars to Creative Commons, the organization that handles the Creative Commons License. While CNET argues that Creative Commons is the answer to the copyright debate, I do not totally agree. … Continue reading
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Seven Phases of iPod Ownership (From Drivel.com)
A friend of mine just sent me this little blog entry about the Seven Phases of Owning an iPod. My personal favorite is number 6: A smaller, fancier ipod is created and yours is now outdated and crappy. Yours is … Continue reading
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Web Applications: The Wave of the Future
These days it seems that everything is online. Your email is online, your contacts are online, and even your important conversations, most likely are happening, you guessed it, online. But something else has come out of the this desire to … Continue reading
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New Look
You probably notice that things look a little different around here. I decided to streamline the website a little bit more. There are several reasons for this. First, I was tired of things looking cluttered. Also, I recently applied to … Continue reading