Like Vietnam or another recent war who's name I forget, the HD DVD wars linger on with no timetable for conclusion...

This company uses the same voices (from a European company called Acapela) that I licensed for my in-car computer company. It's a very good idea; i've seen a few implementations but usually they're too annoying to listen to at length. A good trick is to use a UK English voice if you're american, or vice versa - then, the roboticness of the voice fades even more and your email sounds like a BBC broadcast.

The December 2005 issue of Electronic Musician features my how-to article, “The Art of Podcasting.” The issue won’t go online until January, but you can see a bunch of my source material now, plus an example podcast, at the EM site.

Weblogs, Inc. just launched PSP Fanboy and yours truly is blogging for the new site.

The creation of a non-profit organisation around MapServer web mapping technologies has been a dream of mine for a couple of years. No longer do you need to listen to my perennial pining about the need for an independent, non-profit, support organisation for the MapServer community. It is finally being launched with some strong momentum and promising support.

What is a covenant anyway? The U.S. government has been agressive in demanding that other countries accede to noxious IPR innovations. Does international law need to catch up for when IPR owners want to give up these "rights"?

Wireless Hacks, 2nd Edition is now available!

Happy Thanksgiving. As we gather with relatives to watch TV (the Thanksgiving Day Parade, your favorite football game) and to record home movies centered around a—hopefully—delicious turkey, I’d like to talk about mobile video and effective ways you can use the medium.

With EA's decision to sell music from their games as a productin it's own right - the question has to be asked, what does this mean for the future of game audio within the context of the game?

I wasn't there and I didn't see Sam Ruby, etc. Here is my fake report anyway.