Not that anyone particularly cares, but I recently dug up some work I did way back in 1991 when I was a Bishop Watterson High School sophomore. As a quiet, friendless nerd (except for my equally quiet, friendless friend Rick), I was fascinated by UNIX and found a book at the library that basically showed you how to write all of the UNIX commands (ls, cd, etc.) under DOS. There was another application, a fake command.com that turned your fonts upside down and all sorts of things, designed to scare people using your computer. I think it was called AprilFools or something. That app included C source code and basically amounted to a command.com replacement, albeit a dopey one.
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I’ve put seven chapters of Mytro up on PressBooks, an open source way to share epubs. Please read them and enjoy. I’d love some feedback as I finish the book.

We’d been using Sodastream for a few years and were a bit tired of the cost and the hassle of getting new bottles delivered. While, for the vast majority of users, Sodastream is great, it just wasn’t for us. But how could we get inexpensive carbonated water?

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Lecture held at e-nnovation conference, 15th-16th October, 2012 in Poznan, Poland.
Lecture by John Biggs – “The future”

Look at that handsome devil. The presenter, not me.

And I’m trying something brand new. I don’t want to talk about it much but I think it’s really cool and I’d love it if you signed up to read it and be the first to (ahem) buy it. Thanks!

This is just for my own reference, guys, but if you need to print multiple copies of the same object on your Replicator, the instructions are above.

икона за подаръкIf you’ll recall, Charlie White and I wrote a book called Blogger’s Boot Camp in order to help folks learn how to blog. It sold quite well and we also ran a workshop based on the content. I think it was quite useful and people enjoyed it and it really taught us a lot about online seminars.

The same folks who built the class for us also built this, an online, free seminar about blogging for folks who own (or are planning to buy the book).

I think the class, called a Siminar, is quite cool and it offers some of the interactivity available in the “paid” class we’re offering without the rigid structure. If you’re reading our book, also take the seminar. It will help you understand our points.

Good luck and if you’re having trouble, drop me a line at john @ bigwidelogic dotter com.

I posted this over at Slushpile originally…

Scott and I have been discussing the Mike Daisey fiasco and something stuck out for me during his This American Life interview and, more important, in the reactions by various tech visionaries at various online outlets. “He’s a liar,” they said. “He’s a fraud.”

“Me made us care about something that wasn’t true.”
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