Surfing the world wide couch.

An excellent short video about Couch Surfing from a Berkeley journalism student and new CS Member, Alba Mora.

Surfing the world wide couch. from Alba Mora on Vimeo.

Dreamhost satisfied customer

While DreamHost certainly has its problems, I prefer them over a host of other web hosting providers for a variety of reasons, but it mainly boils down to turn around time. A colleague of mine, Matt Keith, had emailed me asking why I prefer DreamHost over Verve hosting, and my response got so long I decided to just turn it into a blog post. It ended up not so much being a DreamHost versus verve comparison, but a statement on why I prefer to roll with DH.

Disclaimer: I’m part of the DreamHost affiliate program and if you end up registering after clicking one of my links, then I get a credit for the referral.

Ecuador strives to keep the dollar circulating

Within the past month, a lot has been going on here in Ecuador. President Correa has imposed a new tax levy on a large number of imports in order to develop and stir interest in buying local goods, and to vaccinate the country against the effects of the downturned global economy. This move will doubtless affect a major sector of the middle and upper class who build their businesses around selling imported goods in Ecuador.

anyone know the best way to calibrate a monitor? was thinking about trying the Spyder… albeit expensive solution :/

Carpathia Premium web hosting

Anyone looking for premium web hosting services, Carpathia is an absolute joy to work with. http://carpathiahost.com

Disclaimer, I’m in no way affiliated with the host; just a very satisfied customer.

The History of the Internet

The internet plays an essential role in business, and personal communications. How did we get to where we are today? It all started in 1957….

History of the Internet from PICOL on Vimeo.

found it happily syncronistic that the founder of the Stoic school, Zeno sounds an aweful lot like a certain eastern tradition i know of.

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Ecuador’s “Historic Victory” Gives Explicit Rights to Nature

The exit polls of the September 28th election showed a wide margin of support for approval of the new Ecuadorian constitution, in what President Rafael Correa claimed as an “historic victory”.  There are indeed a handful of interesting chapters of the constitution that not only reform Ecuadorian’s state institutions and personal rights, but also rights for nature to run its course.  There are clauses for State supported programs to deter human exploitation of non-renewable resources, destruction of ecosystems, and giving explicit rights to nature for an “integral restoration”.  It also states that any person can demand to any governmental agency that these rights be upheld, and may be arbitrated in a court of law.