How many more shootings, DWIs, and petty violations of the law do we need to watch on television before we've had enough? This just in: Albuquerque's local media outlets are failing miserably in their role as a source of local information and analysis. This is especially true in [...]

The map can be viewed by clicking here. I originally posted this map in my last Challenge article, but the link was buried in the body of the article. This map is for those of you who are following the challenge and want to get a quick view of the countries [...]

In a previous article, I gave a brief summary of the origins of the open source movement. The open source model has become a powerful force in the world of software development, and may well become the dominant model in the not so distant future. The success of open source is [...]

Last month, greenLAgirl and CityHippy kicked off the Starbucks Challenge.  The purpose of the Challenge was to mobilize bloggers and blog-readers around the world to call Starbucks to task on their stated policy of making available Fair Trade coffee in all of their stores, no questions asked.   Those of you who have been following the [...]

In 1985, Richard Stallman published the GNU Emacs License in conjunction with his software package of the same name. Though it received little attention beyond the tight-knit community of computer hackers, Stallman laid the foundation for a revolution that is only now being realized by mainstream society. The GNU Emacs License was [...]