Hacker Friendly

What does it mean to be hacker friendly? See if you agree with the items on this list:
1. Given enough time and insight, anything can be hacked.
2. Everything is beta. Everyone else needs to get over it.
3. Hackers don’t know when to quit, because they’re never done.
4. “Not allowed” [...]

The Great Library of Amazonia by Gary Wolf (originally published in Wired 11.12) hails from 2003, but it is still a great and relevant read. It ties together Amazon’s then-nascent Search Inside the Book feature, the Internet Archive, the Internet Bookmobile, the Million Book Project, the Great Library of Alexandria, and the promise of [...]

The Archives page is now up and working with Firefox, IE, and Safari (and likely any other browser that supports JavaScript). Due to a peculiar WordPress bug, it previously only worked in Safari (which apparently ignores 404 errors when content is present… Interesting.) It looks like the Live Search is working now [...]

According to this article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the Virginia Open Education Foundation is working to develop better textbooks for K-12 students by using print-on-demand technology to supplement (and possibly replace) traditional textbooks.
An open education forum for print-on-demand textbooks could allow schools to digitally access and instantly deploy materials held in creative commons — similar [...]

Last night, crowds gathered at a rally in France to protest the new year.
…the demonstrators in the western city of Nantes waved banners reading: “No to 2007″ and “Now is better!”
The marchers called on governments and the UN to stop time’s “mad race” and declare a moratorium on the future.
Happy New Year! No to [...]