Tristan Nitot has a cute video of a few first experiences with the eeePC from ASUS, the very small, solid state memory, under a kilo. Comes with Firefox and Thunderbird built-in, of course. An interesting device.

There are projects with open source licenses, and there are open source projects.
It’s a distinction which I’ve known about intellectually for a long time, but which I’m just now starting to understand at a more emotional level.
In particular, I’ve talked to a bunch of people about some of the messy architectural issues that Thunderbird needs [...]

I’ve been following the private beta of Lily for a while, but now it’s public and everyone can play.
Bill Orcutt seems to be a man with a weird, playful mind, and some serious technical chops.

One of the joys of building a company in Vancouver is the fact that you can recruit people by truthfully telling them that, compared to many other places like San Francisco, the public school system is great, providing a joyful experience that means your kids mostly go cheerfully to school in the morning, and come [...]