interesting things

And now what you have all been waiting for... Dann's Ass. As you probably know, Dann from TLLTS drove up together and had a great time talking tech and trying to keep eachother awake.

Dann is a great guy. Funny thing though, when you get him drunk, he does interesting things, like well, show his butt.

Dann's ass really overshadowed the rest of the

Quite a few interesting things happening even outside the gymnastics going on in the markets these days, but most of them I won't get to until sometime tomorrow.

Gearhead: "That's one of the interesting things about the various Linux distros; many of them have terrific features but they also come with problems and flaws that require further development or workarounds."

Mark Shuttleworth addresses a range of interesting things in a recent interview , but there are two, in particular, that strike me.

Interesting things about Linux/Unix, Webservices, free and open-source Software, Python and much more.

BBC dot.life: "[Shuttleworth] main point was that Linux, and use of Ubuntu, was on the rise. He also had lots of interesting things to say about open source more broadly, the Microsoft-Yahoo deal etc, which I thought I'd detail here as a Q&A..."

For some years, the Mozilla Foundation's Gecko has been the most prominent free HTML rendering engine. In the background, though, WebKit has grown from its KHTML roots into a strong contender.

Now some recent developments suggest that WebKit may be on a roll, with interesting things to come; click below (subscribers only) for the full article.

Laptop Magazine is reporting two interesting things about the OLPC.

The first is that contrary to other reports, Nicholas Negroponte is not looking to "replace" himself, but is looking for a CEO for the company.

The second is that Windows XP will be available for the XO soon. "'Microsoft and OLPC are in discussion on how to release it, as well as how to announce,' he said.

There are some interesting things going on Instant Messaging land these days. There is potentially going to be a shift from closed proprietary networks to ones built on an open standard called Jabber (aka XMPP, Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol).

The technical details of Jabber, which I’ll explain below, make this a very big deal.