Evidently today is National Grammar Day. I am not a fan. Like most Americans of my generation I was taught to identify parts of speech, diagram sentences and intone with the rest of the class the mysteries of the three-and-twenty most holy … [Continue reading] about National Grammar Day, Bah Humbug!
Doing the Microsoft Shuffle: Algorithm Fail in Browser Ballot
March 6th Update: Microsoft appears to have updated the www.browserchoice.eu website and corrected the error I describe in this post. More details on the fix can be found in The New & Improved Microsoft Shuffle. However, I think you will still … [Continue reading] about Doing the Microsoft Shuffle: Algorithm Fail in Browser Ballot
How to photograph an asteroid
Over the years, I've seen Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn with my naked eyes. And I've seen Uranus and Neptune through a telescope. But I've never seen an asteroid until last night, when I photographed the 2nd largest minor planet, … [Continue reading] about How to photograph an asteroid
Weekly Links #3
Danish Open Source Vendors declares victory in open standards war "The mood at this year’s general meeting was joyous. In late January 2010, OSL could declare victory in maybe the most important and hard fought battle that OSL has been part of since … [Continue reading] about Weekly Links #3
Microsoft Office document corruption: Testing the OOXML claims
Summary In this post I take a look at Microsoft's claims for robust data recovery with their Office Open XML (OOXML) file format. I show the results of an experiment, where I introduce random errors into documents and observe whether word … [Continue reading] about Microsoft Office document corruption: Testing the OOXML claims