Luddites and people who hate the media obsession with Facebook and Twitter have another reason to grind their teeth today. Apparently a Dutch judge authorized the use of Facebook and Twitter as means of serving the verdict of a high-profile lawsuit against the founders of the Pirate Bay to the defendants. The judge’s ruling was [...]

As much as I enjoy the tactile pleasure of unwrapping a new game, flipping through the manual, and adding it to my shelf, I’ve been thinking more and more about trying out the digital distribution method of purchasing games. I’m already used to buying small XBox Live Arcade games via download, but I haven’t yet [...]

Here’s an update on my professional travels:
It appears that the trip to Paris in September for the workshop on particle physics electronics is on. My advisor told me he was adding my name to the list of presenters. But….the new news is that he thinks it would be a good idea if I extended that [...]