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Last month I visited Beijing and Hong Kong on a trip through Asia. It seems that everybody visiting China—Beijing in particular—comes back saying “you just cannot imagine…”. I stayed at the Kerry Centre Hotel near the Red Hat Beijing office, and as I walked across the street for my morning cup of coffee, I saw…

EWeek’s Jason Brooks has one (print) page to dispel 10 myths about Open Source. He does an excellent job!

I am a proud user of Blender, the free open source 3d content creation suite, but not yet a proud artist. That will take time, practice, and a lot more digital paint on my brushes before all is said and done. Nevertheless, I am on my way. Over in the Blender Artists News & Discussion…

CNN just reported that NASA is refusing to disclose air safety data. The topic paragraph summarizes the facts of the report: Anxious to avoid upsetting air travelers, NASA is withholding results from an unprecedented national survey of pilots that found safety problems like near collisions and runway interference occur far more frequently than the government…

If Al Gore can win the Nobel Peace Prize for bringing the findings of the scientific community to the political forefront, perhaps Richard Stallman should be next in line for his early and tireless advocacy against Software Patents. And the sooner, the better. Al Gore was not one of the scientists who observed, theorized, modeled,…