I just saw that a new version of Akismet (version 1.15) is available. Akismet and Bad Behavior are invaluable if you run a Wordpress blog and want to keep it spam free without devoting your life to the pursuit of this goal.

See my earlier post on The growth of spam and vigilantism on the Internet for more information on both tools.

Andy, Richard, Paul, Jeremy, Jessica, and I went to see A Scanner Darkly on Wednesday.

I was really looking forward to the film, having loved the director's first rotoscoped feature, Waking Life, but was disappointed. Mostly due to the subject matter. I really don't need to sit through another film about junkies. I don't find them or their ridiculous/self-important/spaced-out banter interesting in the slightest. I'm probably biased because I had a girlfriend once who was very much into the culture and I grew to both learn and hate it.

(more...)

I visisted the RNIB last week and found the trip very interesting. I also received some additional insight into (and validation for) the advantages of using the Usability Approach to Accessibility.

I'm really psyched about the iCommons workshop I'm going to be presenting at in Berlin during the Wizards of OS conference next month.

The workshop is titled "Bridges or walls? Can free culture coexist with proprietary projects?" and I just saw that they now have the session description up on their web site: (more...)

In the past few months I've been working to create a virtual tour of 10 Downing Street — the home of the British Prime Minister — for the Prime Minister's office in the UK. I'm happy to report that the tour, which I developed in Flash 8, is now in public beta on the 10 Downing Street web site.

(more...)