August 2009 archive


27 August 2009

FreeMind Review

FreeMind is a great free software program. It is identified as "mind mapping" software, for brainstorming or whatnot, but is also a general productivity/organizational tool. It's early days for me, but I think it may help me organize my notes and projects more effectively. It's basically just arranging things in a tree structure, [...]

10 August 2009

Eben Moglen Returns to Blogging

I saw an item pop up in my feed reader from the Freedom Now blog. It took me a moment to remember that this is Eben Moglen's blog. I added it a while back but he hasn't posted since April 2007, so the title looked unfamiliar in my reader's "A" list.
I'm happy to see [...]

4 August 2009

Roxanne

While in Paris we play the Nashville Club, a seedy velveteen music hall in St. Germain, and are staying for a few nights in a flophouse behind the Gare St. Lazare. The entrance of our hotel is in a narrow and fetid alleyway off the main boulevard. In early evening it is flanked by the [...]