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Android is looking pretty sweet.

Android Pacman looks good as well.

Here it is in its entirety.

Wall Street Journal
Union Libel
November 5, 2007
REVIEW & OUTLOOK
Utah’s children may not excel in math or English, but their teachers are very good at instructing them in how to run a political campaign. As 2007 achievement test data show another disappointing year for the state’s children, the teachers union is […]

The aforementioned new version of ConnectBlogs.com rolled into production last night. It will be a process of ongoing improvement, but I’m really happy with what we have now. I think a lot of people will find it to be a valuable resource, and I personally hope it makes the Utah business and tech […]

I really liked Matt Asay’s analysis of the Novell - Microsoft deal. If you’re into open source (especially in relation to business), it’s a must-read.

I’ll be going to a BBQ meeting tonight (Thursday) to help lay out plans for the first annual Utah Open Source Conference.  The event won’t take place until August of next year, but we wanted to get started early because we want it to be HUGE! :)
Anyway, if you want to come along and help, […]

If you haven’t seen Writely (the beta online word processor) yet, you really should check it out. I think the “online platform” thing is going to be huge, and (although I love Excel) I hope Writely rocks proprietary Microsoft to it’s core. Writely looks sharp and is sure to grow with the funding and […]

Google’s Summer of Code is a great opportunity for IT and CS students to learn new skills, improve their resume, and make a little money during the summer. Plus, it offers students an opportuniy to work with some really big-name open source software organizations.
Google is not taking applications yet, but it should be really […]

Those of you who are visiting my site in IE will notice my new alert, generated by the Spread Firefox plugin for WordPress. Quoth the alert: “Internet Explorer sucks. Jordy recommends Firefox (a free open-source alternative) so your browsing will suck no more forever. Click here to learn more or download.”
It’s a little spammy […]

Fedora Core 5 is out. Here are the release announcement, release summary, release notes, mirrors, and torrents.
For those who don’t know, “Fedora Core is [a Red Hat sponsored] operating system and platform, based on Linux, that is always free for anyone to use, modify and distribute, now and forever. It is developed by a […]