Geeks are Sexy + Neatorama’s Big Giveaway Contest [Second Edition]

A few months ago, in partnership with Neatorama, we held a caption contest offering two $50 gift certificates to two lucky readers. This month, we’ll do things a little differently. We’re giving away one FREE item on the Neatorama shop (valued at under $20) to 10 random readers! Here’s how to participate. Head over to […]


Vandalized lighthouse looks like a scene from HL2

This is a sad story with a silver lining. Cape Meares Lighthouse is an open-to-the-public inactive lighthouse on the cost of Oregon. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. At the risk of editorializing, some jerks vandalized the lighthouse in January of this year, riddling it with bullets. It may cost more than […]

Is Linux-on-the-desktop already mainstream?

Caitlyn Martin at O’Reilly examines the idea that Linux only has a 1% market share on desktops (including laptops), and finds that it’s lacking. This 1% number comes primarily from usage shares detected by web browsers. However, Martin says that the 1% number simply doesn’t make sense. For example, Linux had 32% of the netbook […]