by Bill Atkinson, as told to Leo Laporte In 1985 I swallowed a tiny fleck of gelatin containing a medium dose of LSD, and I spent most of the night sitting on a concrete park bench outside my home in Los Gatos, California.   I gazed up at a hundred billion…

The ongoing challenge of using free/libre software.

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Even if Americans were allowed to holiday here, the warning might put them off.

A joint venture applied to Beijing for patents on 510 of my designs, without notifying or crediting me.

Google speakers are listening to more than just voice commands. Using them for home security could supercharge Google's $450 million ADT deal.

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There’s no word on when Google and phone makers will incorporate fix from Qualcomm.

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How I got co-opted into helping the rich prevail at the expense of everybody else

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Tutorial for C.I.A. Lacing shoes, in which straight segments are interpersed with one or more visible crossovers at different positions as a form of covert signalling.