Craig Burton

Adventures in Cardspace:

Industry guru Craig Burtonís Cardspace is working now (thank goodness).
The
bad news is that heís had a pretty miserable time getting it going. 
Mainly, it seems in retrospect, because his computer was set up with a
FAT32 file system.  If you have this configuration, no error message is
displayed to you as a user - you have to read through a cryptic note [...]

[Read more →]

From Scripting News:
BTW, just for the record, yesterday was the…: “
BTW,
just for the record, yesterday was the closing day for my Berkeley
house purchase. I can’t move in for another month yet, but I am now,
again, a home owner. Hot dam!

Heheh. Dave, dam–as in your usage– is spelled damn. Just to let you know. A hot [...]

[Read more →]

Basball is a scam.
Giants-Dodgers Preview - USA Today: “
WRAL.comGiants-Dodgers PreviewUSA Today - 8 hours agoThe
Los Angeles Dodgers created a little breathing room between themselves
and the rest of the NL West on Friday. Now, they’ll look to extend
their lead in the division when they continue their three-game …
You
know, I just don’t care one bit about baseball. [...]

[Read more →]

US to launch RFID passports on Monday: “

Filed under: Transportation, Wireless
Despite the various privacy concerns that have been repeatedly raised in regards to e-passports, the US is going ahead with their plans
to launch the system this Monday. Not all newly-issued passports will
be RFID-enabled, since mass production has been held up by the ongoing
legal dispute over [...]

[Read more →]

Japan Feels Strain of Cheap 100Mbps Broadband: “
For
a mere $36/month Japan residents are getting 100Mbps fiber-optic
broadband and free VoIP. 5.5m have now added the faster service, in
addition to 23m homes which already have 8Mbps service. But the
increased demand is starting to take a toll on the tubes, which hit
158Gbps at major exchanges.
Doc Searls and I [...]

[Read more →]

I have been trying to get CardSpace to work on my machine for several weeks. (Seems much longer.)
I have downloaded tons of upgrades, deleted apps and services, and so on.
Pamela Dingle and Kim Cameron have been very helpful in trying to help me make things work.
Pamela studied the error log –created by the CardSpace control [...]

[Read more →]

Some great insights from Jeremiah:

Brace yourself for Online Video and User uploaded content
Social Networks gaining on Top Portals:
ìMembership at social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace is
exploding. Everyone is doing it. WellÖ a lot of people are. In June, 2
out of every 3 people online visited a social networking site.î Just
yesterday, Google added ëVideoí [...]

[Read more →]

A Vista of Change at Microsoft?: “

Microsoft is going to great lengths to undertake damage control measures and mend the bad reputation it
has earned in the security world. It has opened up Vista, its next
generation Windows operating system, to 3,000 security professionals at
the Black Hat computer security conference, inviting them to find security holes in [...]

[Read more →]

Cardspace + FAT32 = Unhappiness: “

Pamela Dingle has posted some information we need to get out more broadly: 
Important
installation note for people wanting to play with CardSpace: CardSpace
only works when installed on an NTFS filesystem. If you are planning on
setting up the July CTP and playing with CardSpace, make sure your C:
drive is not FAT32. (moreÖ)
We
canít get the same [...]

[Read more →]