I want pretty pictures in my code. Not ASCII art, not links to HTML pages or PDFs or Visio diagrams, I want to use my editor to put pictures in my code. I want to be able to draw in a comment block.

Years ago, my two business partners invested in the SmartThings Kickstarter. After they played with the setup, I ended up with the Smarthub, a couple door sensors, a motion sensor and a light switch. Its pretty cool and I use it as my home security system. The thing its…

Qubes OS is my favorite new Linux distribution. I have been a *nix user since dinosaur days, starting with a version 7 UNIX PDP-11 that would trash the file system everytime it lost power and a System 3 and later 4.2 BSD based 68010 system, an ISI Optimum, I still have from 1984. I have had a bunch of different…

Today I was just listening to a security podcast, the CyberJungle, and they were blaming the slow adoption of Android updates on the cellphone carriers. This is a theme I have heard many times, and I’m not sure its entirely true. I think the porting of Android updates might…