Week of October 24 Posted October 24, 2004 at 12:00 am
Cowboy Mouth
I took Titus with me to see Cowboy Mouth perform live at the Roxy Theatre here in Atlanta on Halloween Eve. I was first introduced to the Mouth at ASMS as the band was somewhat of a local band–they’re from New Orleans, as Fred LeBlanc is quick to let you know. Cowboy Mouth has a unique brand of upbeat Southern rock and the live experience is all about raw energy; I’ve only been to a couple other concerts, but nothing I’ve experienced quite compares. By the end of the show I was thoroughly exhausted, but I was quite glad I decided to come.
Electronic Voting
We began discussing electronic voting and electronic democracy in my Computing & Society class this Thursday. Each member of the class was asked to find an article on one of the topics and share it with the class. I found an interesting article by Jason Kitcat that appeared in Communications of the ACM in this month’s issue. Kitcat formerly developed GNU.FREE, an open source electronic voting system. In his article “Source Availability and E-Voting” he explores both sides of the source availability debate surrounding electronic voting systems while adding reflections on his own personal experience with GNU.FREE.
Neat New Software
This neat utility allows you to rate and categorize wallpapers and switch between them at specified intervals; and it does it better than any similar utility I’ve found.
I found this gem through the gfxOasis customization community. This utility builds on the convenience of the Quick Launch toolbar in Windows by adding submenus, titles, separators, and a host of other customization options that greatly enhance the toolbar’s utility.