links for 2007-10-23

The undead take Manhattan at Zombiecon ’07 | The Social – CNET News.com

Cote! Zombies!

(tags: zombies zombiecon nyc carolinemccarthy)
United chief chases change — chicagotribune.com

“While a la carte pricing is successful for some budget carriers, it could backfire for United if passengers feel like they’re being forced to pay for something that was once free” – like, say, sitting in the exit row? still loathe United

(tags: united airlines business via:chris)
Why I’ve moved from Vista to Ubuntu 7.10 >> Matt Loney’s Blog >> mattloney’s Blog at ZDNet UK Community

another switcher. still agree w/ Mossberg (mostly), but the gap is closing

(tags: linux switcher vista microsoft ubuntu)
Erwin’s StarOffice Tango

this is excellent news indeed: ODF support for OS X fiends like Cote

(tags: oo.o odf standards office)
Recording Artist: Don’t be a ZFS Hater

James is right: an excellent piece on ZFS

(tags: zfs apple filesystem osx storage encryption caching boot)
Chris Kelly: Wicked and Artful Men – Politics on The Huffington Post

“Mysteries frighten and enrage Boston. They don’t like them, and they’re always a threat.” – can’t argue this, sadly.

(tags: boston fear mystery athf chriskelly via:caroline)