KVM
is interesting and Quamranet
is making smart moves
but I think what Qumranet might be doing with it may be more interesting. According to the News.com article, less than a dozen out of their 30 or so engineers are working on KVM so what could the rest be working on? My guess is on building a secure bedrock for desktop OS, specifically Vista, capable of securing PCs without drowning users with endless confirmation dialogs by monitoring software activities as well as that of the users then taking smart actions with optional external security policy service, a very ambitious yet rewarding goal although the idea of running Vista on top of KVM-enabled Linux is rather amusing.

Just in case you are wondering, I am busy hacking something together in Flash. Actually, most of the time is going into learning what isn't possible with Flex 2 and Flash 9 Player (46.4399093 milliseconds, WTF?) and slipping into DSP and VST worlds every other hour but it's fun playing with something that you can see and hear moving and screaming every five minutes. Call it Fun-Driven Development (FDT).

Just some bits of useful info I found while experimenting with sound in Flash9/Flex2/AS3.

To use command-line debugger in Flex 2 SDK to debug flash movie running in a web page, type:

$ ./fdb

(fdb) file http://{domain}:{port}/path/to/page.html

(fdb) run

(fdb) continue  

'run' command will launch the default browser and open a window/tab to display the page but halt the embedded movie until 'continue' command is entered. You'll probably want to setup break points before continuing. Note that 'file' command can point to files as well for debugging Flex 2-based applications.
To use fdb from Eclipse, create an External Tool pointing to fdb.
To dump object content, append a period after the name.
To quit, just type quit.

Some display bugs (uses non-zero winding rule everywhere now) squashed. Server-side identicon renderer now matches canvas-based renderer in graphics quality. While unintentional (can't complain ;-p), performance has improved and uses less resources as well.
Updated source code is here (version 0.5).

I've been playing Wii Sports and Legend of Zelda past few days. What do I think of Wii? Well, it's so good that all desires for XBox 360 and PS3 are flushed out of my system and my WoW withdrawl symtoms are more manageable (but then how would I resist if WoW ran on Wii?). Monday night, my wife and I played 3 rounds of golf, til midnight, and it really did feel like playing real golf (minus the walking, of course). Waking up with sore Wii-muscle is a bit weird (I want motion-sensing foot straps so I can jog and kick in Wii games :-p) but no one should miss experiencing first-hand the first of the true next generation game platform.

When Kevin and I talked at Wikithon, he told me he was changing job but not where. Then we talked about opportunities Technorati missed and mistakes it made. When he agreed that Google's blog search service was getting really good, I was a bit surprised but now it makes sense in hindsight.
Google's service updates faster, is more reliable, and has less spam and echo. And while it doesn't offer the URL-based search functionality, Google's service meets most users' needs IMHO. Now, with Kevin's help, Google's blog search will just get better which is bad news for David Sifry. But then it's always too early to count David out. He is creative and energetic so I am sure Technorati will make some innoavtive moves soon to get them out of the tight spot.
Anyway, congratz to Kevin and a cheer for David.
Update:
It's interesting that this post made Techmeme but not the identicon post which was massively linked, even across language barriers. Maybe Gabe's algorithm catches ranks inner circle chatter but not real memes. Maybe the whole point was to turn top crust murmurs into memes…

Despite the news of the agreement, it's only an agreement to stop and list in return for oil. I remain highly doubtful that North Korea will, in the end, give up its nuclear weapons program and dismantle the bombs they've already built. This deal bought them time and resource as well as keeping China happy by laying low until 2008 Beijing Olympic is over. In other words, this deal is payola for temporary peace.

I've decided to use my Vox blog
as my Korean language blog. Although my sense of humor seems language independent, my mode of thinking and attitude differs quite a bit in Korean language, so do check it out if you can read Korean.

Off the hip morning coffee commentary on two freshest hypes.
Powerset: It is difficult to figure out why behind questions. And people often make mistakes in forming their questions. In the end, I think Powerset search results will disappoint and Powerset users will end up typing in keywords. If their target market is occasional computer users, they have to be the default search engine on new computers, but I doubt they have the financial means to make that happen.
Pipes: I had a similar idea awhile back for which got the feedcrew.com domain. I stopped working on it when I realized the core problem which FeedCrew, Pipes, and Ning shares: success will lead to failure, meaning popular pipes will be cloned elsewhere with better tailor-fitted user experience and hand-coded performance. In the end, pipes will become too much of a resource drain to continue and Yahoo will have to shut the service down. Another case of reality tormenting geeky ideals.

Wikithon was an interesting experience, interesting like unconference. It could have been better with a bit more organization though.
I had no idea when it was supposed to start. Apparently it was something everyone knew but I somehow didn't. When I got there, closer to afternoon than morning, a little over 20 people were sitting against the walls (kinda reminded me of prom night), talking quietly with each other and tapping on their laptops busily but only occasionally looking up. All the chairs were at the enter of the room but not occupied.
I was expecting some coordination effort in the afternoon but everyone was kept busy tapping, whispering, coming, and going all afternoon. I could have used some help from someone knowledgeable about Socialtext open source wiki (aka STOSS) so I could get my thingy (identicon wiki-integration) done quickly. But no one asked and I didn't speakup, so I wasted most of my time on trying to install STOSS and requirements on my laptop. It would have been better if someone went around every hour  or so checking in on everyone.
At around 7pm, activity finally picked up and 6-7 people/team presented the result of their projects. They were all interesting but more participation from non-Socialtext developers is needed. This will improve in the future because Wikithon will apparently become a monthly event.
Anyway, I didn't do much except chat with folks. I could have done more or filled in where I saw shortcomings but…well, I didn't. Why not? Because I felt the event was more of a Socialtext thing than something anyone off the street can take control and run with. A little younger and more reckless me would have though. Another side-effect of growing old, I guess. Sometimes a loud mouth gregarious clown is desperately needed because, overall, Wikithon felt too polite and too respectful despite all the free-spirit settings, like hippies sitting on a church bench.
I hope I didn't piss off all the particpants with this post. My intention is to improve the event, not trash it. I hope wider variety of folks participate in the future and turn it into a centerpiece event for the wiki community.