Boingboing is a wonderful, wonderful site. Some of their great links are: Jobs and Woz? Starsky and Hutch? Whacked-out neighbor posts signs, retro art?

The question is often enough asked: “Why is there such a dearth of diversity in open source?” While some have supposed that there may be some sort of genetic difference (hogwash) or similar, this last week I had some experiences that showed me why newcomers to technical and open source communities might decide to quite quickly spin on their toes and walk right back out. One of the oft-cited benefits of open source software is that the communities that support various softwares communicate in an open fashion. Users can communicate with the developers and the experts in a technology in real time without having to navigate routes of gatekeepers.