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Archive for December, 2007

Linux indifference and hostility from “mainstream” technology broadcasts

Friday, December 28th, 2007

Years ago I used to watch The Screen Savers on TechTV. Leo Laporte and a bunch of other people used to have a technology news/entertainment show. They talked tech and often did all sorts of interesting projects. Occasionally they’d mention Linux and have Chris DiBona on as a guest. It was a fun show. Fast […]

Merry Christmas!

Monday, December 24th, 2007

I’d like to wish everyone who reads my blog a very Merry Christmas. May next year be even more prosperous for you and your loved ones. Cheers!

Yes Apple hates free speech, what a surprise!

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007

More proof of Apple hating Freedom:
Apple pays off ThinkSecret.com to shut down and clam up
Apple lawyers threaten Fake Steve Jobs
What a bunch of pricks, especially around the holidays.

Wicd rocks

Friday, December 21st, 2007

For some time now Dann has been raving about Wicd which is a wireless card network manager for your laptop. I finally got around to trying it out and Dann is absolutely spot on. It simply rocks! Wicd succeeds where Network Manager fails. It’s easy to use and configure and even works well with the […]

Starting to play with OpenMoko in a virtual machine

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I’ve been pretty busy getting ready for the holidays. After talking to Michael Shiloh from the OpenMoko project I have to say that I’m pretty excited about the whole prospect of an open phone platform. I downloaded the latest OpenMoko image and set it up under QEMU. Here […]

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