Miscellaneous
Recommendations for OpenLogic's Open Source Census
Last week, I was excited by, and then disappointed with, OpenLogic's Open Source Census project – while the project has promise, OpenLogic planned to license the complete data set only to project sponsors (and I didn't feel that they were being very forthright about the matter.)
Stormy Peters, OpenLogic's community manager caught up with me to [...]
April Fools Comes Early This Year
April Fools` has just now swept over the Eastern coast of North America and already hoaxes and jokes are spread thick and heavy across the web. Of course, it makes sense that European websites are already posting April Fools' jokes, but I'm not sure if what seems early to me is just an indication that [...]
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Helping Businesses Catch the Cluetrain
Back in the misty reaches of time — just before the last millennium turned, to be precise — four smart people got together to write about the growing gap between companies and markets. The result was called "The Cluetrain Manifesto", a cogent and plainly-written set of theses about how the Internet changes some of the [...]
Bay Area Linuxists: Butt kicking for goodness
On March 1st, the Alameda County Computer Resource Center and Untangle are pairing up to run a massive installfest, pairing donated computer hardware with Ubuntu GNU/Linux.
If you live in (or are visiting) the Bay Area, you can help by donating old hardware and by helping install Ubuntu.
If you are part of a company with a [...]
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AOEUI
A recent increase in my textual output has resulted in a flare-up of old RSI troubles. In an attempt to reduce the wear and tear on my hands, I'm switching over to Dvorak (and taking an opportunity to train away bad old habits.)
This will mean that I am going to be blogging less for a [...]
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Bay Area Techies: Help Schools with Your Old Hardware and Free Software
On March 1st, the Alameda County Computer Resource Center and Untangle are pairing up to run a massive installfest, pairing donated computer hardware with Ubuntu GNU/Linux.
If you live in (or are visiting) the Bay Area, you can help by donating old hardware and by helping install Ubuntu.
If you are part of a company with a [...]
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Dear Lazyweb: Esperanto and Gmail
A friend of a friend has done the work needed to localize Gmail in Esperanto. The FOAF has pitched it to Google (no strings attached), but they didn't seem very interested - at least, the Googlist he talked to didn't seem so interested. I tried to help by putting the FOAF in touch with one [...]
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