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« Previous EntriesWhy does Software Piracy hurt FOSS ?
Monday, October 27th, 2008jason stirk tweeted about an interesting article about the interaction and semantics, I suppose, of Usage and Piracy of Software, and it’s effect on Open Source Software.
The point to draw from it is that software piracy, while not giving cash to the software company, still provides support for them. The example used in the [...]
Stanford offers free CS, robotics courses
Thursday, September 18th, 2008Stanford University has launched a series of 10 free, online computer science (CS) and electrical engineering courses. The courses span an introduction to computer science and an introduction to artificial intelligence and robotics, among other topics.
The free courses are being offered “to students and educators around the world” under the auspices of Stanford Engineering Everywhere [...]
Useability: Linux / Unix v Closed Software
Thursday, August 7th, 2008A tweet from Linda Eastin pointed me at this old blog entry from Daring Fireball on Linux and Spray-on Useability, that takes aim at the Eric Raymond rant on Linux usability (the one where he can’t get CUPS working).
There’s an old engineering adage: “Fast, good, cheap: pick two.” (Where
“fast” regards development time, not performance.) Desktop [...]
Make Gmail the default Firefox 3 Mail Client
Friday, August 1st, 2008If you rely on online mail clients such as Gmail then you might like the following tip coming directly from the official Gmail blog that describes how to to make Gmail the default Firefox 3 Mail client (i.e. the mail client that is loaded whenever a mailto link is clicked in Firefox 3.
You’ll need to [...]
what is the firefox about: protocol ?
Thursday, July 17th, 2008Many firefox users know that typing about:config in the location bar provides access to user preferences, that can’t be changed any other way.Some fun and useful (occassionally, anyway) Firefox about: links.
about:
about:blank
about:bloat
about:buildconfig
about:cache
about:config
about:crashes (only Firefox 3)
about:credits
about:logo
about:kitchensink
about:license
about:mozilla
about:plugins
about:robots
Either type the links in your firefox location bar or selct the links if you are curious about their purpose.
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Wordpress 2.6 upgrade
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008I’ve upgrade this blog (and several others) to WordPress 2.6. I’ve had no issues, but I only have a small amount of traffic, and a few plugins.
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BarackSlideshow - An elegant, lightweight slideshow script
Saturday, July 12th, 2008Pretty much everyone has seen Barack Obama’s website by now, which is clearly one of the prettiest of all candidates we’ve heard of so far. Not only is it an example of state-of-the-art design, but it’s also nice to navigate and interact with.
If you’re a fan of this slideshow, and you want to create a [...]
BackTrack: A penetration testers toolset
Monday, July 7th, 2008BackTrack is a bootable Linux CD that is the swiss-army knife of computer hacking tools. Need to crack a password or break into a wifi connection? Backtrack has the tools already configured and ready to go.
As a matter of fact, with over 250 tools to choose from, your problem will be finding the right [...]
WordPress 2.5.1 security update
Sunday, April 27th, 2008You’ll notice that this site is now running WP 2.5.1. Automatic released version 2.5.1 of WordPress on April 25, in order to fixe a bunch of performance and interface bugs, and a very important security update. It is highly reccommended that all WordPress 2.5 users update their installations as soon as possible, especially if [...]
Password Safe - Secure and Simple Password Management
Saturday, April 19th, 2008Password Safe is a free Windows utility designed by Bruce Schneier that allows users to can keep their passwords securely encrypted on their computers. A single combination unlocks them all.
The reason for PasswordSafe is that most computer users have to keep track of dozens of passwords, network accounts, online services, premium web sites. Some [...]