The other day there was a dust storm in Australia that was the biggest in 73 years. It made Sydney look like it was on mars and made other places go pitch black. (more…)
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Mars on Earth or vice versa
Thursday, September 24th, 2009Ubuntu 9.04 is a PAIN
Monday, April 27th, 2009I upgraded my laptop to Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) yesterday and soar I have found four things I commonly use are broken/”fixed”.
I will probably find more in a day or so, but so far I just have complaints (I see no speed increase)
Offline reading
Sunday, December 14th, 2008I just added the ability to read this blog offline if you have Google gears. I am planing to use the ability of Google gears to attempt to guess your current location ad display the weather in your location. Of course if you do not have gears installed you could still enter your location manually.
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Saturday, November 1st, 2008Why did Javascript/AJAX mop the floor with Java, Flash and Silverlight? Or, why open standards eventually win
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008It’s not always true that the neatest, most advanced technology ends up winning most of the market share. There are other reasons which get in the way. Sometimes, the less advanced solutions end up winning — and evolve in order to become more solid and established. An example of this is Javascript/AJAX, which has conquered most of the web-based client programming — despite the fact that there were competing technologies which could (and maybe should) have easily won, purely based on technical merits. How did that happen? (more…)
5 reasons to avoid iPhone 3G
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008The 5 real reasons to avoid iPhone 3G:
- iPhone completely blocks free software. Developers must pay a tax to Apple, who becomes the sole authority over what can and can’t be on everyone’s phones.
- iPhone endorses and supports Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) technology.
- iPhone exposes your whereabouts and provides ways for others to track you without your knowledge.
- iPhone won’t play patent- and DRM-free formats like Ogg Vorbis and Theora.
- iPhone is not the only option. There are better alternatives on the horizon that respect your freedom, don’t spy on you, play free media formats, and let you use free software — like the FreeRunner. (more…)