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I want a Firefox Extension to…

January 17, 2007

200+ extremely useful firefox extensions that save time and effort – a lot of these might have dubious licensing. (I suspect this is like a link that says...

WordPress 2.0.6^W 2.0.7 is out!

January 15, 2007

Hot on the heels of WordPress 2.0.6 is WordPress 2.0.7. Thankfully Debian packages make the upgrade procedure not suck, but it can’t be much fun for people...

Anna McGarrick

December 16, 2006

Paul and Teresa’s new baby!

FSF pledges $60,000 to the Free Ryzom Campaign

December 16, 2006

“The Free Software Foundation has sent out a press release announcing that has pledged $60,000 to the Free Ryzom Campaign. This campaign is seeking to...

World’s tallest man saves dolphin

December 15, 2006

World’s tallest man saves dolphin

BadVista.org: FSF launches campaign against Microsoft Vista

December 15, 2006

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today launched BadVista.org, a campaign with a twofold mission of exposing the harms inflicted on computer users by the...

Open Knowledge 1.0

December 12, 2006

Open Knowledge 1.0 On the 17th March 2007 the first all-day Open Knowledge event is taking place in London. This event will bring together individuals and...

Playing YouTube videos without Flash

December 12, 2006

A Greasemonkey script for playing YouTube videos without Flash

Amstrad CPC emulator for symbian S60 phones and it’s GPLd

December 2, 2006

S60-CPC is an Amstrad CPC emulator for symbian S60 phones. GPLd.

Internet Explorer transparent PNG with the GIMP

November 29, 2006

This is a quick dirty howto to create transparent PNGs compatible with Internet Explorer using The GIMP

Tired

November 27, 2006

Tue 28/11/2006 01:20 28112006992 I’m so sleepy.. Yawn. (Attribution: Tired by matt_from_cnuk)

Those in glass houses…

November 27, 2006

An invitation, not a conspiracy Sigh.

Upstream – a collection of tools to make support easy

November 27, 2006

Upstream is a collection of tools that allow users to send in system specific log and troubleshooting data to support personnel. It can be easily modified to...

Ask the BBC to support Ogg Vorbis/Theora!

November 27, 2006

If the BBC gets enough complaints about their use of patented file formats, they will support Ogg Vorbis/Theora. The use of patented formats excludes users...

Ubuntu backlash

November 25, 2006

So, I’m sure everyone’s heard about the Novell/Microsoft thing (Read Eben’s excellent summary of what’s going on and how we’re going to fix it), so this...

Boycott Launchpad!

November 25, 2006

Please join me in boycotting Launchpad. Launchpad is a proprietary suite of web applications increasingly used by the free software community, and while...

Linux.com | Behind the scenes at GNOME’s Web site revision

November 22, 2006

Anti-Hipster, Tom Chance on Behind the scenes at GNOME’s Web site revision. A week in and he’s writing about Plone! 😉

WordPress Mobile Plugin

November 20, 2006

Attended a W3C Webinar on the Mobile Web earlier. One of the interesting things to come out of it, was a plugin for WordPress that makes your blog work...

CSS tests

November 17, 2006

Your browser is currently not applying CSS (or does not support display:none;). Assuming it supports CSS, it should be applying one of the following media...

Shit our mate Mark bought on eBay

November 16, 2006

Shit our mate Mark bought on eBay

Shit that Mark Cousens bought on eBay

November 16, 2006

Earlier, I found my mate’s eBay Profile Anyway, here for the preservation of the world, are some of the things he’s bought lately. Which is all well and...

This is a fight we have to win

November 16, 2006

I must speak out against both her and DReaM. A DRM compromise at this stage would be insanity. This is a fight we have to win. Quote from Mako‘s blog post...

FSFE – Freedom Task Force

November 16, 2006

Freedom Task Force (FTF) We provide licence support services for Free Software. These services include education, fiduciary activities, protection and...

Petition asking for amendment to UK copyright law

November 16, 2006

Sign this petition: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/privatecopy/, which reads: “We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to create a new exception to...

Win-nea pig

November 16, 2006

Definition: Someone who uses a beta version of Windows.

What happened to all the decent free software podcasts?

November 14, 2006

I’ve just finished listening to the latest episode of TechShow – I’m astounded. They had RMS as a guest, and had clearly done very little research, and one...

iRony RockBox Installer

November 10, 2006

Via Mako:- The iRony RockBox Installer is a simple Python installer for the RockBox jukebox firmware onto Apple iPods. It is meant to automate the long and...

Speaking at York (G)LUG

November 10, 2006

Last Saturday, I gave a talk at York GNU/Linux Users Group about Free Software. This was the first time I’d ever really gotten up in front of a room full of...

(Re) understanding accessibility

November 10, 2006

So, the WCAG 2.0 FAQ is up. We’re currently working on redesigning our website – it’ll be quite radically different from our existing site. This is also a...

gNewSense!

November 2, 2006

Welcome gNewSense! A GNU/Linux distro backed by the FSF based on Ubuntu but with added freedom. “With all the kernel firmware and restricted repositories...

Early childhood TV viewing may trigger autism

October 29, 2006

Early childhood TV viewing may trigger autism, data analysis suggests Woah.

Whose Line Is It Anyway Wiki – useful.

October 20, 2006

Whose Line Is It Anyway Wiki – useful.

Things a singer would never do to his wife

October 20, 2006

Stabbed her in the arm with a broken wine glass after one argument then flung her into a wheelchair, demanding she apologise for “winding him up”. Grabbed...

The Art of Complex Problem Solving

October 20, 2006

A very nicely designed diagram of complex problem solving. read more | digg story

How I Explained REST

October 20, 2006

This is a very interesting article that describes in very easily understandable ways what REST is and why people in the computer since field need to pay much...

Fifteen Exercises for Learning a new Programming Language

October 20, 2006

Here are 15 exercises that will help you learn and get familiar with a programming language in no time. read more | digg story

AMAZING AJAX-driven web development reference!

October 20, 2006

A must have bookmark for developers doing web development. Features: * PHP / MySQL / CSS / JS reference * Examples * Search as you type * Fast results read...

CNET's Ruby on Rails Toolbox

October 20, 2006

Find out all the open source servers, plugins, libraries, and other tools used by two of CNET’s Ruby on Rails powered sites, Chow.com and Chowhound. read...

Quick Lookup : Info – PHP CSS MySQL JS Reference

October 20, 2006

Quick Lookup : Info – PHP CSS MySQL JS Reference

More opinions on IceWeasel

October 17, 2006

I was reading Slashdot today and came across another article about the upcoming fork of Firefox, called IceWeasel. This article, much like the other articles...

IceWeasel developers Interviewed

October 17, 2006

Interview with the GNU Developers involved in the new firefox-based IceWeasel. The interview is about the future of IceWeasel, new features, and the...

IceWeasel: Why Closed Source Software Will Always Win Out

October 17, 2006

The Linux community splits off from Firefox and starts using IceWeasel, causing further fragmentation and confusion. read more | digg story

Debian Iceweasel – FUD-free facts from the horse's (or weasel's?) mouth

October 17, 2006

There have been a lot of rumours, trolling and flamewars about the proposed name-change of Firefox to “Iceweasel” for Debian Etch. This post by FF/IW Debian...

Firefox vs. IceWeasel; open source is still the winner

October 17, 2006

Comments on why the competition between Firefox and IceWeasel won’t cause any harm to the open source movement in general. read more | digg story

Firefox vs. IceWeasel; open source is still the winner, or is it??

October 17, 2006

The author argues why the recent IceWeazel vs Firefox, saga will have a negative impact on Open Source, because it sets a bad precedent which may discourage...

IceWeasel – Why proprietary software will always win out

October 17, 2006

The Debian fork of IceWeasel does nothing but hurt FireFox development for little or no reason. read more | digg story

5 Reasons to Support IceWeasel

October 17, 2006

Some people from GNU have forked a version of Firefox and have called it IceWeasel, they also made a few small security fixes while doing so. Great solution,...

Iceweasel, a free-as-in-speech version of Firefox

October 17, 2006

IceWeasel is a version of Firefox created for use in “free” operating systems like Debian (and its derivatives, such as Ubuntu), which eschew any element...

IceWeasel – Firefox and Freedom Redefined?

October 17, 2006

Gnutella, part of the Free Software Foundation’s GNU Project, is creating “the ‘GNU/Linux’ version of same, to be dubbed ‘IceWeasel.’” This may, or may not,...

Microsoft Corp. helped a Utah company raise money …

October 16, 2006

Microsoft Corp. helped a Utah company raise money for its legal challenge to the GNU/Linux operating system, an investor said in a court filing.