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Have it as it is

Posted on October 31, 2006 by Lloyd
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Julia and I had our last Constructive Living evening with Helga Beer on Monday night.

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More grey days are coming

Posted on October 31, 2006 by Lloyd
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I have been feeling a little down, not really down, just a little down. Julia and I have so much on the go it is easy to recognize contributors, but also hard to know what are the greatest contributors.

Does the weather contribute?

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Firefox 2 and Ubuntu 6.10

Posted on October 27, 2006 by Lloyd
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This has been a great week for two of the software products I care most about. Firefox 2 and Ubuntu 6.10. The first should be your web browser on Microsoft Windows, and the second should be if you are ready to leave your frustrations with Windows behind.

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People are dramatic

Posted on October 25, 2006 by Lloyd
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It makes a better story.

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I don’t like closed systems

Posted on October 25, 2006 by Lloyd
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And neither does Jon “DeCSS” Johansen, aka DVD Jon, who adds another free culture notch to his belt with his hack of FairPlay, the Apple iTunes closed system.

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Still gno time

Posted on October 20, 2006 by Lloyd
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I wrote gno time where I started to look for Ubuntu (Linux/Gnome) desktop tools to help me know where I have been. Well, I have not had gno time to continue my investigation.

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Develop diverse widespread community commitment

Posted on October 19, 2006 by Lloyd
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Chris Messina in response to his own post (with a little help from Richard MacManus):

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Posted in Collaborating, Firefox, Free Culture, Humanity | Tagged Chris Messina, Firefox, Firefox 2, Free Culture, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 7, Open Source | Leave a reply

IE 7 just released

Posted on October 19, 2006 by Lloyd
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Yesterday. Upgrading to it on some of my test computers for my WordPress testing (IE) unpleasure.

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My WordPress Secret

Posted on October 19, 2006 by Lloyd
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Currently, I do most of my blog writing in a private blog on WordPress.com then copy the post to foolswisdom.com .

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You pay her salary

Posted on October 19, 2006 by Lloyd
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Today on lifehacker Stewart Rutledge wrote How to beat a speeding ticket (or at least better your chances), and I find the advice given obnoxious. I am disappointed that Gina and the lifehacker team would endorse this behavior.

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Lloyd Dewolf
OpenStacker, Piston Cloud Technical Support Lead Open Source, formerly WordPress.com VIP Services Technical Lead, and Free Culture participant. I blog here at A Fool's Wisdom.

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