Julia and I had our last Constructive Living evening with Helga Beer on Monday night.
Monthly Archives: October 2006
More grey days are coming
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?
Firefox 2 and Ubuntu 6.10
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.
People are dramatic
It makes a better story.
I don’t like closed systems
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.
Still gno time
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.
Develop diverse widespread community commitment
Chris Messina in response to his own post (with a little help from Richard MacManus):
IE 7 just released
Yesterday. Upgrading to it on some of my test computers for my WordPress testing (IE) unpleasure.
My WordPress Secret
Currently, I do most of my blog writing in a private blog on WordPress.com then copy the post to foolswisdom.com .
You pay her salary
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.