Entries classified under links created during Jan 2005


Plame Leaked by Fake News Source? Part VI
- Wow. These guys are really organizing now around this distributed journalism. Please take a look and see if you can help out. I have someone in Ft. Hood that might be able to give general info...
To links politics bush journalism ... on Mon 01/31/05 at 11:25 PM
Linux in Government: Another Look at Linux in the MS Infrastructure
- Samba eating Microsoft's lunch. I smell a patent infingement case...
To links foss microsoft ... on Mon 01/31/05 at 06:43 PM
cluetrain/hughtrain
- Cluetrain Manifesto: "This is why we hate you." Hughtrain Manifesto: "This is how we're going to fuck you up."
Porter Stemming Algorithm
- Implementations in lots of different languages, too. Nice.
To links coding algorithms ... on Mon 01/31/05 at 03:15 AM
Subversion for CVS Users
- Title says it all..
My Experiences With Subversion
- Nice look at moving to subversion. Go into migrating from CVS, subversion idioms, gotchas, etc.
Version Control with Subversion
- Entire subversion book on one page.
To links coding reference tools ... on Sun 01/30/05 at 08:52 AM
Iraq and cynicism
- I guess that sums it up pretty well.. Gah! sucks...
To links war iraq politics bush ... on Sat 01/29/05 at 11:09 AM
Gilberto Gil's extraordinary engagement with Brazilians
- Wow! You mean the political figures *talk* to the people in this backward country? That's never going to work!
To links foss freeculture ... on Fri 01/28/05 at 07:21 PM
JHymn - Removing DRM from iTunes
- Excellent O'Reilly article describing Apple's DRM apparatus in detail and pointers to tools for curing your crippled music..
To links freeculture drm apple ... on Fri 01/28/05 at 04:05 PM
PlaysMaybe
- Finally, CE manufacturers will be placing a badge on their crippled-with-DRM devices to inform the consumer that said devices suck and should be considered broken. Oddly enough, the badge reads: PlaysForSure.
To links funny drm freeculture ... on Fri 01/28/05 at 07:45 AM
PBS FRONTLINE: Watch online
- Full video library of PBS' Frontline. I've never heard of Frontline but they've covered some interesting topics. All available through the web.
To links video politics cool web ... on Thu 01/27/05 at 12:07 AM
Eclipse Java-GNOME Demo
- Demo of 100% free Java/Eclipse natively compiled with gcj. This is slated for Fedora Core 4.
To links java linux foss tools ... on Wed 01/26/05 at 08:29 PM
How Groovy Lost its Groove Thang
- Interesting look at how Groovy has been floundering for quite some time now under the JSR process. I wasn't aware of any of this..
To links java groovy coding ... on Wed 01/26/05 at 03:09 PM
Cory Doctorow: "Copyright vs Community" (MOV, MPEG)
- Feature length lecture by Cory Doctorow on copyright, DRM, and other digital rights issues. CC share-alike licensed.
Open-Source Java Under Consideration
- Hmmm.. Maybe the confirmed "three letter part" referred to: "S" "U" "N"?
To links java coding foss ... on Wed 01/26/05 at 02:57 PM
Worst weatherman ever
- This is almost too painful to watch.
To links funny video diversions ... on Tue 01/25/05 at 09:15 PM
XForms Add-On for Mozilla Coming Soon
- bout time..
To links xml xforms web moz coding ... on Tue 01/25/05 at 07:44 PM
The Firefox Religion
- Blake Ross talks about what drove every Firefox design decision: simplicity.
To links moz web ... on Tue 01/25/05 at 04:06 PM
Java get/set - not that harmful
- Bill de hÓra challenges some of the points I made in Getters/Setters/Fuxors. Specifically, the getter/setter bloat and IDE comparisons. Some good points here.
To links coding java python ... on Mon 01/24/05 at 04:02 AM
HOWTO: Mod a microwave to melt iron
- Perfect science experiment for the kids.
To links funny diversions ... on Mon 01/24/05 at 03:27 AM
WS-Who's-on-First
- Oh, this is brilliant. Look at the bright side, Mark, at least it's horribly useless in a way that's interoperable!
To links rest web ws coding soap opposition ... on Sun 01/23/05 at 10:02 AM
How to ambush Fox News
- Vanity Fair's Judy Bachrach disturbs Fox's plans of a nice afternoon of inauguration coverage. Note that lying about what you're going to talk about and being on Live are requirements for getting an honest opinion onto the TV.
To links bush politics fox bigmedia video ... on Sun 01/23/05 at 05:39 AM
NY Times: Few but Organized, Iraq Veterans Turn War Critics
- People would just come up to me and say, 'How'd you lose your arm?' " Mr. Acosta said. "And I'd say, 'In the war.' And they would be like, 'What war?' "
To links war iraq politics ... on Sun 01/23/05 at 05:34 AM
The Emerging Economics of Open Source Software
- Finally got a chance to read through this massive piece. It's worth the time if you have it.
To links foss freeculture coding ... on Sun 01/23/05 at 05:23 AM
Social Security For Dummies
- Understand how Social Security works and why Bush is saying there's a "crisis".
To links bush politics reference ... on Sat 01/22/05 at 08:12 PM
Sony: DRM cost us the Walkman
- The first time I've heard a major player admit that DRM is harmful.
To links drm freeculture ... on Fri 01/21/05 at 08:51 PM
Open Source Radio
- "A space for you to help contribute to a forthcoming CBC radio column about the open-source movement." This is a great example of blog-as-collaboration-tool.
To links foss freeculture blogging ... on Fri 01/21/05 at 08:31 PM
Social Security: There Is No Crisis
- Awesome looking grassroots blog-based initiative to respond to the dismantling of social security by the Bush administration and republican congress..
To links bush politics worry ... on Thu 01/20/05 at 10:56 PM
Why is the president's daughter throwing signs?
- "Is it me, or is Jenna Bush holding up the sign of Satan next to her father's face?"
To links funny diversions bush ... on Thu 01/20/05 at 07:05 PM