Vista ReadyBoostReady – Good for Linux?Vista ReadyBoostReady – Good for Linux?
At the moment it seems that about half the USB flash devices on sale are listed as “Vista ReadyBoost Ready“. I recently bought an 8G USB device that I returned[...]
Month: November 2007
ApprenticesApprentices
Shintaro wrote an interesting post about Rakugo (a form of story-telling) and Mottainai (a particular form of gratitude that is now becoming an English word in reference to environmentalism) [1].[...]
Creepy Social NetworkingCreepy Social Networking
Cory Doctorow wrote an interesting article about social networking [1]. One of his points is “Imagine how creepy it would be to wander into a co-worker’s cubicle and discover the[...]
Links November 2007Links November 2007
The web site www.CheatNeutral.com offers cheaters the possibility of paying single or monogamous people to offset their cheating. It’s an interesting spin on the carbon trading schemes that are on[...]
Pentium-3 vs Pentium-4Pentium-3 vs Pentium-4
I recently was giving away some old P3 and P4 machines and was surprised by the level of interest in P4 machines. As you can see from my page on[...]
Air Filtering for ServersAir Filtering for Servers
Serious server rooms have large (and expensive) air-conditioning and filtering systems. Most “server rooms” however are not like that, often it’s just some space in a store-room, sometimes near printers[...]
Election 2007Election 2007
I am a member of the Greens. The main reason for joining them is that they have principles. The Greens Charter [1] guides everything, policy must comply with the charter[...]
Drugs and an ElectionDrugs and an Election
As mentioned in my previous post [1] the government is using our money to advertise its policies. I previously covered the “Internet as a threat to children” issue, the other[...]
Internet and an ElectionInternet and an Election
Before the election was called the Howard government (being unethical in every way) started using public money to campaign. Part of this election campaign was two documents sent out to[...]
BoingBoing and LicensesBoingBoing and Licenses
Today I was thrilled to see that Cory Doctorow (who among other things wrote one of my favourite Sci-fi novels [1]) copied one of my blog posts on to BoingBoing.net[...]