Bad but Appealing Copyright ArgumentsBad but Appealing Copyright Arguments
Some people seem to believe that the problem with copyright law is the inability of people on the free culture side of the debate to compete with the large amounts[...]
Author: etbe
Free Books and T-Shirt SalesFree Books and T-Shirt Sales
Cory Doctorow has written an interesting column for the Locus Magazine about his experience in giving away free copies of his books [1]. Mainly he rants about some of the[...]
Ownership of Laptops for WorkOwnership of Laptops for Work
Jetstar has announced some new changes to the way they manage their IT infrastructure [1]. Some parts of it are obvious things that people have been doing (or wanting to[...]
Healthcare and Free SoftwareHealthcare and Free Software
The Washington Monthly has an interesting article about healthcare and Free Software [1]. It seems that a free system named “VistA” from the US Veterans Affairs department (not to be[...]
The Streisand Effect and Chinese BarratryThe Streisand Effect and Chinese Barratry
Bruce Everiss has received two threatening letters from a NSW law firm representing the Chinese game company Evony. Here is the latest where they whinge about his publication of their[...]
Free K-12 Text BooksFree K-12 Text Books
The CK12 project is developing free (CC by SA) textbooks for the K-12 market (with a current focus on the early years of high school) [1]. Their primary aim seems[...]
Increasing Productivity through Clean AirIncreasing Productivity through Clean Air
Kamal Meattle gave an interesting TED talk about using plants to produce enough oxygen to support people in sealed buildings [1]. The combination he advocates is Areca Palm for the[...]
NBD and PXE Booting on DebianNBD and PXE Booting on Debian
I have a Xen server that I use for testing which is fairly lightly loaded. I considered making it diskless to save some electricity use (which also means heat dissipation[...]
Mail Server SecurityMail Server Security
I predict that over the course of the next 10 years there will be more security problems discovered in Sendmail than in Postfix and Qmail combined. I predict that the[...]
ReWineReWine
I have just discovered an innovative Melbourne company that has apparently been running for five years. ReWine is a wine seller that sells bottles of wine and then refills the[...]