The Net – Good for LiteratureThe Net – Good for Literature
A recent news article has Doris Lessing (a Nobel prize winner for literature) claiming that the net has “created a world where people know nothing” [1]. However the Internet is[...]
Christmas and New YearChristmas and New Year
Christmas is billed as a family occasion and a huge amount of advertising money is spent convincing people that they need to have big expensive family events. This is good[...]
Debian Developers MeetingsDebian Developers Meetings
David writes about the concept of having a central resource for arranging meetings of Debian Developers [1] (or other targetted special interest groups). It seems that the best way to[...]
Blogroll – Bad Social NetworkingBlogroll – Bad Social Networking
A common feature in blog software is a Blogroll, this is a list of links to blogs which are associated in some way with the blog in question – most[...]
Planet Debian PiracyPlanet Debian Piracy
The site http://maxfeed.ath.cx/ is copying the entire Planet Debian feed for the purpose of splogging. I’ve sent one DMCA take-down notice for one of my pages (hopefully they will go[...]
The Meaning of Godwin’s LawThe Meaning of Godwin’s Law
A widely cited unofficial rule on the Internet is known as Godwin's Law [1]. In it’s original form this rule states that “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability[...]
New Bonnie++ ReleasesNew Bonnie++ Releases
Today I released new versions of my Bonnie++ [1] benchmark. The main new feature (in both the stable 1.03b version and the experimental 1.93d version) is the ability of zcav[...]
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[...]
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].[...]