By admin, on August 21st, 2010%
Over the last few years I have dedicated time and effort pushing GNU/Linux. I don’t regret doing this and I will keep doing this. I have learned that it is not good to hyper focus all of my learning activities around Free Software. It is a good thing to have a well rounded grasp of various . . . → Read More: Career Limitations in GTA
By admin, on August 3rd, 2010%
I was camping near Sauble Beach, Ontario this weekend. I took my Canon camera with me and made a few short videos along with some pictures. Here is one of the funny videos I decided to share with people . . . → Read More: Carbon Glazed
By admin, on August 2nd, 2010%
The GNOME and LiMo Foundations have today announced their intention to collaborate closely with a key partnership. With immediate effect the LiMO Foundation will become a member of the GNOME Foundation’s Advisory Board and the GNOME Foundation will become an Industry Liaison Partner for the LiMo Foundation. According to the pair, this development represents a natural . . . → Read More: Freedom Haters Back ‘on Board’
By admin, on July 27th, 2010%
Bruce Byfield never ceases to amaze me at the kind of people he finds for his interviews. Check out the lolz quotes from this one:
Pearson attributes this balance to the fact that “KDE 3.5 was built to emulate Windows XP, and therefore inherited that balanced interface.”
As if emulating the appearance of another OS inherits it’s characteristics. . . . → Read More: KDE 3: Trinity Fork Lolz quotes
By admin, on July 21st, 2010%
Originally Written: May 13, 2008 (In case of obsolete content)
Playing around with computers all day was supposed to be fun. It was a blast during my high school days. Working on computers in a retail environment has been very stressful in comparison. I run into a lot of problems with these consumers. A lot of stuff . . . → Read More: The Nightmare of IT in Retail
By admin, on July 21st, 2010%
Originally Written: August 28th, 2003 (In case it seems obsolete in some parts)
Computers are too easy to use. I think Bill Gates caused great harm to the computer industry. Some people are saying I’m wrong and that it’s Microsoft that soley made computers what they are today. I fully disagree with this argument. Microsoft may be . . . → Read More: Computers are too easy to use
By admin, on July 8th, 2010%
There are a lot of myths out there about the hiring practices of proprietary software companies vs open source companies or communities. People are sharing anecdotal evidence claiming proprietary software developers are somehow better because they employed more women. While this is extremely far from the truth. I don’t hate women, in fact I love them . . . → Read More: Debunking Myths about Open Source neglect of Women
By admin, on July 7th, 2010%
I hate what a few specific trolls have done to my life in the name of their agendas. I am now implementing a personal ‘do not respond to trolls’ policy. I fell for 90% of their traps and made myself look like a troll. I was baited into doing all kinds of things that are against . . . → Read More: I’m not being troll gasoline anymore
By admin, on July 1st, 2010%
Hi Folks,
I’ve made a set of packages that will install on Fedora 13 to enable Go Programming. I have a set of three packages, the go compiler, emacs syntax and vim syntax. I would like to thank Konrad Meyer for a majority of the work. My changes in this build include the following:
- Rebuilding from the . . . → Read More: Google Go for Fedora 13 (64-bit)
By admin, on June 27th, 2010%
I’ve been checking up on this all day and the media has been blaming anarchists for causing all the violence. While these world leaders are responsible for the deaths of thousands of people, poverty, and some organized crime.
Here is one very entertaining video. There are more all over YouTube but this one shows a guy . . . → Read More: Toronto G20 Violence