Monthly Archives: August 2006

Planet Hula

Posted on August 11, 2006 by Jeff Waugh

Planet Hula just has to take the cake as the best Planet design I’ve seen so far — and I could be described as a connoisseur of the genre! Garrett has done a standout job, not just with the quality … Continue reading →

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Dave and Rusty

Posted on August 11, 2006 by Jeff Waugh

These men are threatening to rewrite the Linux networking stack and break all of your firewall scripts… again. Will you be there to stop them? Will you be there to help them? The only conference where you’ll see Linus Torvalds … Continue reading →

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links for 2006-08-10

Posted on August 11, 2006 by Jeff Waugh

Intel aims for open-source graphics advantage Good to see Intel talking up their utterly sensible Open Source driver strategy — all the latest bling works brilliantly on their 900 series (tags: intel opensource desktop drivers ati nvidia) AMD talks about … Continue reading →

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Lindsay’s Happy Heffalump

Posted on August 10, 2006 by Jeff Waugh

Lindsay created a totally sweet logo for a new Free Software project we’re working on. It’s totally niche, but we think it’ll be useful for all kinds of projects and organisations… Another thing to add to the toolbox, kinda like … Continue reading →

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Waugh Family

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Jeff Waugh

I realised that waugh.id.au was empty, so I added a family feed reader to it. It’s all sooky and lovey-dovey and stuff. Rock.

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Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Posted on August 5, 2006 by Jeff Waugh

“Hmmm…what is Canonical’s point, I wonder?” — Justin Kestelyn, Oracle Technology Network Editor-in-Chief

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Gimmesomesugarbaby!

Posted on August 5, 2006 by Jeff Waugh

When GNOME’s mail server spat the dummy last month, I took the opportunity to get stuck into a bit of sysadmin again, having focused on other areas of GNOME for a while. After a good chunk of analysis and repair, … Continue reading →

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Linux for (Servers and) Human Beings

Posted on August 4, 2006 by Jeff Waugh
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QoTD: Lucy Sanders

Posted on August 3, 2006 by Jeff Waugh

“We’ll never know what we’re missing without more women participating in information technology. We can’t measure absence.” — Lucy Sanders, NCWIT CEO and Co-founder Bonus quote: Ginger Makela, a blogger on the National Centre for Women in IT website, writes … Continue reading →

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Innovation Still Sucks

Posted on August 3, 2006 by Jeff Waugh

“Real and Google share a common passion for innovation that has enhanced the Web experience,” said Rob Glaser, chairman & CEO for Real. Holy shit — we put two installers in a self-extracting zip file! “Google and Real will continue … Continue reading →

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