Monthly Archives: November 2006
QoTD: Mark Shuttleworth
“Every company has its blowhards and its various good guys. We have ours.” — Mark Shuttleworth compares and contrasts Canonical and Red Hat Tomorrow’s news: Canonical blowhard count apparently steady, despite Waugh resignation.
Humble Pie
I say, why all the glum faces? *crickets* And in my first act of bipartisan outreach since the election, I shared with [Nancy Pelosi] the names of some Republican interior decorators who can help her pick out the new drapes … Continue reading
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links for 2006-11-08
Perens: ‘Novell is the new SCO’ “Often cast as the peacemaker in free software disputes, Bruce Perens is on the warpath.” — the only possible cause for this spectacular cockup from The Register? The Orlowski byline. (tags: bruceperens theregister andreworlowski … Continue reading
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links for 2006-11-06
Andy Kessler: Media 2.Uh-Oh in a single file “Who are the next media moguls and to whom do they have to sell their souls for the priviledge? The $165 billion question left unanswered by this deal is: What is media … Continue reading
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links for 2006-11-03
Firefox 2.0: Fitting in “Firefox 2.0 has a lot of great features, but if you’re using it on Linux (or BSD, etc.), then odds are that it doesn’t really seem to fit in with the rest of your desktop.” — … Continue reading
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QoTD: Jeff V. Merkey
“It’s official. Microsoft and Novell will now fork Linux.” — Jeff V. Merkey on lkml That’s right everybody, Merkey’s back! Woohoo! Let’s all get hammered and punch baby seals!
links for 2006-11-02
Optimizing Page Load Time “For many sites that reference dozens of external objects, the majority of the page load time is spent in separate HTTP requests [...] yet there isn’t a common body of knowledge about how to [eliminate these … Continue reading
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100!
Within 24 hours of opening the floodgates, we received the 100th registration for linux.conf.au 2007. Get in quick — on-site accommodation and places at the Penguin Dinner are limited!
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Zombies are People, Too
How things change… and how things stay the same. For Jaq’s most excellent Casaween party, Pia and I dressed as zombies… as a sociopolitical statement, or even protest. “What kind of sociopolitical protestations do zombies harbour?” you may ask. “Is … Continue reading
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