November 14, 2006 – 05:14
Java is Free. Crack now. Analysis later.
November 10, 2006 – 17:56
“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.
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 in her new offices. *crickets*
Thank you, voters of the USA, for making Bush eat humble pie.
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 oops novell sco)
Sun planning open future for Java code
“The copyleft provisions of the GPL are a disincentive to creating […]
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 anymore?”
(tags: web2.0 media marketing strategy)
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.” — Garrett LeSage, making Firefox on Linux suck less… again!
(tags: firefox gnome tango theme)
The World’s Oldest Family Companies
“Is there […]
“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!
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 separate requests].”
(tags: http browsers optimisation performance ajax apache)
Evolution is da logic bomb
“Valgrind’s performance isn’t too bad, […]
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!
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 there an analogy to be drawn between the brutal appetite of the lifeless zombie, and the violent spread […]
