Monthly Archives: December 2004

Migrating to desktop Linux? Take a look at Norway

Posted on 12/30/2004 by Ben

School kids in the Norwegian city of Bergen’s Linux migration pilot program enjoyed using Linux more than Windows. “The pupils didn’t get any kind of instructions before the tests, we simply said ‘These are Windows, these are Linux — just … Continue reading →

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Rudy’s Blog

Posted on 12/30/2004 by Ben

Wow, you kind of have to read sci-fi author and computer scientist Rudy Rucker’s blog just for this sentence: In the context of the theory I suggested in an earlier entry, God could be a deterministic non-reversible class four paratime … Continue reading →

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Go Ask Hollywood

Posted on 12/30/2004 by Ben

Cory Doctorow now has a regular column in Popular Science. In his first article he explains we you can’t back up your DVDs.

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Loki Torrent legal defense

Posted on 12/30/2004 by Ben

Loki Torrent, one of the BitTorrent sites being sued by the MPAA, is standing up to the studio bullies and mounting a legal defense. They need to raise $30,000.

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How to help

Posted on 12/29/2004 by Ben

MSNBC has a comprehensive list of charities providing aid to the tsunami victims. Amazon also has 1-Click Red Cross donations. [via rc3.org]

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Netcraft Anti-Phishing Toolbar

Posted on 12/28/2004 by Ben

Netcraft has introduced an anti-phishing browser toolbar. It displays the hosting country and provider of the site you’re viewing and allows you to submit suspicious sites to a collaborative blocking system. They’re handing out prizes to people who report sites … Continue reading →

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Linux Expands Beyond the Office Into the Home

Posted on 12/28/2004 by Ben

Reuters covers the growth of the home Linux market. “Once you have about 8 to 10 percent of the market, you will see somewhat an explosion of people running it at home,” said Timothy Tuck, owner of computer services provider … Continue reading →

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The Karma Economy

Posted on 12/28/2004 by Ben

The Utne Reader has a short article on Whuffie and reputation economies.

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Cyber-Claus

Posted on 12/26/2004 by Ben

Cyber-Claus by William Gibson.

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Ballmer the undaunted

Posted on 12/26/2004 by Ben

CNET has a great interview with Steve Ballmer for anyone who thinks Microsoft has Changed and is no longer Evil. In it, Ballmer comes right out and says that if he could go back eight years he’d do it all … Continue reading →

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Album of the Week

Posted on 12/23/2004 by Ben

The album of the week is the only Christmas album you should ever need, Vince Guaraldi’s A Charlie Brown Christmas.

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Lightning Project Launched to Provide Calendar Features for Mozilla Thunderbird

Posted on 12/22/2004 by Ben

Nice, Thunderbird is getting tightly-integrated calendar features. I just hope it gets Palm-syncing in some reasonable timeframe.

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Quit Windows, benefits of Mac OS X and Mepis Linux

Posted on 12/20/2004 by Ben

And if Scoble does decide to quit Windows, here’s a nice little guide.

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Linux user advocates switching from Windows

Posted on 12/20/2004 by Ben

Ugh, Scoble says he won’t switch to Linux because it’s too unfamiliar: Sorry, I am so used to Word/Excel/Powerpoint/Access/OneNote that I’m not going to easily switch. Well, sorry Scoble, I won’t buy a Tablet PC becuase it’s strange and different. … Continue reading →

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Mindawn offers DRM-free music downloads

Posted on 12/20/2004 by Ben

A new Linux-targeted music download service offers DRM-free tracks on Ogg Vorbis and FLAC formats. Very little selection so far.

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