Last week I switched my machines to the latest ubuntu version dapper drake 6.06 which is still beta, but coming out in june. It was pretty easy to upgrade from breezy since the latest installer now upgrades to new releases. Run this command in your terminal:
gksudo “update-manager -d”
So finally after one year beagle and the [...]
Wifi access in Z
Just joined the attention trust group on last.fm.
This is a group for Last.fm users who are interested in making more effective use of their “attention data” (including, but not limited to, all the data we’re sharing with Last). We’re big fans of Last, and we love their service, but we’d also love to know [...]
Currently I’m reading my friends degree dissertation about ‘Strategic management in IT: Balance between open and closed’. Obviously he is interested in my opinion, cause I always support or let’s say spread the word about anything open and I’m convinced by using open standards, the bazaar model, collaboration/syndication and so forth. So I’m really looking [...]
AttentionTrust.org is a non-profit organization and serves a firefox extension to keep track of your browsing history. It is based on Steve Gillmors idea of attention.xml (technorati developer wiki). As I can see the social component is still missing, it is only your attention and not the attention brought to you by your social [...]
It’s really important to support all kids around the world in their education. Marc Shuttleworth and the Shuttleworth Foundation work on education support for South Africa’s youth since 2000. With his own linux distribution ubuntu he is now able to spread a completly free software roundup. There will be the initial release of Edubuntu this [...]
Sorry, that I didn’t write close on time. Wifi really sucked on WTH, I couldn’t get a connection anywhere. So there was no way to connect my computer while attending lectures. The schedule was tight and after 10-12 hours of lectures I kept my focus on socializing. There were interesting people all around. We had [...]
You’ll find videos of the talks here.
Also have a look at Tom Morris blog.
I’m spontaneously leaving for the What the hack! conference. It’s a big outdoor hacker event in the netherlands. Poorly nobody is coming with me, but look out for some coverage here on my blog.
You can follow me via plazes.
For a complete coverage check out technorati tag ‘whatthehack’.
Update: Molly joined me within an hour, that was [...]
… at least in Europe. The news is spreading fast. The European parliament voted 648 to 14 with 18 abstentions against the legislation. This is really good news, legal software patents harm innovation in a dangerous way. Big players would threaten small companies with their patents and also the open source community would be in [...]
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