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After using Ubuntu I sort of caught onto the idea that Compiz could provide for me some nice looking effects without using too much power (if I picked the right plug-ins). I’m back on open Suse 10.3 so I thought I would have another go at installing these 3D effects. I did it before and [...]

This is a video that is a must watch, regarding the danger of the existing legal framework to the way we and our children are able to use content, to remix it, to say something new. Our parents are passive watchers, members of read only society… whereas we cannot passively watch, it is against our [...]

Adam Freeland - We Want Your Soul (Ed Rush & Optical Remix)
The original; Adam Freeland - We Want Your Soul is worth checking out also:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvwK-3cQ6gE
This stuff is all awesome. 10/10 for both.

Internet Radio at its best… Okay I’ve only been listening to it for about 20 minutes or so, perhaps 4 songs have come and gone, but this Batanga Internet radio is brilliant. Well I’ve only clicked on Dance Party, but as dance partying goes this is good stuff, this is the kind of station I [...]

It’s quiz time.
Who said: “Freedom of speech is like a plague!” and why?

According to the BBC: “UK net firms are resisting government suggestions that they should do more to monitor what customers do online. The industry association for net providers said legal and technical barriers prohibit them from being anything other than a ‘mere conduit’. The declaration comes as the government floats the idea of persistent pirates [...]

Well for the curious, here’s a screenshot of the way I like to work. There was a time, not so long ago when I opened up a wordprocessor and hacked away at it without ever thinking about the fact that it was spread across the whole screen. Then I read Tony Buzan’s excellent speed reading [...]

Why am I always warning people about DRM? It’s because DRM is one of the great threats to our society of recent times. I can give a list of reasons, but nothing more clearly demonstrates everything that is wrong with DRM than the fiasco that occured with Google Video. I seem to have missed it [...]

I downloaded Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) and found it to be a delightful operating system. At first I have to say I was perplexed as to why companies such as Dell were only offering one distribution out of the possible choices we have. (And it’s mainly Ubuntu they offer). Having now used Ubuntu I can [...]

The ExoMars project is set to be renamed. The concept has changed so much since the project was first envisioned and its costs first set that the new ExoMars is really an entirely different creature from the 2005 version. Jean Jacques Dordain will ask ministers in November for a near doubling of the 650 million [...]