Day Four, June 23rd 2011

I think I nailed that YouTube article. We’ll see how it goes. Also I finished Angry Birds. So today, Bob the Intern and I had a game of Kings of War, with me playing the Dwarfs and Bob taking the Undead. Bob’s played a couple of games before, but this time I totally ruined him:…

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Day Three, June 22nd 2011

I worked from home today, looking after Robin who’s sick with a cold, but also to try and get some more work done on a piece I’m writing about YouTube Rentals. YouTube Rentals is by far one of the stupidest things YouTube have done lately — going against all their good work in the area…

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Day Two, June 21st 2011

Last night was pretty fun, a bunch of people came out for my weekly trivia night. It’s essentially a pub quiz, for those of you who have no idea what trivia is. The theme this week was (appropriately) 1981 — some of the questions, which Don usually assembles were somewhat contrived, but its hard to…

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Stuart Langridge – Manchester Free Software

Our next meeting will be February 19th 2008, with Stuart Langridge (also known as Aq) of LUGRadio fame joining us for a talk about his experiences with free software. More information Let us know you’re coming Do a lightning talk The event takes place on the 19th of February at 7pm at Manchester Digital Development…

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Sun gets it

I believe prefacing the term “Linux” with the term “GNU” serves the useful purpose of highlighting that GNU/Linux is a compound of many elements and has what many developers would term a “GNU Userland” wrapped around a “Linux kernel”. That’s why I have made it Sun’s policy to refer to GNU/Linux when speaking of Linux-based…

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James Blunt was taught not to steal sweets as a child, but he thinks it’s OK to steal your freedom with DRM.

Ugh. Qtrax files contain Digital [Restrictions] Management software, allowing the company to see how many times a song has been downloaded and played. Artists, record companies and publishers will be paid in proportion to the popularity of their music, while also taking a cut of advertising revenues. The singer James Blunt gave Qtrax a cautious…

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How to block all Facebook application and message spam.

http://www.facebook.com/privacy.php?view=platform&tab=myapps – remove everything apart from… Photos, Events, Posted Items, Notes and Groups. http://www.facebook.com/privacy.php?view=platform&tab=ext Remove anything here. Save http://www.facebook.com/privacy.php?view=platform&tab=all Select “Do not share any information about me through the Facebook API” http://www.facebook.com/privacy.php?view=search Under What Can People Do With My Search Results ‘See your picture’ and ‘Add you as a friend’ should be ticked. The rest…

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120 members, 17 days: Support user freedom and the FSF

In 2008, the Free Software Foundation will be fighting DRM, abolishing software patents, and defending user freedom. Benjamin Mako Hill presents the case for supporting the FSF in this fight. They are just 120 members short of their fundraising goal of 500 new members or $100,000 by January 31.

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School fingerprints lunch pupils

School fingerprints lunch pupils Catering staff at an Essex school are taking the fingerprints of pupils at lunchtime to ensure they get the meals their parents want them to eat. You couldn’t make this stuff up.

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