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Patents are out of hand..

The US (and sometimes our) patent system is completely rubbish.  Patents were all about helping the small business survive against big bad bullies.  This got corrupt, and then King James (I think) scrapped the whole thing and started it all again, to encourage innovation and ensure that the small business could release their product and [...]

DRM Again…

He he… Seems like I just keep posting about DRM at the present time, but it’s incredibly important at this time that non-techy people get an understanding of the consequences of this.  I am not a music theif…  I do not want to steel music..  I do want to be able to do what I [...]

This is a cool design tool…

This MIT R&D video is cool, let’s see how long till we have this sort of thing in schools…

1st nerd in space my black-hole

this bbc article talks about a microsoft billionaire going to space, claiming he’ll be the first nerd in space. it shows just how little these types regard other software companies, as the founder of ubuntu, afrikan software millionaire mark shuttleworth was already that man, in fact, he was the first african in space.

post from gnome applet

this post is one from the gnome applet. it’s not really any different from any other post, but i can do so without using a web browser, which can be very useful when it comes to quick posts of things that come up during the working day..

python development

i have been working away leaning myself some python development to enable me to write applications for gnome the desktop that i love.  as it turns out, it’s pretty much a slog.  python is an awesome language to learn, fast development, but gtk+ and gnome development has some quirks which take some getting used to.

it’s [...]