Founding Fathers

Posted on Wed 15 December 2004 in general

I got a chance to watch some of the additional interview material from Revolution OS last night. I was struck with how clearly rms came across when explaining the motivation behind the GNU project. For all his faults he's still a hell of a visionary revolutionary. I wonder if he'll …


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Aftermath

Posted on Tue 14 December 2004 in general

Well yesterday went well, no going back now. My boss took my
resignation well and now everyone* knows I'm off to new pastures next year. In other news:

The weekend was entertaining although not quite in sync with my plan to drink less alcohol. It could be my age showing …


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I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered. My life is my own!

Posted on Mon 13 December 2004 in general

Well I resigned from my current job today. My last day will be Thursday the 13th of January. I'll start at the new place the following Monday. New Year, New Job. I wonder what else 2005 holds for me....


Spy vs Spy

Posted on Tue 07 December 2004 in geek • Tagged with spyware

From Wired:

"But you have to support spyware if you're going to have free file-sharing applications. Fair's fair."

Reading the article it mentions Marketscore which routes all web traffic through their servers. And people willingly install this stuff on their machines. It just makes me want to cry :-(


Brand Loyal?

Posted on Tue 07 December 2004 in general

Two changes of pattern last night. Instead of my usual Monday Pepper href="http://www.bennee.com/~alex/wiki/index.php/Pasta%20Carbonara">Carbonara
I cooked myself a Penne Arrabiata.
It was nice although I overdid the chillies so it was a tad warm. Still all part of the learning …

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