Here comes the Sun

Posted on Mon 15 March 2010 in general • Tagged with life, weather, wedding

The weather this weekend was a lot nicer, not only sunny but also well on the right side of the thermometer. Fliss and I spent Sunday in front of the Grand Prix going through the wedding spreadsheet and started mailing out the wedding invites. However it's already become apparent that …


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Shout out to my bro

Posted on Wed 10 March 2010 in general • Tagged with family, photos, webpimp

Please join me in wishing my brother a happy birthday. I'll take the oppertunity to pimp his photo blog which people with an interest in photography and photoshop might find quite interesting.


New Keys Please

Posted on Mon 08 March 2010 in geek • Tagged with encryption, gpg, security

I've finally gotten around to updating my personal GPG key. At the same time I've plumbed in the various bits I need into my mail client so it's a little easier to sign, encrypt, and verify GPG enabled email. Of course the super paranoid will want to check the public …


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App Review: Smart Alarm Clock

Posted on Fri 05 March 2010 in geek • Tagged with android, apps, mobile, review

One of the reasons to own a smart phone is to run applications on it. There are some fantastic ideas out there and given the relative youth of the mobile app explosion I'm sure there is plenty more to come. Today I thought I would offer my thoughts on Smart …


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Free Software legal battles version 2

Posted on Wed 03 March 2010 in geek • Tagged with android, apple, floss, htc, iphone, patens, software freedom

"We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas."
- Steve Jobs, Apple

With the embers of the SCO's legal shenanigans slowly dieing down we were long overdue for the next round of legal attacks on Free Software. We all knew it was coming, having failed with spurious copyright claims the …


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