Today's letter

Posted on Fri 01 June 2007 in misc • Tagged with politics

Supplied without further comment:

I received a letter from your department detailing that photos have been taken of:

"household waste from your property was incorrectly stored"

The statement is remarkable in the lack of information it imparts as to what my actual offence is. I do however have to commend …


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In the News

Posted on Tue 08 May 2007 in misc • Tagged with development

The project I'm currently working on has had it's first Press Release. There is even a competition being held for people that want to Beta test it when it comes out - although I'm guessing there is a friends and family clause somewhere in there.

I for one welcome our new …


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Getting my vote

Posted on Thu 08 March 2007 in misc • Tagged with politics

I noticed this today. George Osbourne is calling for more use of open source software in Whitehall. However FLOSS ain't exactly a panacea for all your IT problems there are certainly places it is a good fit. However the most illuminating quote came from him criticising the procurement procedures for …


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Linkification Day

Posted on Wed 14 February 2007 in misc • Tagged with politics

A selection of links for everyone today. First off all one from the Guardian predicting the imminent death of SCO. While I have some sympathy for the normal working Joe's that will loose their jobs I'll still be having a party to celebrate the death of SCO and their ill …


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Recreational Coding

Posted on Tue 13 February 2007 in misc • Tagged with development

I had an itch to scratch yesterday for which I engaged in a little recreational programming. I'm toying with making this a full project because it seems to be a niche not currently filled by any FLOSS.

What I need/want is an intelligent configurable auto-sync daemon for my desktop …


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