Remembering April, 2008

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Taking a stand | 15th Apr 2008

Cory Doctorow, co-author at BoingBoing, took a stand on net neutrality by declaring his Internet service contract void [via /.]. Bravo! Let’s hope that with many others following suit this sends a strong message to ISPs that we refuse to only view the part of the Internet capable of buying you off.

Collapse? | 13th Apr 2008

Is Microsoft Windows “collapsing”? Some are saying it is, and I kind of believe it, although the process is likely to be a very drawn-out death. Experts are warning that the new version of Windows, due out at the end of 2009, needs some major changes in order to keep it competitive. [...]

Selling free software | 13th Apr 2008

I think one of the best examples of how free software can work great (and be even be sold) is Dell’s adoption of Ubuntu. They can take free software (Ubuntu) and custom-tailor it to work on their specific laptops and desktops. They can even custom-compile their own Linux kernels that they don’t contain [...]

Preserving our history | 10th Apr 2008

I recently read that Jackson Browne released a sequel to his popular album Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1 from a few years ago. It’s one of my favorite albums of the past few years, and this was coming from someone who had no idea who Jackson Browne really was when I first heard it. [...]

Jonathan is naked | 9th Apr 2008

In honor of CSS Naked Day, my website is going naked all day. What does that mean? My website’s style sheet has been removed and all of the content will be displayed as regular old un-styled text, links, lists, and quotes. That means little or no pictures, almost no color, and no [...]

A storm’s a-brewin’ | 8th Apr 2008

Batten down the hatches, there’s a new worm on the loose. It’s creating a very large botnet, which basically means it’s like a virus that installs itself on your computer, but it doesn’t really do much at first. From there it will probably send emails to everyone in your address book trying to [...]

We’re going streaking! | 7th Apr 2008

…And it’s the first year I’ll be able to participate. Check back on April 9th for more info and be ready for a whole lotta nakedness. Oh, and for those of you who are wondering, it’s not going to be pretty.

Future of books | 6th Apr 2008

I read an article about the future of book industry and authors [hat tip Sadie]. In it, they describe the ways that authors are suffering from the effects of piracy. Many authors are concerned about their lost profits at the hands of e-Book pirates and they are trying to come up with new [...]

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