December 2009
34 posts
More personal →
I usually follow I big number of people on the internet, that is I have added there blogs of webpage in my Google reader or I visit their pages with a certain frequency.
One of the things I like…
La Bruja de Oro y Doña Manolita reparten premios →
Son las que más venden, pero también las que reparten premios. En la primera hora del Sorteo de Navidad, tanto la Bruja de Oro como Doña Manolita ya han repartido miles de euros.
El 10.104, agraciado…
Roberto Alsina: python-keyring is seriously nice →
Many programs require passwords from the user.
It’s nice when a program can remember the password you give it.
It’s nicer when it stores said password safely. However, it’s not trivial to do that…
“Social Networking Sucks
I like life. I like the internet. But I hate social...”
– November 9th, 2009
Firefox 4 Windows Theme/UI Update →
submitted by iofthestorm [link] [194 comments]
Virginia’s Naked Coffee Guy Convicted →
Erick Williamson, the Springfield, Virginia man arrested earlier this year for being naked in his own home was convicted of indecent exposure on Friday. The judge sentenced him to 180 days in…
Firefox 3.5 passes IE7 as most popular web browser →
Filed under: Microsoft, Mozilla, Browsers
We’ve all been watching the browser share trends for quite some time now, wondering when the day would come that an alternative finally…
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of 2009 →
2009 has been a record breaking year at the box office, with more than $10 billion in ticket sales in the US and Canada alone. This, despite increasing piracy rates on the Internet.
The…
The Lionshare, Tracking Torrents and A Girl →
The Lionshare tells the story of Matty and Jane who hook up through OkCupid. During their first date Jane invites Matty to her house, and to her favorite BitTorrent site – ‘The Lionshare.’
“I…
Google DOES care about your privacy →
Filed under: Internet, Google
Galloping into the scene on its shining, white horse, Google has finally struck back at the privacy advocates that got just a little riled up by Google…
Virginia’s Naked Coffee Guy Convicted →
Erick Williamson, the Springfield, Virginia man arrested earlier this year for being naked in his own home was convicted of indecent exposure on Friday. The judge sentenced him to 180 days in…
Microsoft submits new patent: now watch as the... →
Filed under: Games, Internet, Microsoft
Some plucky researchers at Microsoft have just applied for a new patent, and it doesn’t immediately come across as all that desirable. Its…
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Colddddddddd, Froidddddddddddddd, Frioooooooo →
Brussels Brussels Colddddddddd, Froidddddddddddddd, Frioooooooo
Knowledge & ownership →
Giles Wilkes gives this nef report (pdf) a superb kicking. What strikes me, though, is that nef is, in an important sense, on the same side as the bankers they try to demonise. What I mean is…
Rumors of VLC's demise on OS X "Greatly... →
submitted by krunk7 [link] [25 comments]
what sort of agreement with your employer allows... →
submitted by user0 [link] [13 comments]
Adding a Group wrapper →
Continuing with my work on making the use of desktopcouch nicer to not that advance developers (or advance developers that cannot take the time) I have been spending some time in thinking how to…
Funding update - the Clojure community is simply... →
submitted by user0 [link] [comment]
Miguel de Icaza: Nine Months Later: Mono 2.6 and... →
About nine months ago we released MonoDevelop 2.0 and Mono 2.4. Today we are releasing the much anticipated upgrades to both. Mono 2.6 and MonoDevelop 2.2.
For those in a hurry, binaries and…
Save MySQL: Getting Some Facts Straight →
I’d like to clear up some misconceptions that have appeared in comments on various blogs, social bookmarking, and other fora in response to Monty’s recent call for action. Many of these have been…
Version 0.31 →
Version 0.31 of macaco-contacts “harmony” is available. You can download the .deb package from my PPA.
Installation
The current release is dependent of my current developing branch of…
Copenhagen climate summit: 1,200 limos, 140... →
dalasverdugo:
(via azspot)
Lead by example, jerks!
Using Ubuntu for the very first time
lemongirl:
Yeah… at the end Manuel managed to install Ubuntu on my Mac ( well…his Mac, but I am the only one using this laptop )
We all know that sooner or later this was going to happen,we’ll see if I like it. I was scared about the new system as Manuel has been more than 1 year saying ” I have to show you how to use it”, like if it was really complicate, but actually… at least today (the...
First deb package available →
I have been working as hard/much as I can (3/4 hours the days I can) to be able to deliver something tangible which you guys can use and hopefully criticize.
You can find what I have done this week…