Emulating OLPC on Edubuntu
Useful Links: OS images for emulation OS images Using QEMU on Troubleshooting $ sudo apt-get install qemu Download the latest stable image. I downloaded this image. …
Brisbane's Best Blog
Blogging is simply the act of informal writing as a regular practice on Brisbanes best blog. Journals take many forms and serve different purposes, some creative some personal. Writers keep journals as a place to record thoughts, practice their craft, and catalogue ideas as they occur to them.
Happy New Year
Lets start the new year with a video by Noiesmo. Watch the video. Thanks Noiesmo. I think using panoramic images that form a full 360 horizontal …
Emacs Learning Curve
After mentioning GNU Emacs, its a great program. You may be interested in the learning curve.
New Poll and some notes about GNU Emacs
I’m using a different WordPress plugin for my poll, its called Democracy AJAX Poll. It uses AJAX and I think its nicer. The last poll I …
Teachers and Social Responsibility
There’s some really nice software for teaching game making as a way to teach young students programming and mathematics like Squeak which is also the programming …
Artistic Expression – Proprietary World
I guess hanging around Archie Moore for a while has had some influence on me. Maybe I should have spent more time on this, the main …
Artistic Expression – Blender short film
Maybe I should have spent more time on this, the main thing was to try and express myself. If anyone wants the .blend file, just leave …
FSF Campaigns and Support
The BadVista campaign is an advocate for the freedom of computer users, opposing adoption of Microsoft Windows Vista and promoting free (as in freedom) software alternatives. …
Eben Moglen: A message about the Free Software Foundation
From www.FSF.org: Watch a video appeal from Eben Moglen, Board member and General Counsel of the Free Software Foundation, covering the Novell and Microsoft deal, GPLv3, …
Codev2 and Eben Inspiration
Lawrence Lessig updated his book “Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace“. Download Codev2. Recently we read Eben Moglens speech “Free Software and the Death of Proprietary …