BLOGical Thoughts

There are a few plugins for WordPress that I need in order to clean up the Inland Empire Dutch Oven Society (IEDOS) web site. I need a better calendar for it, and I need a recipe plugin. The recipe plugin may be tough to find, so I may have to learn how to write plugins for WordPress.

I need to do some more work on this web site. The eBook section hasn’t been updated in a long time, so that may be where I start. I would also like to convert the teardrop trailer section over to WordPress, and I will be looking into that, too.

Silly sign of the day:

Free/Open Source Software

• Ballmer impugns the character of the free/open source world
• InstallJammer, a self-executing installer for Linux
• A Good Week or So For Linux
• Perspective: Opening up an open-source roadblock
• Vista vs. Linux software wars - bundled apps
• Windows-to-Linux roadmap: Overview

RIAA/MPAA/IFPI/BSA/FCC

• FTC Tags Site Again for Deceptive Ads
• RIAA names and shames “pirate universities” - Guilty until proven innocent.
• Big media is watching your iPod
• Purdue Ignores RIAA

Stupid Patent Tricks, DRM and Other IP Nonsense

• Quantum strikes again, charging iPhone touchscreen infringement
• High court wrestles with software patent questions
• Microsoft fights AT&T before US Supremes
• Cisco, Apple settle ‘iPhone’ dispute
• Microsoft files patent suit against Alcatel-Lucent
• Does DRM really limit Vista? - I guess MS’ regular shills are busy.

Other News

• Egyptian blogger jailed for four years
• U.K.: Vista price petition pops up on Government site

Security/Our Rights

• T.J. Maxx probe finds broader hacking
• TSA makes a hash of ‘no-fly’ redress site
• Serious flaw in Google Desktop gets fix
• Symantec warns about ‘drive-by pharming’ security threat
• Bug in security software enables remote attack

Big Brother

• Don’t trust the government with your privacy?
• U.K.: Premier ‘must explain road charging’