I started writing my favorite learning app, HMSCalc, in C# and Mono. I know this app so well now that I can practically write it in my sleep. Since I have already written it in Java, the C# translations is fairly straightforward. When I finish it, I will publish it as an hours-minutes-seconds calculator for Linux. It really is a very useful program, but no one seems to have done it except me.
Silly sign of the day:
Free/Open Source Software
- Humor: Orifice Open
- Red Hat Plans Linux Desktop Offering ‘for the Masses’
- Microsoft Does Open-Source and FoxPro a Real Favor
- Cool Tool: Drop-down terminal for Linux
- Bring on the bling with Beryl: a look at a new Linux window manager
- Sun hires Debian Linux founder
RIAA/MPAA/IFPI/BSA/FCC
- NPR Starts A War
- Faces Of The RIAA
- RIAA Wins Worst Company In America 2007
- How the MPAA killed the movie theater experience: a first-hand report
- Online broadcasters challenge price hike
- University of Wisconsin Stands Up to RIAA
Stupid Patent Tricks, DRM and Other IP Nonsense
- Idle patents attract entrepreneurs
- Nokia wants to have courts take a look at Qualcomm’s patent claims in Europe
- The Future of DRM
- Musicload says most service problems caused by DRM
- Windows DRM not up to snuff, says BitTorrent founder
Other News
- Gonzales’ hold on job grows uncertain – He never has had a good grasp of the job’s requirements.
- UPDATE: Best Buy Still Using Its Secret Website
- Pressure builds over firing of attorneys
Security/Our Rights
- Terrorist Bus Drivers
- Broadband growth extends threats to non-PC devices
- Stolen Identities Sold Cheap on the Black Market
- Poor test results for Windows Vista security software
Big Brother