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Entries from July 2007

A Better World Through Books

July 20th, 2007 · No Comments

When I look back on my childhood one of the things that I remember fondly is having free and easy access to books. My mother always made sure there were books in the house and, for a small country town, Kilkivan had well stocked community and school libraries. I could lose myself for [...]

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Tags: Social Responsibility

Free Software, What is it About?

July 18th, 2007 · No Comments

If you’ve ever listened to a Free Software bigot ranting about the evils of software patents, monopolies, and the like you might be forgiven for wondering what it’s all about. Surely these are fringe views and there is not much to it for the bulk of us?
One of the large figures in the [...]

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Tags: Computing · Social Responsibility

MythTV ACPI Wakeup

July 4th, 2007 · No Comments

Television viewing has changed quite a lot in my household since I started using a MythTV box. I no longer worry about what is on and when…I just turn on the box and look at the stuff it has remembered to record for me when I feel like watching some TV. On [...]

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Tags: Computing