Author Archives: ward

Xen 3.2.0

Posted on January 26, 2008 by ward

So Xen 3.2.0 was released last week. Oddly enough there are no precompiled 64-bit binaries anymore. That does not make much sense to me – running Xen on 32 bit is just… painful. Problems with accessing ram beyond 4GB, issues … Continue reading →

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openid

Posted on January 22, 2008 by ward

Thanks to the WP-OpenID plugin, this blog now supports OpenID. Woohoo!

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I wouldn’t steal

Posted on January 21, 2008 by ward

Another sane message about copyright – this time from the European Free Alliance in the European Parliament (the Greens): I wouldn’t steal. This site touches on two points that have irritated me for a very long time in the whole … Continue reading →

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copyright sanity

Posted on January 20, 2008 by ward

The ever amazing Michael Geist published a great list of “fair copyright for Canada” principles, which he thinks should be adhered to in the drawing up of new Canadian copyright legislation. A lot of it applies world-wide, in my opinion. … Continue reading →

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intel

Posted on January 18, 2008 by ward

Sometimes Google Finance has its issues – check out INTC’s listing this morning:

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SMT soldering

Posted on January 9, 2008 by ward

Via Hack-a-day, this is a great (video) introduction to surface mount (SMT) soldering.

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and that’s four

Posted on January 4, 2008 by ward

Sony/BMG has finally announced it is going to drop DRM for at least part of its catalogue. Original source: Businessweek. They were the last holdout among the four big labels. That’s it for music, now on to video

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time to take away the RIAA’s privileges

Posted on January 2, 2008 by ward

Alexander Wolfe over at Information Week has an article up with a great suggestion: deal with the RIAA as we do with misbehaving children: take away their privileges. He proposes shortening corporate copyrights from the current 125 years to 5 … Continue reading →

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10 years of free public transportation in Hasselt

Posted on December 31, 2007 by ward

Carectomy has a nice writeup on 10 years of free public transportation in Hasselt, Belgium. I remember when this was introduced – most people wrote it off as a political stunt. It’s really nice to see that the project is … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs was almost right

Posted on December 28, 2007 by ward

When Apple launched DRM-free music on the iTunes music store, Jobs predicted that by the end of the year, all labels would be selling music in an unencumbered format (on the iTunes music store). Well, Warner has joined the MP3-selling … Continue reading →

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