Author Archives: ward

wp 2.0

Posted on January 23, 2006 by ward

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we are now running WordPress 2.0! The upgrade was pretty seemless. No visible changes for now, but the admin interface is considerably better. Weekend Somehow, this weekend involved several scorpion bowls. Ours didn’t have that cool … Continue reading →

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It finally arrived

Posted on January 21, 2006 by ward

I had to wait a very, very, very long time, but my Nokia 770 has finally arrived. I love it. It took about 2 minutes to find and install the driver for the nokia bluetooth keyboard I bought, and now … Continue reading →

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GPLv3 launch event

Posted on January 13, 2006 by ward

Just three more days, and the first draft of the GPLv3 will be made available at the launch event at MIT. If you’re in the neighbourhood on Monday, do stop by! Pre-registration is now closed, but there should still be … Continue reading →

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GNU/Linux drivers

Posted on January 8, 2006 by ward

A lot has been written about the 2006 CES show in Las Vegas. What I’ve read or heard so far has been pretty meaningless – new non-existing product from X, new gadget from Y that only works with Windows, etc … Continue reading →

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The fast way home

Posted on January 4, 2006 by ward

Sometimes the MBTA just works really well… Coming home last night, it took me 5 minutes to walk to Park street station, where a train was ready to be boarded. Nine minutes to Lechmere, where the bus was waiting. Five … Continue reading →

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Windows is dangerous

Posted on December 29, 2005 by ward

Another exploit is loose in Windows land; this one is for XP and 2003 server and there is no patch yet from Microsoft. It’s got to do with the parsing of WMF files, which apparently are Windows Meta Files (pictures … Continue reading →

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Copyright down under

Posted on December 28, 2005 by ward

Good news from Australia – the Australian government will soon legalize time and media-shifting of copyrighted materials for personal use. So it will become legal for Australians to make MP3s from their CDs, and to use their VCRs to record … Continue reading →

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San Antonio

Posted on December 22, 2005 by ward

A bit quiter for a few days, after all it is the holiday season. I’m in San Antonio visiting family, and I can now confirm that everything is bigger in Texas. Even the christmas tree ornaments. Happy holidays!

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Open Document

Posted on December 16, 2005 by ward

So Microsoft is working really hard to derail the Massachusetts efforts to adopt a truely open standard for its documents. Bravely, Massachusetts decided in September to adopt the newly finalized OpenDocument standard for all its office documents, ensuring that the … Continue reading →

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Bad European Politics

Posted on December 14, 2005 by ward

So, thanks to the Conservatives and Socialists in the European Parliament (the two biggest fractions), a European Directive has been passed for mandatory data retention. It needs to be implemented in national law within 2 years in all of the … Continue reading →

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