Archive for the ‘GPL/Open Source’ Category
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
My latest little project, GeekChow.
I'm getting tired of the politics and doomsday predictions that have started to dominated the "popular vote" type sites like Digg and Reddit so I've come up with what I hope is a good alternative.
Geek Chow is based on the open source Pligg (a Digg clone) ...
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Friday, May 25th, 2007
Linux.com | Hugin developer launches photographic distortion correction database
The lead developer of the Hugin panorama-stitching application, Pablo d'Angelo, has proposed a new open database for collecting camera lens information that could be used to correct systematic distortion in photographs. The database would be populated by user-submitted calibration data and ...
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Tuesday, August 8th, 2006
Attack of the Pod Penguins: Not Why, Why Not? - Network World
My good friend Tony has started writing what looks to be an excellent series on Linux and podcasting. Head over to LinuxWorld if you've got a few minutes to kill and give it a read. While you ...
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Wednesday, July 19th, 2006
How to Make Firefox for Mac More Mac-like · cavemonkey50.com
Who doesn’t love Firefox? I’ll tell you who, Mac users. While Firefox has always been great on Windows and Linux, it seems that the Mac version of the browser has always lagged behind in terms of performance and visual appeal. Since ...
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Friday, June 30th, 2006
OpenSource Fest 2006
Anyone going to make it?
The Summer 2006 GNU/Linux/BSD/OpenSource Fest
July 12 - 15
Presented by San Antonio College CIS Department, San Antonio Linux Users Group, and X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio
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Sunday, June 18th, 2006
The Fine Manual
Very good article that makes a lot of good points. This boils down to something my grandmother used to harp on: "If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all."
In other words, if you can't help the person, then just be quiet. If ...
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Thursday, February 16th, 2006
Oracle tried to buy open-source MySQL | CNET News.com
Thankfully the source is open and even if a company like Oracle managed to buy MySQL and much it up somone would branch it and continue developing the free version.
MySQL Chief Executive Marten Mickos confirmed the acquisition attempt in an interview at ...
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Monday, October 24th, 2005
PICAXE
I've been looking for a low cost robotics kit for my son, and this might very well be it. Their online store appears to be getting hammered now, but the pdf price list indicates 18.61 pounds for the 28A Starter Pack and 35 pounds ($65) for a nice compact ...
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Wednesday, June 1st, 2005
RedNova News - Technology - Nokia Unveils Handheld Internet Tablet
It runs Linux and they are supposed to be opening all the source. Cool.
More info here: Nokia 770
Priced at $350, the Internet Tablet is being positioned as an alternative to buying an extra personal computer or laptop for different rooms, ...
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Wednesday, May 25th, 2005
MySQL Cheat Sheet - ILoveJackDaniels.com
PHP Cheat Sheet - ILoveJackDaniels.com
These could be handy, I guess; moreso for the beginner. It's very similar to the C++ cheat sheet I have on my bookshelf at work here. Gives you a list of functions, regex's, dates, modifiers, keywords, etc.
Posted in Development, GPL/Open Source, Web Stuff | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, April 27th, 2005
Firefox: Blazing a Trail to 50,000,000
Cool contest over at Spread Firefox as they near 50,000,000 (yes, Fifty Million) downloads.
They said browsers were dead. They said open source would never penetrate the mainstream. But you've never cared much for rules, have you? And now we're blazing a trail to 50 million ...
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Friday, April 8th, 2005
Mach-II.com :: Mach-II for PHP
Maybe worth a look. Not really open source. "Free to Use but Restricted" I haven't been able to figure out what the restrictions are yet.
Mach-II is a powerful framework for building modular and maintainable object-oriented applications.
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Friday, April 8th, 2005
Cherry Open Source Project
Interesting. Maybe this is a good example of how to avoid a GPL lawsuit.
Due to Overwhelming Demand
Cherry Open Source Project
Launches 5.1.2005
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