Goodbye Encarta
It took a while to happen, but MS Encarta has finally been pulled. With Wikipedia rules! Power to the community!
Month: March 2009
Is programming a dirty job?
A though provoking talk by Mike Rowe at TED about dirty jobs. Is coding/programming a dirty job then? How do
code::XtremeApps 2009 – Python, Android and Squeak
Just got pointed to PyCon 2009@Chicago. Kinda timely as the code::XtremeApps 2009 will have in the open category python and
[Politics, sorta] Botnets and espionage
It cannot be that governments in south east Asia are so naive that their computers are compromised and has become
understanding the meaning of email forwarding
I am appalled to hear some members of the Singapore Computer Society complaining about their email forwarding having a hickup.
USB booting capability resisted by MS in Taiwan?
Interesting article about how MS is trying it’s best to thwart the ability to boot from the USB port with
Document Freedom Day!
Happy Document Freedom Day! It is fundamentally crucial that the world is kept aware of the need to ensure that
Kudos to TomTom in joining the Open Invention Network!
It is a fantastic move by Tom Tom to join the Open Invention Network. Let’s continue to build a patent
Note to self – building a custom kernel for Fedora
Now that it is better documented, I am putting this up as a note to self.
MS’ FUD on offering access to their document formats
I wanted to mention the dangers of implementing any of the MS formats as they could be software patent encumbered.
More underhanded tricks MS is doing about ODF and OOXML
At the Open Standards Day event on Wednesday, the MS speaker did a fairly good job in confusing the audience
TEDIndia in November 2009!
Happy to see TED.com coming to Mysore, India in November 2009. Now need to find a way to attend. Sponsors?
Needs an update
I think software entrophy as defined is not entirely correct. It seems to be more of a proprietary world view
Changing the data center and cloud computing?
Perhaps. I think the combined cloud philosophy and virtualization technologies will re-cast the way data centers will be setup and
Shuttle STS119 launch in minutes
For the first time for me atleast, I am now watching Shuttle STS119 waiting to launch via live streaming!
Using Open Source and Open Standards as a political platform
While I am not keen to see open source and open standards being set up as a plank in politics,
Uninstalling Fedora
How does one go about unistalling Fedora? Fedora’s four foundations – Freedom, Friends, Features and First – are fundamental in
OpenOffice.org 3.0 nearing 50 million downloads!
Am really glad to see Open Office nearing the 50 million download mark. That says a lot for a product
Testing out Fennec
I downloaded Fennec and am running it on my Fedora 10 machine. I am quite impressed with it. I gives
CNBC is a joke
Watch this. Never could appreciate the BS that the so called “experts” or “financial journalists” do on CNBC’s Squak Box.
Where is the IMF?
I am wondering where the IMF is with this economic crisis. If the economic crisis was triggered from any country
Broadcast TV is thankfully dead
I think the sentiment expressed by Paul Graham is something that I have always felt and for years. I do
What an amazing photo!
Got this from http://abstrusegoose.com/about: Group Photo of Scientists Not sure when it was taken though. Tried to enter a date
Abuse of technology
I would love to see this in action. If nothing else, what is the MTBF between BSODs?
screentoaster.com and qik.com
I am a sucker for innovative applications. I continue to be happy with qik.com which offers a mobile webcam to
Searching for the Goldilocks zone
Glad to see Keppler take off successfully. I am very sure that we will discover earth-like planets in the Goldilock’s
[Singapore] You gotta love “surveys”!
So, a survey says that Singapore has topped an international e-govt survey. Hmm. Let’s see how does this new report
Teiid – open sourced enterprise information integration
I like clever names for projects. On a scale of 1-5 (with 5 being the best), I’d probably rate teiid
Way to go, Mr. McNealy!
Finally, something enormously valuable from Scott McNealy. I think these types of comments are what we need to jolt the
How many billions are needed to make a Fiasco?
I think at last count, it was US$8B. That’s how much Vista cost to make (or as it has been
[SG Politics] Nation Under Lee – watch the video.
I think this video needs to be updated to reflect the massive losses incurred by the GIC and Temasek Holdings.