Monthly Archives: July 2005

Software commons and the social sector

Posted on July 13, 2005 by Andrew

(These are some thoughts I put together for a workshop I was unable to attend. Not fully thought-through yet.) I’ve spent the last ten years trying to convince universities to engage in the concept of public good over locked-in value; … Continue reading →

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Glorious, wonderful Ubuntu

Posted on July 13, 2005 by Andrew

I’ve installed multiple linux distributions over the course of the last decade or so. I was there, back in the day, installing slackware from floppy disks on a souped-up 486 with a stonking 64mb of RAM. I dallied with SUSE, … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Mac hardware

Posted on July 13, 2005 by Andrew

A couple of months ago, David’s powerbook started exhibiting a curious flickering on the screen. With some patient repositioning, it was possible to make it stop. Over the last few weeks, the problem got progressively worse. The sensible thing, of … Continue reading →

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links for 2005-07-12

Posted on July 12, 2005 by delicious

NFRs through Misuse Cases (tags: development)

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IWMW 2005: Tags

Posted on July 12, 2005 by Andrew

An interesting demonstration of the problem with arbitrary tagging/folksonomies: in a thread on Conferences, Workshops, Training etc. Brian Kelly points people to Google IWMW 2005 to see a list of blogs on the subject. Unfortunately I selected IWMW2005 as my … Continue reading →

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links for 2005-07-11

Posted on July 11, 2005 by delicious

Mac Boot Key Combos (tags: mac apple osx reference boot) Booting Mac OS X (tags: apple boot mac osx reference) Mac Geekery – Open Firmware Tricks (tags: mac reference)

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He should have bought a 4×4

Posted on July 11, 2005 by flickr

I should have bought a 4×4 Originally uploaded by mfifield. Only Martin…

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Mac-fu

Posted on July 11, 2005 by Andrew

Help! My Mac has cheerfully indexed the contents of my external USB drive, complete with a backup of all my applications. Now whenever I right-click on a file and select “Open With”, I get duplicate entries for all possible applications, … Continue reading →

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Homeward bound

Posted on July 8, 2005 by Andrew

On my way back from IWMW2005. Some observations: A week away from home with approximately twelve hours on board trains and planes is too much. Edinburgh is a stunning place. Manchester is not bad. I probably need to see more … Continue reading →

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London

Posted on July 8, 2005 by Andrew

“And we’re going to go about our lives. We’re going to take care of the lives you ruined. And then we’re going to work. And we’re going down the pub.” A Letter To The Terrorists, From London

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