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OS X 10.5 Leopard: News on the new features; MacOS developments past and present

Introducing OS X 10.5 Leopard: HOTNESS!Ok fine, that is really VisiCalc for the Apple II, one of the first Killer Apps in computing history.(Note: The nifty blogging tool Ecto 3 is now at beta 6. It is...

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Misc news: Comcast Sucks; Outer space smells metallic

It did not occur to me that outer space could have a smell, but the Don Pettit of the International Space Station sez its "a rather pleasant sweet metallic sensation". sweet. (via /.)"It reminded me of...

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Deep6.HongPong.com Drupal 6 Test Server featuring New Theme Switcher!

Hey all, if you're interested, check out deep6.hongpong.com for a new Drupal 6.0 test server, with lots of themes and some modules to doodle around with. Not bad!I haven't set up good levels of...

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Mysteries of the great Swedish software pirates: Steal This Film; Second Skin...

See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too.--Linus Torvalds- via Detroit Wireless ProjectOk I just saw the first few minutes of this...

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More Drupal Links; How to rock theme development; Drupal 6 the latest bits;...

The official press release: Drupal 6.0 Released - Bringing Greater Simplicity, Performance And Style To This Open Source Social Publishing Platform and in all languages: Drupal 6.0 released |...

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WikiLeaks battles suspicious front companies in the Caymans; Swedish server...

All right here is a new one. WikiLeaks.org got set up a while ago to offer a WikiPedia-style spot for edgy secret documents to get dumped. And they are getting some press. Now, a Situation has arisen,...

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Excellent OS X Browser: Try Camino 1.6.1

If Firefox is too pokey, and Safari annoying, you should try Camino, which is another fork of Mozilla that is more streamlined for the Mac than Firefox. It's got pretty good performance, really....

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Mollom: a new anti-spam vendor!

A little bit of Hongpong spam got away from me after a Spam module upgrade. Spam module is annoying so I am going to try Mollom, which checks all your comments through their system. It runs on Drupal,...

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A few new Drupal modules for the techies

The new agoras: ‘Wikis’ as a form of collective intelligenceI had to take note of these excellent sounding new modules:Shoutbox | drupal.orgFlag | drupal.orgCalendar | drupal.orgDeadwood |...

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Facebook Twitter HTTP security shown as hosed by teh Firesheep - now epic...

Sound advice (to the extent anything on the internet is really secure ha):Change your passwords, and logout of everythingDo not use open WiFi to login to Facebook, Twitter or anything elseUse only a...

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Git & Processing: For new HTML5 Javascript-powered games, animations & all...

Need to throw a batch of links out there. I had a pretty good idea about how to apply some stuff using this kind of tech. The whole thing has just evolved since last November, from local applications...

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LinkDump March 27 2011 - We looked into the fire and the fire looked back

The Silver Conspiracy xtranormal lolbears are back for Part V!Listening now to Lifeboat Hour with Michael Ruppert presently on ProgressiveRadioNetwork.com. Mostly about Japan so far. Lyric flagged from...

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Rise of the Facebook Killers! SocialNetwork-in-a-box: A few overdue notes on...

Rise of the Facebook-Killers by Nick Pinto- New York - Village Voice:.... Moglen said, Mark Zuckerberg had harnessed the energy of our social desires to talk us into a swindle. "Everybody needs to get...

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Drupal 8 & Drupalcon 2013, Open Source content management grabs brass ring;...

So North America's Drupalcon 2013 is happening in Portland this week - a lot of people are bringing the A-Game. I got out to the 2011 & 2012 Drupalcons in Chicago & Denver, but can't this...

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Airchat Open radio / transmission packet network offers lulzy alternative...

An interesting project launched a few months ago worthy of specific note. Airchat (open source code on Github here) provides a basic protocol for making a rathe anonymous mesh network with radio gear,...

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