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Month: January 2008

  • The Masses Don’t Exist

    Some food for thought: If Linux/open source is so great why hasn’t it reached the mass market? It’s an interesting question, especially for someone like myself who wants the open source/software libre movement to succeed both socially and economically. This question should interest even people who don’t really care about software or programming. Because if…

  • Productization of Self

    Wonder where I have been in the past few days? Still job hunting and figuring how best to market myself to prospective employers. Its not easy for a few reasons. First, is most people don’t learn about how to do this sort of thing until they hit unemployment line. I for one don’t claim to…

  • Security Alert: Storm “Loves You” to Infect Your Machine

    Ok, so I don’t do this often, but I gotta an email this morning: I Would Dream From: ########@#####.### (e-mails hidden to protect the innocent) To: ########@#####.### Date: Today 03:59:41 For You….My Love http://###.###.###/ (IP address also hidden) Turns out that e-mail probably originated from a system compromised by the Storm botnet. If you do…

  • War§ow for the Win!

    Refactoring code and sending out resumes can get boring after a while. And while working inside of KDE 4 with all its prettiness and ease-of-use helps one be more productive… sometimes you need to be unproductive to be productive. Trust me it makes sense. Its like a zen koan or Ancient Greek paradox. Thats where…

  • KDE & Linux: An Explanation for the Uninitiated

    One of my friends after reading my last blog piece commented: “English please.” So here is the English summary translation of my last blog post: The short explanation would be: I occasionally review new Linux software. KDE is a window manager for Linux. And the new KDE4 rocks my world! Long explanation without too much…

  • KDE 4: My Desktop Just Got Cooler

    Tuesday, I decided to make the plunge and try out KDE 4.0.0 One word: amazing. So ever is my quick and unscientific review of KDE 4.0.0 Artwork KDE 4 is a very sexy looking desktop. The panel is darker, the default wallpapers classier and artwork much more modern. The icon and widget theme Oxygen and…

  • Digging Out of Self-Made Holes

    Right before the end of last year, I made a number of “blue sky” goals for 2008. Unfortunately I fell into a number of self-made holes from last year, that basically prevented me from moving forward. To make things worse, I realized no single “thing” would resolve or complete even part of one of those…