I don’t usually write posts like this. Product reviews etc. are outside of my Open Source realm. Over the last month however, my quest for an elite laptop backpack has revealed a chasm between the best that the market has to offer, and the bags that review websites typically recommend.… Read the rest
Thoughts on marketing the ‘Improv’ board
At the end of last month KDE announced a new Open Hardware project to create a Raspberry Pi-like computer called “Improv“, produced by “Make Play Live” of Coherent Theory LLC. This is an important development that I’m delighted to see, and I plan to pre-order and get mine in March.… Read the rest
The marvellelous magical mysterious Git
For I ❤ Free Software, I’m taking time to tell you about some Free Software that I love. And as everybody knows, I love Git.
I sing it’s praises, often literally, everywhere I work. Git provides the plumbing of my design, development, and decision making.… Read the rest
Wacom intuos3 button layout for Gnome 3
If you’re using a Wacom intuos 3 graphics tablet with Gnome 3, then this little button layout illustration should be useful. Gnome’s built in Wacom configuration tool is great, but the numbers it assigns to the tablet buttons are not intuitive.… Read the rest
Parliamentary candidates challenged to digital debate in Manchester
19.00, 7th Nov at the Dancehouse Theatre, Manchester, UK – Free Entry
Manchester Central candidates will be challenged to explain how they will defend citizen’s privacy and free speech online.
Recent arrests for “offensive tweets” and proposals to put the whole UK population under Internet surveillance and data collection have thrown digital issues into the forefront of political debate.… Read the rest