The Command Line

Pete Prodoehl, someone I encountered on Identi.ca, has a nice blog post on the importance of open microblogging that complements some of my thoughts from my piece yesterday on scripting Twitter and Identi.ca.

So what this means is, opening up the world of MicroBlogging to all… Having Twitter interact with identi.ca with your own server running [...]

“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.” — Thomas Jefferson
I am very fond of much of Jefferson’s writings. He is imminently quotable on a wide variety of subjects dear to me as well. This is a quotation to which I often return, especially today when we in the US commemorate the start of [...]

If you want to show your support for the cancelled CBC Radio One program, Search Engine, and you have a Facebook account, you can join the group dedicated to saving it. Search Engine, among others, cited the outpouring of grass roots opposition to the tabled C-61 bill, the so called Canadian DMCA, in the [...]

I am a huge fan of Search Engine, a CBC Radio One program, blog and podcast. I often joke that if I had a staff and a budget, it is the show I would produce. Well, maybe a bit more techie, but really I honestly admire the programming and the production.
I heard the [...]

Go download it now–the folks at Mozilla are also looking to set a new record for downloads on a single day.
I have been using Firefox 3.0 since I think the 2nd beta. I have been happy with the performance and stability starting even then. The three release candidates, in particular, have been pretty [...]

I am unsure why it isn’t working, since it has such a simple set up. I got some definite errors when I first installed it, PHP having problems finding curl. I cleared those up and now it just fails silently. I tried something different with my Twitter username, maybe this post will [...]

I saw the details over on The Register which means the manufacturer is most likely British, or at least European. No information on planned deployments.
I actually like this idea. In asking after card payments, I think it shows the article’s author doesn’t entirely get the appeal of a cash access point. If [...]

I got excited when the wife mentioned she saw a reference to Twitter groups in her tweet stream. We have both tried Plurk and she shares my opinion that despite the potential of cliques, the UI is just absolutely horrible. We both perked at the mention of a possible ability to send messages [...]

I spent maybe a few hours, total, playing with Plurk. I mentioned that I’d be taking it for a test drive, recently.
I didn’t really got to try the “clique” feature as I only found or enticed a few online friends to join me in testing the service. However, once I figured out where [...]

Gizmodo has the story. I was just talking about Neuros working with VideoLAN in the last news cast, so this caught my attention immediately. It does require that you jail break the device something I have not considered doing with my new Touch. Having VLC, though, sorely tempts me.
Oh, Apple, why won’t [...]