Mar 22, 2010 3:35pm GMT
It was a love affair that started over sixty years ago between technology and model railroading. In 1946 a group of students at MIT banded together to form the “Tech Model Railroad Club” (TMRC) in a gigantic old “temporary” building which itself became famous for the large number of projects started there, “Building 20”. For TMRC, model railroading was more than just paper-mache scenery an... more »
In the Hearts of the South - Two great conferencesMar 16, 2010 9:57pm GMT
Extreme Austin! - The Texas Linux Fest! Austin, Texas! Home to live music, great food, a world-class University (U of T) and the longhorns!) and IBM's Linux Technology Center is a great place to have a Linux Fest, and that is what is happening on April 10th, 2010. For just one day the Linux Faithful are going to descend on Austin with a packed program that ranges from beginner subjects to tho... more »
An Open Letter to The United States Trade RepresentativeMar 02, 2010 1:20pm GMT
Dear Ambassador Kirk, Recently it was reported in the Guardian, an on-line newspaper, that the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) is requesting that the United States Trade Representative put Indonesia, Brazil and India on the "Special 301 Watchlist" specifically because those countries advocate the use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in their economies.... more »
Input requested on thin clients for Project CauaFeb 28, 2010 6:20pm GMT
Project Cauã (www.projectcaua.org) is starting to evaluate configurations for a Thin Client. Actually we have been thinking about thin clients for some time, and trying to find a good design to meet all the needs of the project. Although we have some general ideas, a long time ago I realized I was not omnipotent, and that the best way of finding good information was to pose the question to the... more »
NDAs and FOSSFeb 27, 2010 10:09pm GMT
I recently had to sign a "Non-Disclosure Agreement" (NDA) for the first time in a long while, and I thought I would write about how an NDA might or might not fit in with Free and Open Source Software. One of the main ideas of FOSS is to share information, and we encourage both programmers and vendors to share as much information as possible. Sometimes a vendor shares some informa... more »
Of Questionable ValueFeb 24, 2010 10:25pm GMT
Since I buy a lot of books through an on-line reseller, I normally receive some emails from them with "suggestions" of "books of interest" based on books that I have ordered in the past. Recently I have started receiving suggestions about books bearing a title that is very long and sort of a combination of a series of topics, for example: "OpenSSL: Open Source, Tra... more »
HerosFeb 24, 2010 5:35pm GMT
I have a few personal heroes whose lives have inspired me: Abraham Lincoln, Samuel Clemens, Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, Albert Einstein and Alan Turing. Recently I learned of another, and I would like to share their story with you, since in a lot of ways they had a major effect on Computers and Free Software. It was 1937 and Europe was in turmoil. A lot of Jewish people were fleeing fr... more »
