Archive for July, 2009

Jul200924

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NanoNote is like my second chance at a Zaurus clamshell

I’ve never seen open source hardware target the mainstream until the OpenMoko team partnered with FIC to release the Neo 1973. Before that, it was just about all hobbyist electronics kits or Verilog code for FPGAs. Oh, and 3d printers, which are awesome. Yesterday I found out about the 本 (běn) NanoNote, an open palmtop.

Jul200920

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You want extra storage, I want extra storage

I’ve used Dropbox for a while but now I’m considering switching I’ve switched to SugarSync. It’s partly because the client supports Windows Mobile and partly because of the current promotion. And partly due to file versioning. And mobile music streaming (once they support it in WiMo, it’s iPhone only at the moment.) Long story short, [...]

Jul200920

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Amazon the history revisionist

News has been making the rounds that Some E-books are More Equal than Others. Funny to see an Animal Farm quote referencing 1984, but I digress. The piece by David Pogue explains how Amazon issued a compulsory recall, no user intervention required, on copies of 1984 sold by a particular publisher. To the best of [...]

Jul200917

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Privacy Commission’s report on Facebook, their jurisdiction and findings

The report resulting from the privacy complaint against Facebook has just been released. Just like when the complaint was reported on slashdot, there’s a lot of hubbub about the complaint being accepted. Well, when you’re collecting information on Canadians, you ought to respect Canadian privacy law. Facebook has made a few changes to their privacy [...]

Jul200914

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Mozilla Weave in its current form, where it might go, where I want it to go

I’ve installed a recent version of Weave on my server. The server is 0.3, the client is 0.4. Weave is Mozilla‘s syncing protocol that aims to let Mozilla applications and extensions keep the same settings, saved passwords, histories, bookmarks and the like. This’d be useful for me because I use four computers on a regular [...]

Jul200914

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Pinboard vs Delicious: there’s room for both

Techcrunch has a pretty strong line on Pinboard. The title of their review gives it away. If you want to know a bit more about Pinboard then take a look at Back To Basics: Ditch Delicious, Use Pinboard. I’m not sure I agree. The value of social bookmarking sites is heavily rooted in the network [...]