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Category Archives: Computing

Gin, Television, and "Cognitive Surplus"

Monday, May 5, 2008

This is an absolutely brilliant presentation given by Clay Shirky (author of the new smash hit on organizing Without organizations called  “Here Comes Everybody“) on the topic of “Where do they find the time”. You hear this phrase, usually in response to some report of silly activity or massively time consuming hobby. We Clay knows [...]

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Best Free Web Applications

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Best Free Web Applications
Handy free web application portal.
[Also see this excellent list from Phil B]

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I drew this…

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Using one of these beautiful Java applets (Grappa RB)

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Wikidpad goes goes opensource

Thursday, June 9, 2005

The superb stand alone Windows Wiki/Notepad application, Wikidpad, has been converted to open source by its creator Jason Horman.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikidpad/

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Autonomics weblog launched

Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Jason Bates is one of the smartest people I know and now he has a blog!
Get over to the Autonomics Weblog for an intellectual feast!
[This is a placeholder notification. Autonomics and Jason deserve a detailed post but I am unable to write it now.]

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Ubuntu Linux

Monday, April 25, 2005

Read about this Linux distribution and could not wait to download it. Anything which is named after one of my favourite words and concepts (I posted about Ubuntu before) is a must for my technical arsenal.
Ubuntu - Linux for Human Beings
“Ubuntu” is an ancient African word, meaning “humanity to others”. Ubuntu also means “I [...]

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Learn UNIX in 10 minutes.

Tuesday, March 22, 2005

http://freeengineer.org/learnUNIXin10minutes.html

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Reason interviews Neal Stephenson’s

Thursday, March 3, 2005

The author of the widely praised Baroque Cycle, Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon on science, markets, and post-9/11 America. Here.

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The State of Wireless London [Informal.org]

Thursday, July 8, 2004

Abstract: This study looks at how wireless networking (WLAN) in London has developed over the last three years from hacktivist pastime to mainstream pursuit. Comparing networks built by freenetwork groups, commercial hotspot providers, and public sector initiatives the study also examines the sales and uptake of WLAN equipment and makes some direct measurements of wireless [...]

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Useful image hosting service

Tuesday, June 22, 2004

“TinyPic, a free image hosting site without the hassles.You can easily host pictures for Ebay, message boards and live journals.”

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