Monthly Archives: February 2005

What’s your workstation OS?

Posted on February 28, 2005 by Ted Roche

NewsForge features an article called “My Workstation OS: Mac OS X” Apparently, it’s part of a series that “So far, we’ve heard from fans of FreeBSD, Mepis Linux, Debian, Xandros, Slackware, Windows XP, Lycoris, SUSE Professional, NetBSD, Ubuntu, FreeDOS, Libranet, … Continue reading →

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Open Source XML Editors reviewed on NewsForge

Posted on February 28, 2005 by Ted Roche

OSNews points to a useful review on NewsForge: Open source XML editors examined. “The eXtensible Markup Language (XML) provides a flexible and efficient way to store, transmit, and express data. The open source community has produced an impressive lineup of … Continue reading →

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Google Toolbar

Posted on February 27, 2005 by Ted Roche

Cory Doctorow posts on Boing Boing: “Why you should love Google’s toolbar” Many web people have been critical of Google’s new Toolbar, which allows its users to choose to have the pages they view parsed for things like ISBNs and … Continue reading →

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Too late for that, I’m afraid…

Posted on February 27, 2005 by Ted Roche

Dave Winer blogs on Scripting News the sad news that Jef Raskin died last night. “Via Kottke. He struggled to see his vision implemented, and in the end it was a compromise. Raskin wanted computers to be radically simpler, not … Continue reading →

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Jeff Gannon who?

Posted on February 26, 2005 by Ted Roche

Dan Gillmor on Grassroots Journalism, Etc. points to The Gannon Scandal, Not Continued. Salon: See no Gannon, hear no Gannon, speak no Gannon. “It’s stunning to me that there are questions about the independent press being undermined and the mainstream … Continue reading →

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Dan Gillmor and the Google Toolbar

Posted on February 26, 2005 by Ted Roche

Dan Gillmor on Grassroots Journalism, Etc. reports Google Toolbar, an Update. UPDATED “I had lunch yesterday with several Google folks including Marissa Mayer, the company’s director of consumer Web products, to discuss the new Google Toolbar, which is now in … Continue reading →

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We’ve all been there…

Posted on February 26, 2005 by Ted Roche

From http://bash.org/?6824: I spent a minute looking at my own code by accident. I was thinking “What the hell is this guy doing?”

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FireFox 1.0.1 update released

Posted on February 25, 2005 by Ted Roche

OSNews reports Firefox 1.0.1 Released. Firefox 1.0.1 is a security update for the 27 million users who have already downloaded the free browser. The Mozilla Foundation encourages all users to download the update.

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Mike Stewart leaves the Fox team

Posted on February 24, 2005 by Ted Roche

Whil Hentzen blogs: Mike Stewart leaves the Fox team Many of you know Mike as the test lead for Fox, as well as an incredible motorcyclist, and general all-around ‘characters’ at DevCon and other Fox events. While the leadership of … Continue reading →

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CentraLUG meeting, March 7th: Webrick, LinuxWorld wrap-up

Posted on February 24, 2005 by Ted Roche

David Berube, our fearless leader, posts: Monday, March 7th – Webrick and Linux World. CentraLUG is having another great meeting on Monday March 7th, and this time, we’ll be covering Webrick, a powerful system for easily creating custom webservers in … Continue reading →

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