Monthly Archives: November 2004

Too much coding…

Posted on 2004-11-27 by Dan Siemon

You know you’ve been doing too much coding when Emacs key combinations start appearing in dreams. The other night I had a dream where every time something happened that I didn’t like I was able to hit CTRL-/ to undo … Continue reading →

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Canadian copyright update

Posted on 2004-11-15 by Dan Siemon

More bad copyright news in this article from the Globe and Mail.

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Monitor Calibration

Posted on 2004-11-12 by Dan Siemon

When reading a photo manipulation article in Linux Journal I found a reference to this monitor calibration link. The settings recommended on this site give my monitors a much more yellowish colour than they had previously. I’m not sure I … Continue reading →

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Keyboards

Posted on 2004-11-12 by Dan Siemon

Many computer users have fond memories of the old IBM keyboards that made the loud key click sound. Apparently, these people are still building them.

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Intellectual Property a misnomer?

Posted on 2004-11-01 by Dan Siemon

Richard Stallman the man behind the FSF and the GPL has written a short piece on why the term intellectual property should not be used. Personally, I think it shouldn’t be used just because when I see the acronym IP, … Continue reading →

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