Too much coding…

Filed under: Funny on 2004-11-27 @ 1922

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 it. Then the dream took a new fork().

I think I need a break;

Canadian copyright update

Filed under: Society on 2004-11-15 @ 0007

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

Monitor Calibration

Filed under: General on 2004-11-12 @ 2143

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 like it but I figure they probably know better than I do.

Keyboards

Filed under: General on 2004-11-12 @ 2120

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.

Intellectual Property a misnomer?

Filed under: Society on 2004-11-01 @ 1019

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, I think network protocol, not intellectual property.

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