Monthly Archives: August 2005

Firefox web developer extension

Posted on 2005-08-27 by Dan Siemon

http://webdeveloper.mozdev.org/ Very useful Firefox extension. The ability to graphically display CSS information (id, class etc) makes CSS customization a lot quicker.

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Bash brace expansion

Posted on 2005-08-27 by Dan Siemon

Brace expansion is a Bash shell feature that I never seem to remember. [dan@ganymede ~]$ echo httpd.conf{,.bak} httpd.conf httpd.conf.bak [dan@ganymede ~]$ echo abcd{1,2} abcd1 abcd2

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Google Talk

Posted on 2005-08-27 by Dan Siemon

I’m sure everyone who is interested has already heard about and probably even tried Google Talk. I really like the simple interface they have chosen; it is somewhat similar to my Jabber client of choice, Gossip. What is most interesting … Continue reading →

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Software patents

Posted on 2005-08-13 by Dan Siemon

For an interesting opinion on software patents check this article out. I really like his conception of the line between what is patentable and what is not.

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Commentary on the GPL

Posted on 2005-08-09 by Dan Siemon

Qt, the GPL, Business and Freedom The above is an interesting commentary on the GPL. He shares a view that I have held for quite a while; software ISVs are not white knights that are required to move Linux forward. … Continue reading →

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