Thoughts and musings
CBC has recently made some of its excellent radio programming available as podcasts. You can see the list of podcasts here.
Of particular note is Dispatches. This program offers short radio documentaries from reporters all over the world. The perspectives offered in these documentaries form a sharp contrast with the simplistic reporting that usually constitutes news.
Yesterday I required some clip art for a document I am preparing. With a little searching I found the Open Clip Art Library. This project provides clip art in SVG (a W3C standard) format licensed under the Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication. This was perfect for my purposes since I use Inkscape which uses SVG by default.
Feds Face Digital Crossroads by Charlie Angus, NDP Heritage Critic.
Wow, a federal politician that understands the problems in copyright reform.
Bonus link: Rocking in free world
The following article offers a nice introduction to some design techniques that may be used to create more reliable operating systems.
Nevertheless, it is interesting to note that microkernels—long discarded as unacceptable because of their lower performance compared with monolithic kernels—might be making a comeback due to their potentially higher reliability, which many people now regard as more important than performance. The wheel of reincarnation has turned.
Can We Make Operating Systems Reliable and Secure? by Andrew S. Tanenbaum
If you are interested in arguments both for and against net neutrality you should read Net neutrality, take 2 from the Washington monthly. The comments are mostly worth reading too.
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