It looks like Bob hasn’t been paying attention to my blog lately. The CBC added RSS feeds a week or two ago. I’m sure it’s just the holidays keeping him busy :)
Holiday time
Well, another semester is over. I can’t believe I only have 4 months of my undergraduate degree left.
Besides taking a few days off I will also be putting a large amount of time aside for hacking on LQL.
CBC RSS feeds
Permission culture
Checkout this interesting entry at the Creative Commons blog about the effect the current copyright system is having on documentaries. The short movie is worth watching.
Too much coding…
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
More bad copyright news in this article from the Globe and Mail.
Monitor Calibration
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
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?
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.
Halloween
Karen picked up a pumpkin on the way home from work today and made a Jack-o-lantern. Happy Halloween!